It’s hard to say what Ayn Rand would think about our current superhero boom. On the one hand, the late author, philosopher, and progenitor of the Objectivist movement was a high-minded sort who ...

SPOILER WARNING: This article contains significant plot and denouement revelations regarding the graphic novel and movie Watchmen. The moral center of Watchmen, both the original graphic novel by Alan ...

On the afternoon of July 3, in San Diego, the annual Objectivist Conference came to order. Followers of Ayn Rand paid up to $735 for the whole shebang. No media joined them. So, when the panel on the ...

“Debate about Rand’s quality and significance should be pursued — but not by these means,” she says. While researching the objectivist world online, Ms. Raphael began to fear that Anthem’s grants were ...

My parents split up when I was 4. My father, a lawyer, wrote the divorce papers himself and included one specific rule: My mother was forbidden to raise my brother and me religiously. She agreed, ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...