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HOLLYWOOD BOMB

When Ayn Rand’s ‘Top Secret’ Atomic Bomb Movie Lost Its Way

After Hiroshima and Nagasaki, at least two Hollywood studios planned movies about the atomic bomb. One was about its horrors. Ayn Rand’s? Not so much. 

Greg Mitchell

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Same Wine New Jar Dept.

Ryan, the Radical Now Running the House

Yes, he’s left of the nutter caucus. But the new speaker’s friendly press right now is obscuring and rewriting the radical nature of his own record.

Jonathan Alter

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#Winning

The Odd Koch Brothers-Ron Paul Alliance

While the ex-congressman had the crowd roaring at the Koch-sponsored #YALcon15, his son Rand ditched a big retreat. Inside the battle for young libertarians.

Olivia Nuzzi

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AGITPROP

The Most Libertarian Show on TV

<p>From <em>True Detective</em> to <em>The Brink</em> to <em>Veep</em>, America’s best TV network is relentlessly anti-government.</p>

Nick Gillespie

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Hacks and Hayek

My Problem With People Who Agree With Me

A libertarian gathering in Las Vegas shows the basic weakness of small-government advocacy.

P. J. O’Rourke

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Doggedly Dogmatic

Why the Tea Party Won’t Go Away

Matt Kibbe’s autobiographical manifesto sheds considerable light—not all of it intentional—on the curious staying power of the Tea Party.

Michael Signer

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Like Father, Like Son?

Rand Paul is a rising conservative star. His father Ron is the old standard-bearer for Libertarianism. But how alike are the two Pauls, and how much do they love each other?

Capital on Ice

Cypriot bank accounts are frozen. Can the markets unfreeze them?

Megan McArdle

THe IRon Lady

Context for Margaret Thatcher's 'There is No Such Thing as Society' Remarks

David Frum

Making Conservatism Work for America

The GOP Needs a Hamiltonian Agenda

Justin Green

Randy for Ayn

Libertarians for Compulsion

David Frum

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