HOLLYWOOD BOMBWhen Ayn Rand’s ‘Top Secret’ Atomic Bomb Movie Lost Its WayAfter 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
Same Wine New Jar Dept.Ryan, the Radical Now Running the HouseYes, 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
#WinningThe Odd Koch Brothers-Ron Paul AllianceWhile 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
AGITPROPThe 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
Hacks and HayekMy Problem With People Who Agree With MeA libertarian gathering in Las Vegas shows the basic weakness of small-government advocacy.P. J. O’Rourke
Doggedly DogmaticWhy the Tea Party Won’t Go AwayMatt Kibbe’s autobiographical manifesto sheds considerable light—not all of it intentional—on the curious staying power of the Tea Party.Michael Signer
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?