aynrand.org/impact Volume 17, Number 9, September 2011

Summer Internship iPad App Released

Atlas Shrugged | iPad | Alpha Program a Success his month Penguin, the publisher “The Author” section fea- Tof Atlas Shrugged, released an tures a biography of , application for Apple’s iPad that a graphic timeline of her life, a offers readers an amplified edition gallery of photos of Rand and key of Ayn Rand’s magnum opus. ARI documents related to her work, and worked closely with Penguin to recollections of Rand by Leonard develop this exciting new app. Peikoff, her longtime associate and “The Atlas Shrugged iPad app is intellectual heir. unique,” says ARI publishing man- In “The Philosophy” section, ager Richard E. Ralston. “There are users can read about the essentials only a handful of amplified e-books of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objec- OAC instructor Keith Lockitch (at right) discussing environmentalism with this year’s interns available today, and now Atlas tivism and listen to an audio lecture Shrugged is one of them. Instead of by Rand describing her philosophy. his June ARI welcomed nineteen interns to buying only the e-book, which offers Users can also listen to Rand’s its headquarters in Irvine, . The just the text of the novel, readers can 1964talk “Is Atlas Shrugging?.” T Pg. 1 | 1K Studios | Friday, June 3, 2011 interns spent three weeks at ARI, taking classes purchase this application, which The home page of the new Atlas Shrugged iPad app The “Hall of Atlas” section on Ayn Rand’s ideas and their application to offers many additional features offers users many video and audio issues today, helping ARI staff with office work that allow readers to learn more about the novel, interviews of Rand discussing the main themes in and learning important office skills. Ayn Rand and her ideas. ARI’s goal in helping to Atlas Shrugged and other intellectual topics. Users Debi Ghate, vice president of Education and develop this app was to expand readership of Atlas can also take an interactive quiz that tests whether Research, commented on the event: “Our annual Shrugged in a modern, interactive and state-of-the- they can correctly attribute quotes from the novel internship program allows us to interact with art form.” to their respective characters, access discussion promising college students on a one-on-one basis. The app contains four main sections: “The questions and view further reading resources. These are students who are fairly new to Rand’s Book,” “The Author,” “The Philosophy” and “Hall In anticipation of the new app, the price of the ideas but plan to enter intellectual careers in various of Atlas.” Atlas Shrugged e-book at the iTunes App Store fell fields. While not all the students leave the program “The Book” section offers the full text of Atlas from $18.99 to $12.99. An article in the Wall Street convinced that Rand’s ideas are true, they learn that Shrugged. In addition, app users can share their Journal before the app released described the prod- her scholarship is deeper and more complex than favorite passages from the text on social media uct and featured some of the rare photos included they thought—and they better appreciate her place sites and see manuscript pages of various sections in the app. The Atlas Shrugged iPad app can be in Western thought.” of the novel. purchased from the iTunes App Store for $14.99. Every day the students took several classes, taught by ARI staff and visiting scholars. ARI senior fellow gave several lectures on topics in philosophy and Atlas Shrugged. OAC instructor ARI and ARC Offices Expand Keith Lockitch lectured on and oth the Ayn Rand soundproof control room. environmentalism, while director of policy research B Institute in Irvine, The main purpose of the Elan Journo discussed foreign policy. ARI instruc- California, and its public studio is to create content tor Doug Altner lectured on government and liberty. policy and business out- for Ayn Rand Campus, Robert Mayhew, professor of philosophy at Seton reach division, the Ayn the new online eduational Hall University, discussed We the Living and the Rand Center for Indi- program ARI will launch history of communism, and John A. Allison, retired vidual Rights in Wash- early next year. The chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation and ARI ington, D.C., recently studio will also soon offer board member, hosted a Q&A session on the appli- expanded their office the capability of being cation of Objectivist principles to business. space. The ARI office hooked up to network The students also had the opportunity to attend remains in its current broadcasting, so that ARI smaller breakout sessions with ARI’s intellectual location but acquired speakers can participate staff to interact with them on a more individual 5,500 additional square in news shows and other level. In addition, the interns helped various depart- feet, bringing the total ARI’s new professional audiovisual studio. digital events without Photo courtesy of Paul Sadler ments with office work and attended daily seminars size of the office to leaving the office. Several to develop key office skills, such as how to profes- more than 22,000 square feet. The new ARC office ARI employees have been trained to operate the sionally network, prepare meeting minutes and in northern Alexandria, Virginia, is approximately studio. write professional emails. six and a half miles south of the previous location “The new studio,” remarked vice president of The internship program culminated with the in Washington, D.C., and has five hundred more Education and Research Debi Ghate, “will allow us students preparing for and participating in one of square feet. to create high-quality educational content. People two debates, one on the morality of the welfare state “We needed to acquire more office space,” today prefer the video format. This studio will give and the other on the separation of church and state. commented Julie Ferguson, ARI vice president of us the platform to create our content in a medium ARI staff evaluated each student individually and Business Operations, “because of our continued that is welcomed by audiences. We have important the best debater on each side was acknowledged. growth. As we introduce new programs and expand ideas we want to convey, but if we want to do this The overall sides of each debate were also judged existing ones, the additional space will allow us effectively, presentation is very important. The new and winners pronounced. to house more staff and create more products. For equipment we have purchased and the professional Said one intern about the program: “I can hon- example, one of the main additions to the ARI studio we have had built will allow us to create estly say that I learned more information that can office is a brand new audiovisual studio.” crisp, eye-catching DVD-quality videos that have be applied to my life in the past three weeks as an The new studio was professionally built over longer-lasting impact. Our speakers will also be intern at ARI than I have in the last year at the uni- the last few months and includes a green screen, able to take part in more television broadcasts now versity. I received great information, books to read professional video cameras, state-of-the-art light- that we have this professional studio.” continued on page 4 ing options, improved audio equipment and a continued on page 4 New Initiative Gives Atlas Shrugged to Students Interested in Free-Market Ideas

RI recently received A a targeted gift from a donor to distribute Ayn Wealth it. If you doubt it, take a look at the ‘total social Rand’s magnum opus Atlas product’—and the standard of living—of those Shrugged to organizations Each month Impact suggests readings and other countries where such men are not permitted to who work with young people resources for fans of Ayn Rand’s fiction who wish exist.” (“What Is Capitalism?”) interested in free-market to learn more about her philosophy, . Given that in Rand’s view “all wealth is pro- ideas. Some of the organiza- duced by somebody and belongs to somebody,” tions who have requested yn Rand observed that most people view she found it “morally obscene to . . . talk about copies of the novel for their A wealth as “an anonymous, social, tribal prod- ‘redistributing’ it. The view that wealth is the students include the Koch uct.” She wrote in 1965, “That notion has not been result of some undifferentiated, collective process, Foundation, the Institute for Humane Studies, the challenged to this day; it represents the implicit that we all did something and it’s impossible to Leadership Institute, the Clemson Institute for the assumption and the base of contemporary political tell who did what, therefore some sort of equalitar- Study of Capitalism, the CATO Institute and the economy.” (“What Is Capitalism?” in Capitalism: ian ‘distribution’ is necessary—might have been Foundation for Economic Education. These organi- The Unknown Ideal) appropriate in a primordial jungle with a savage zations often hold summer seminars and internship “Wealth,” Rand argued, “does not grow in horde moving boulders by crude physical labor programs for college students. nature; it has to be produced by men. Nature gives (though even there someone had to initiate and “We often hear from free-market scholars,” us only the raw materials, but it is man’s mind that organize the moving). To hold that view in an said vice president of Education and Research has to discover the knowledge of how to use them. It industrial society—where individual achievements Debi Ghate, “that their interest in these ideas began is man’s thinking and labor that transform the mate- are a matter of public record—is so crass an eva- when they first read Atlas Shrugged. Thanks to rials into food, clothing, shelter or television sets— sion that even to give it the benefit of the doubt is this new initiative, we will be able to bring Rand’s into all the goods that men require for their survival, an obscenity.” (“What Is Capitalism?”) novel and her ideas to a larger pool of students comfort and pleasure.” (“The Money-Making “If capitalism is to be understood,” Rand held, already motivated to learn beyond what is taught in Personality” in Why Businessmen Need Philosophy) it is the “tribal premise that has to be checked— their college classroom.” Continued Rand on the source of wealth: and challenged,” including the “tribal view of The response to the program has been over- “Take a look at an electric generator and dare wealth.” (“What Is Capitalism?”) whelmingly positive—organizations have been tell yourself that it was created by the muscular very eager to be able to give copies of Ayn Rand’s effort of unthinking brutes. Try to grow a seed of landmark work to their students. The initial gift wheat without the knowledge left to you by men Additional Commentary allowed ARI to offer approximately 4,200 student who had to discover it for the first time. Try to Read editions of Atlas Shrugged, and these copies were obtain your food by means of nothing but physi- • “” by Ayn Rand in For the New accounted for within a few weeks of the program’s cal motions—and you’ll learn that man’s mind Intellectual (aynrandbookstore.com) launch. Given the popularity of the program, the is the root of all the goods produced and of all • “The Dead End” by Ayn Rand in The Ayn Rand Letter donor generously provided additional funding, and (aynrandbookstore.com) the wealth that has ever existed on earth.” (“The • “When It Comes to Wealth, There Is No Pie” by ARI was able to offer 4,500 more copies. Meaning of Money” in For the New Intellectual) and at Forbes.com (http://onforb.es/pCRqzK) With each book, the student also receives Because Rand saw wealth as the result of information about ARI’s other resources for stu- man’s productive effort, she did not view it as a Watch dents, such as the Atlas Shrugged website, where static quantity. “When great industrialists made • “Taxing Billionaires” by Yaron Book (ARC-TV) they can learn more about the ideas in the novel, • “Wealth Isn’t the ‘Pie’ You Think It Is. Or Is It?”; debate fortunes on a free market (i.e., without the use of between Yaron Book and David Callahan (ARC-TV) and the Principles of a Free Society website, where force, without government assistance or interfer- • “Capitalism Without Guilt: The Case for Freedom” by they can read more about Ayn Rand’s perspective ence),” she argued, “they created new wealth— Yaron Book (ARC-TV) on the proper role of government and on what they did not take it from those who had not created ideas a free society rests.

WHY THEY CONTRIBUTE In Conversation with Andrew Layman and Linda Mann

life. I see giving money to ARI as a way of making out what those points are. Some people will give my world better. money to areas that are of particular affection to them, Andrew Layman: We give to ARI because of and I think they’re absolutely right to do that. But the the division of labor. Linda and I would both like Institute will have funding needs for the other areas, a culture that is more value-oriented, but, as Linda too—you need to be an organic whole. So I think of said, making that happen is not what we’ve chosen as myself as funding the infrastructure that lets the other our career focus. I love engineering, and Linda loves special programs have a context. painting and art. Our dollars allow ARI and its intel- On a related note, it’s important for me to lectuals to devote their full time and attention toward contribute as much as I can now as opposed to bit changing the world. by bit over time. We are Atlantis Legacy donors, of LM: I’d like to mention that before I became an course, having included the Institute in our estate Objectivist, whenever I heard about charity, it always plans—but the culture is deteriorating quickly and seemed like a very unpleasant thing. When I heard of if there’s any chance of us reversing this trend, ARI people giving large sums of money to an organization, needs resources now. I never understood why they did it. I thought, “Well, LM: I’d like to add that I think Yaron is doing it’s just your duty to give even though you really, a fabulous job, and whenever I hear him speak, I Andrew Layman and Linda Mann are long-time really don’t want to.” But I feel completely different feel much more confident. I come [to the Objectivist contributors to ARI. Mr. Layman is an architect at about giving to ARI. There is no element of duty or summer conference] for that boost of confidence. Microsoft Corporation’s Identity and Access Division, sacrifice at all. It’s so clearly for my own happiness. AL: There are a lot of wonderful people at the working on access control and authorization policy Institute. We are both accustomed to having people strategy. Ms. Mann is a still-life painter in the greater On Where They Direct Their Contributions there thank us for donating money, and I think that’s Seattle area. LM: Whatever Yaron says is fine with me! perfectly reasonable. I know our reaction is always Impact had the chance to sit down with this I have no pet project. completely the reciprocal—thank you so much for couple at the Objectivist summer conference in AL: I agree. My interest is directly on changing being here! Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and ask them why they the culture, and I agree with what Yaron said [at the And in justice, I think this should go on the contribute to ARI. State of ARI presentation at the Objectivist summer record: we are not the largest donors. There are lots of conference], that there are certain centers of leverage people who are contributing, and in addition to really On Why They Contribute to most effectively achieve that goal. I want my appreciating the people at ARI, I really appreciate all Linda Mann: Changing the culture is not something money spent on those leverage points, and I know that the other donors who make ARI possible. So, donors, that I know how to do and it’s not my main interest in people at the Institute spend time carefully thinking thank you!

2 Looking Back: ARI’s Response to the Threat of Islamic Totalitarianism

n the wake of the horrific attacks of Septem- ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ber 11, 2001, ARI began a series of efforts “END STATES WHO SPONSOR TERRORISM” I By

intended to clearly identify both the source Fifty years of increasing American appeasement in the be stopped by destroying bin Laden and the al-Qaeda army, terrorism today. Whatever else it does, therefore, the U.S. can Mideast have led to fi fty years of increasing contempt in the or even by destroying the destroyers everywhere. If that is all put an end to the Jihad-mongers only by taking out Iran. Muslim world for the U.S. The climax was September 11, 2001. we do, a new army of militants will soon rise up to replace the Eliminating Iran’s terrorist sanctuaries and military capability of the attacks and the proper response to the Fifty years ago, Truman and Eisenhower surrendered the old one. is not enough. We must do the equivalent of de-Nazifying the West’s property rights in oil, although that oil rightfully belonged The behavior of such militants is that of the regimes which country, by expelling every offi cial and bringing down every to those in the West whose science, technology, and capital make them possible. Their atrocities are not crimes, but acts branch of its government. This goal cannot be achieved made its discovery and use possible. The fi rst country to of war. The proper response, as the public now understands, painlessly, by weaponry alone. It requires invasion by ground immediate and future threat. Our efforts began nationalize Western oil, in 1951, was Iran. The rest, observing is a war in self-defense. In the excellent words of Paul troops, who will be at serious risk, and perhaps a period of our frightened silence, hurried to grab their piece of the newly Wolfowitz, deputy secretary of defense, we must “end states occupation. But nothing less will “end the state” that most cries available loot. who sponsor terrorism.” out to be ended. with placing full-page ads in major newspapers, The cause of the U.S. silence was not practical, but A proper war in self-defense is one fought without self- The greatest obstacle to U.S. victory is not Iran and its philosophical. The Mideast’s dictators were denouncing wealthy crippling restrictions placed on our commanders in the fi eld. It allies, but our own intellectuals. Even now, they are advocating egotistical capitalism. They were crying that their poor needed must be fought with the most effective weapons we possess the same ideas that caused our historical paralysis. They are our sacrifi ce; that oil, like all property, is owned collectively, (a few weeks ago, Rumsfeld refused, correctly, to rule out asking a reeling nation to show neighbor-love by shunning for example, Leonard Peikoff’s essay, “End by virtue of birth; and that they knew their viewpoint was true nuclear weapons). And it must be fought in a manner that “vengeance.” The multiculturalists—rejecting the concept of by means of otherworldly emotion. Our Presidents had no secures victory as quickly as possible and with the fewest objectivity—are urging us to “understand” the Arabs and avoid answer. Implicitly, they were ashamed of the Declaration of U.S. casualties, regardless of the countless innocents caught “racism” (i.e., any condemnation of any group’s culture). The Independence. They did not dare to answer that Americans, in the line of fi re. These innocents suffer and die because friends of “peace” are reminding us, ever more loudly, to States Who Sponsor Terrorism.” We continued properly, were motivated by the selfi sh desire to achieve of the action of their own government in sponsoring the “remember Hiroshima” and beware the sin of pride. personal happiness in a rich, secular, individualist society. initiation of force against America. Their fate, therefore, is their These are the kinds of voices being heard in the The Muslim countries embodied in an extreme form every government’s moral responsibility. There is no way for our universities, the churches, and the media as the country throughout the decade with scores of talks, idea—selfl ess duty, anti-materialism, faith or feeling above bullets to be aimed only at evil men. recovers from its fi rst shock, and the professoriate et al. feel science, the supremacy of the group—which our universities, The public understandably demands retaliation against emboldened to resume business as usual. These voices are our churches, and our own political Establishment had long Afghanistan. But in the wider context Afghanistan is a siren song luring us to untroubled sleep while the fanatics been upholding as virtue. When two groups, our leadership insignifi cant. It is too devastated even to breed many fanatics. proceed to gut America. panel discussions, a 2005 conference in Bos- and theirs, accept the same basic ideas, the most consistent Since it is no more these days than a place to hide, its Tragically, Mr. Bush is attempting a compromise between side wins. elimination would do little to end terrorism. the people’s demand for a decisive war and the intellectuals’ After property came liberty. “The Muslim fundamentalist demand for appeasement. ton on Islamic totalitarianism, and more than movement,” writes Yale historian Lamin Sanneh, “began in ______It is likely that the Bush administration will soon launch an 1979 with the Iranian [theocratic] revolution . . .” (NYT 9/23/01). attack on bin Laden’s organization in Afghanistan and possibly During his fi rst year as its leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, urging a even attack the Taliban. Despite this, however, every sign Jihad against “the Great Satan,” kidnapped 52 U.S. diplomatic “If our appeasement indicates that Mr. Bush will repeat the mistakes made by his two hundred articles, press releases and letters personnel and held them hostage; Carter’s reaction was father in Iraq. As of October 1, the Taliban leadership appears fumbling paralysis. About a decade later, Iran topped this has led to an not to be a target. Even worse, the administration refuses to evil. Khomeini issued his infamous Fatwa aimed at censoring, target Iran, or any of the other countries identifi ed by the State even outside his borders, any ideas uncongenial to Muslim escalation of disasters Department as terrorist regimes. On the contrary, Powell is to the editor. In 2009 we published Winning sensibility. This was the meaning of his threat to kill British in the past, can it seeking to add to the current coalition these very states—which author Rushdie and to destroy his American publisher; their is the equivalent of going into partnership with the Soviet Union crime was the exercise of their right to express an unpopular do otherwise in the in order to fi ght Communism (under the pretext, say, of proving the Unwinnable War: America’s Self-Crippled intellectual viewpoint. The Fatwa was Iran’s attempt, reaffi rmed that we are not anti-Russian). By seeking such a coalition, after Khomeini’s death, to stifl e, anywhere in the world, the very future? The survival our President is asserting that he needs the support of terrorist process of thought. Bush Sr. looked the other way. nations in order to fi ght them. He is stating publicly that the After liberty came American life itself. The fi rst killers were of America is at stake. world’s only superpower does not have enough self-confi dence Response to Islamic Totalitarianism, a collec- the Palestinian hijackers of the late 1960s. But the killing spree or moral courage to act unilaterally in its own defense. Yaron Brook spoke in 2003 on the ideological differences between which has now shattered our soaring landmarks, our daily The risk of a U.S. For some days now, Mr. Bush has been downplaying routine, and our souls, began in earnest only after the license the role of our military, while praising the same policies tion edited by the Ayn Rand Center’s director of granted by Carter and Bush Sr. overreaction, therefore, (mainly negotiation and economic pressure) that have failed so the West and the Middle East. Many nations work to fi ll our body bags. But Iran, according spectacularly and for so long. Instead of attacking the roots to a State Department report of 1999, is “the most active state is negligible. The only of global terrorism, he seems to be settling for a “guerrilla sponsor of terrorism,” training and arming groups from all over war” against al-Qaeda, and a policy of unseating the Taliban policy research, Elan Journo. the Mideast, including Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and Hezbollah. risk is underreaction.” passively, by aiding a motley coalition of native tribes. Our Nor is Iran’s government now “moderating.” Five months ago, ______battle, he stresses, will be a “lengthy” one. the world’s leading terrorist groups resolved to unite in a holy Mr. Bush’s compromise will leave the primary creators of war against the U.S., which they called “a second ”; their terrorism whole—and unafraid. His approach might satisfy Ten years later Islamic totalitarianism meeting was held in Teheran. ( 9/16/01) Terrorism is a specifi c disease, which can be treated only our short-term desire for retribution, but it will guarantee What has been the U.S. response to the above? In 1996, by a specifi c antidote. The nature of the disease (though not catastrophe in the long term. nineteen U.S. soldiers were killed in their barracks in Saudi of its antidote) has been suggested by Serge Schmemann As yet, however, no overall policy has been solidifi ed; the continues to pose a threat to America—and ARI Arabia. According to a front-page story in The New York (NYT 9/16/01). Our struggle now, he writes, is “not a struggle administration still seems to be groping. And an angry public Times (6/21/98): “Evidence suggesting that Iran sponsored against a conventional guerrilla force, whose yearning for a still expects our government not merely to hobble terrorism for the attack has further complicated the investigation, because national homeland or the satisfaction of some grievance could a while, but to eradicate it. The only hope left is that Mr. Bush the United States and Saudi Arabia have recently sought to be satisfi ed or denied. The terrorists [on Tuesday] . . . issued will listen to the public, not to the professors and their progeny. continues to advocate for an egoist approach improve relations with a new, relatively moderate Government no demands, no ultimatums. They did it solely out of grievance in Teheran.” In other words, Clinton evaded Iran’s role because and hatred—hatred for the values cherished in the West as When should we act, if not now? If our appeasement has he wanted what he called “a genuine reconciliation.” In public, freedom, tolerance, prosperity, religious pluralism and universal led to an escalation of disasters in the past, can it do otherwise of course, he continued to vow that he would fi nd and punish suffrage, but abhorred by religious fundamentalists (and not in the future? Do we wait until our enemies master nuclear, in foreign policy—an approach that puts the chemical, and biological warfare? the guilty. This inaction of Clinton’s is comparable to his action only Muslim fundamentalists) as licentiousness, corruption, after bin Laden’s attack on U.S. embassies in East Africa; his greed and apostasy.” The survival of America is at stake. The risk of a action was the gingerly bombing of two meaningless targets. Every word of this is true. The obvious implication is that U.S. overreaction, therefore, is negligible. The only risk protection of the lives and individual rights of Conservatives are equally responsible for today’s crisis, as the struggle against terrorism is not a struggle over Palestine. is underreaction. Reagan’s record attests. Reagan not only failed to retaliate It is a clash of cultures, and thus a struggle of ideas, which can Mr. Bush must reverse course. He must send our missiles after 241 U.S. marines in Lebanon were slaughtered; he did be dealt with, ultimately, only by intellectual means. But this and troops, in force, where they belong. And he must justify worse. Holding that Islamic guerrillas were our ideological fact does not depreciate the crucial role of our armed forces. this action by declaring with righteous conviction that we have Americans first. allies because of their fi ght against the atheistic Soviets, he On the contrary, it increases their effectiveness, by pointing discarded the clichés of our paper-tiger past and that the U.S. methodically poured money and expertise into Afghanistan. them to the right target. now places America fi rst. This put the U.S. wholesale into the business of creating Most of the Mideast is ruled by thugs who would be There is still time to demonstrate that we take the war To mark the ten years since the 9/11 terrorists. Most of them regarded fi ghting the Soviets as only paralyzed by an American victory over any of their neighbors. against terrorism seriously—as a sacred obligation to our the beginning; our turn soon came. Iran, by contrast, is the only major country there ruled by Founding Fathers, to every victim of the men who hate this For over a decade, there was another guarantee of zealots dedicated not to material gain (such as more wealth or country, and to ourselves. There is still time to make the American impotence: the notion that a terrorist is alone territory), but to the triumph by any means, however violent, of world understand that we will take up arms, anywhere and on attacks—and to look forward—this month ARC responsible for his actions, and that each, therefore, must be the Muslim fundamentalist movement they brought to life. That principle, to secure an American’s right to life, liberty, and the tried as an individual before a court of law. This viewpoint, is why Iran manufactures the most terrorists. pursuit of happiness on earth. thankfully, is fading; most people now understand that terrorists If one were under a Nazi aerial bombardment, it would be The choice today is mass death in the United States or hosted a symposium at the National Press Club exist only through the sanction and support of a government. senseless to restrict oneself to combatting Nazi satellites while mass death in the terrorist nations. Our Commander-In-Chief We need not prove the identity of any of these creatures, ignoring Germany and the ideological plague it was working to must decide whether it is his duty to save Americans or the because terrorism is not an issue of personalities. It cannot spread. What Germany was to Nazism in the 1940s, Iran is to governments who conspire to kill them. in Washington, D. C., to take stock of recent ______Leonard Peikoff is the founder of the . upheavals in the Middle East and focus on the Founded in 1985, the Ayn Rand Institute promotes Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand. Miss Rand was the author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead.

future of American policy in that volatile region. For more information go to ARI’s Web site at www.aynrand.org. Participating in the panels were foreign policy Send comments to [email protected] or write to P.O. Box 6099, Dept. L, Inglewood, CA 90312. scholars and commentators, including Daniel Leonard Peikoff’s essay was published as a full-page ad in the New York Times In 2007 Elan Journo examined the failures in American foreign Pipes, Efraim Karsh, Michael Rubin, ARC’s on October 2, 2001. policy which resulted in emboldening the Islamic jihadists. Yaron Brook and Elan Journo, and many others. Here’s a look back at a few of ARI’s numer- ous efforts over the last decade to spread the right philosophical ideas in order to successfully “An Unwinnable War?” combat Islamic totalitarianism. To read more on Excerpt from the Introduction to Winning the Unwinnable War: this issue, visit aynrandcenter.org. America’s Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism Edited by Elan Journo; Lexington Books, 2009 Full introduction can be read at winningtheunwinnablewar.com

he warriors came in search of an elusive Taliban leader. Operating in Tthe mountains of eastern Afghanistan, the team of Navy SEALs was on difficult terrain in an area rife with Islamist fighters. The four men set off after their quarry. But sometime around noon that day, the men were boxed into an impossible situation. Three Afghan men, along with about one hundred goats, happened upon the team’s position. What should the SEALs do? Their mission potentially compromised, they interrogated the Afghan herders. But they got nothing. Nothing they could count on. “How could we know,” recalls one of the SEALs, “if they were affiliated with a Taliban militia group or sworn by some tribal blood pact to inform the Taliban leaders of anything suspicious-looking they found in the moun- tains?” It was impossible to know for sure. This was war, and the “strictly correct military decision would still be to kill them without further discussion, because we could not know their intentions.” Working behind enemy lines, the team was sent there “by our senior commanders. We have a right to do everything we can to save our own lives. The military decision is obvious. To turn them loose would be wrong.” But the men of SEAL Team 10 knew one more thing. They knew that doing the right thing for their mission—and their own lives—could very well mean spending the rest of their days behind bars at Leavenworth. The men were subject to military rules of engagement that placed a mandate on all warriors to avoid civilian casualties at all costs. They were expected to bend over backward to protect Afghans, even if that meant forfeiting an opportunity to kill Islamist fighters and their commanders, and even if that meant imperiling their own lives. The SEALs were in a bind. Should they do what Washington and the military establishment deemed moral—release the herders and assume a higher risk of death—or protect themselves and carry out their mission—but suffer for it back home? The men—Lt. Michael Murphy; Sonar Tech- nician 2nd Class Matthew Axelson; Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Danny Dietz; and Hospital Corps- In response to the Danish cartoons controversy that began man 2nd Class Marcus Luttrell—took a vote. in 2005, ARI hosted an event proudly displaying the cartoons They let the herders go. and defending freedom of speech. Later that afternoon, a contingent of about 100–140 Taliban fighters swarmed upon the team. The four Americans were hugely outnumbered. The battle was fierce. Dietz fought on after tak- ing five bullets, but succumbed to a sixth, in the head. Murphy and Axelson were killed not long after. When the air support that the SEALs had called for finally arrived, all sixteen members of the rescuing team were killed by the Islamists. Luttrell was the lone survivor, and only just. The scene of carnage on that mountainside in Afghanistan captures something essential about American policy. What made the deadly ambush all the more tragic is that in reaching their deci- sion, those brave SEALs complied with the policies handed down to them from higher-ups in the military and endorsed by the nation’s commander-in-chief. Their decision to place the moral injunction to selflessness ahead of their mission and their very lives encapsulates the defining theme of Washington’s policy response to 9/11. Elan Journo was interviewed on Fox News in 2010 about the international efforts to use sanctions to halt Iran’s nuclear program.

3 Summer Internship Program a Success, continued from page 1 and expand my understanding outside of what was covered specifically in class, and friendships I can take away with me.” TM Another intern remarked: “The

[internship] experience allowed me to see books/audio/videos . . . for the rational mind TM the connections between ideas that I had studied disparately on my own, ask ques- tions, and interact with top-notch instruc- SPOTLIGHT ON THE BOOKSTORE tors and other students of Objectivism.” Ayn Rand in Her Own Words

This year’s internship program was Written and produced by Kenny Holtz (former writer for “South Park”) “A wRiteR oF gReAt poweR” evealing the surprising life story of the largest ever, surpassing last year’s Derek Harvie (“the tom Green Show”) –the new yoRk tiMes FeaturinG “MoRe RelevAnt todAy one of the world’s most influential Jeff kaSSel Steve Markel Cover art subject to change R (“kenny vs Spenny”) (“razzberry Jazzberry Jam”) thAn eveR BeFoRe” –newsweek class of ten interns. This year’s interns Joe PinGue minds, this documentary film weaves (repo Men, the Book of eli) Revealing the surprising life story of one of the world’s most influential minds, this unprecedented film weaves together Ayn Rand’s own recollections and reflections, providing a new together Ayn Rand’s own recollections understanding of her inspirations and influences. and reflections, and draws upon never- Author of AtlAs shRugged and the FountAinheAd before-seen or -heard materials. The film provides a new understanding of ARI and ARC Offices Expand, continued from page 1 the Motion piCtuRe E1E-DV-6794 UPC: 7-41952-67949-3 AdAptAtion oF ISBN: 1-4172-3328-1 Ayn Rand’s inspirations and influences. 286 Minutes TV/Comedy ATLAS SHRUGGED 16x9/1.78:1 English SDH subtitles EOE-DV-6915 • UPC: 7-41952-69159-4 • ISBN: 1-4172-3449-0 • 72 Minutes • 16x9 (1.78:1) Dolby Digital Production Year: 2008 hits theAteRs ApRiL 15 Dolby Digital • Documentary • English • English SDH subtitles • SRP: $29.98 • Production Year: 2010 SRP: $24.98 13 episodes on 2 DVDs Bonus Features: Multiple Featurettes This documentary was produced Bonus Features: 22 Webisodes

ARI’s expanded office space also includes more conference rooms, Two down-on-their-luck roommates volunteer as Ayn RAnd’s populARity is suRging guinea pigs for a testing facility and must deal with by Northern River Productions Canada and directed by John • since the 2008 election, sales of Ayn Rand’s books have soared to all-time highs with “Atlas shrugged” a whole host of hilarious side effects. hitting Amazon’s top 20 earlier this year offices and better access for scholars to research material in the Ayn Rand • Ayn Rand’s books have sold more than 28Little million copies worldwide and and have beenRobert translated into 17 languages Anderson. Northern River Productions also • “Atlas shrugged” was recently voted the #2 most influential book of all-time by the library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club Archives, a Special Collection of the Ayn Rand Institute. The Portrait Bust of • Ayn Rand’s Facebook page has been “liked”made by over 150,000 onlinethe fans film Leonard Peikoff in His Own Words. National TV, Radio, Print & Online Campaign extensive MARketing And puBliCity CAMpAign • extensive marketing, pR and social media push targeting literary enthusiasts and fans of Ayn Rand • Cross-promotional partnership with the Ayn Rand institute, includingAyn editorial Rand and advertising in Her Own Words is available for purchase in Ayn Rand, sculpted by artist Sandra Shaw, will be installed in the office next on official website

Pre-Book Date: 3/29/11 • Street Date: 4/26/11 Watch clips at eoneclips.com • For more information visit www.eoneb2b.com month (see the March issue of Impact for an interview with Ms. Shaw about pRe-Book dAte: 3/8/11 • stReet dAte: 4/5/11DVD Watch clips at eoneclips.comformat • For more information visitfrom www.eoneb2b.com the Ayn Rand Bookstore. To place an order, AprVidPS.indd 10 visit aynrandbookstore.com12/22/10 4:54 PM or call 1-800-729-6149. this project). The new ARC office also includes more offices and conference space. One of the main impetuses for the move was the high cost of renting space in Impact is published monthly by the Ayn Rand® Institute (ARI) and is downtown D.C. The new office offers more square footage at a significantly complimentary to current donors who contribute $35 or more per year. reduced monthly cost and remains within the Beltway (for those acquainted For information on how you can support ARI and to learn about our projects, ® ARC’s new office please visit our website: aynrand.org. Atlantis Legacy , the Institute’s with the D.C. area). planned giving program, and related indicia are registered trademarks. The Ayn Rand Archives is a Special Collection of the Ayn Rand Institute. Objectivist Conferences (OCON) and the Ayn Rand Bookstore are owned and operated by the Ayn Rand Institute. The Ayn Rand Institute does not necessarily endorse the content of the lectures and courses offered. All photos of Ayn Rand are used by permission of Leonard Peikoff. Purchases from the Ayn Rand Bookstore and OCON do not qualify as tax-deductible July Column Receives Attention contributions to the Ayn Rand Institute. Editors: Rituparna Basu, Don Watkins Editorial Advisers: Yaron Brook, Mark Chapman, Steven Dougherty, Debi Ghate, Elan Journo, Anu Seppala, Lin Zinser Designer: Simon Federman Printing: David Antonacci Copy Editor: Donna Montrezza RC president Yaron Book and analyst Don Watkins write regularly at Forbes.com—under the title Headquarters: 2121 Alton Parkway, Suite 250 A“The Objectivist.” Visit http://blogs.forbes.com/objectivist to keep up with their writing. We encourage Irvine, CA 92606-4926 Phone: 949-222-6550 Fax: 949-222-6558 you to comment on, share and “follow” the column. © The Ayn Rand Institute 2011. All rights reserved. Not to be reproduced without permission. ARI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions to ARI in the United States are tax-exempt to the extent provided by law. Don Watkins and Yaron Brook’s article, “What’s Missing from the Budget Debate,” which appeared in their Forbes.com column on July 12, received more than 16,000 views. In addition, Ira Stoll of FutureofCapitalism.com, a popular political blog, commented on the arti- cle at his site, saying: “[I]’d disagree slightly with Messrs. Brook and Watkins here. I don’t think it’s necessary to reject responsibility for your brother or your neighbor in order to support some entitle- ment reform or reductions. It’s possible to accept responsibility (or choose to accept responsibility) for your brother or neighbor, without accepting it for all Americans, or for the whole world.” Mr. Watkins responded, saying: “Thanks for taking note of our column, Ira, and for your thought- ful comments. I think, however, that framing the issue in terms of “circles of obligation” clouds the issue because it blurs a crucial distinction: obligations an individual voluntarily accepts in pursuit of his own interests, and unchosen obligations an individual supposedly has that demand him to sacri- fice his interests.” Read the whole exchange on ARC’s blog, Voices for Reason, at blog.aynrandcenter.org.

Recent PJTV and Other Media Appearances

very week ARC intellectuals appear on the PJTV.com news show Front Page with Allen Bar- E ton. Visit ARC-TV.com regularly to keep up with these and other ARC media appearances. • August 27: Don Watkins on Front Page (“Consumer No-Confidence”) • August 25: John Allison on InstaVision (PJTV; “The Government Caused the Financial Crisis, Not Greed”) • August 20: Yaron Brook on Front Page (“Taxing Billionaires”) • August 19: Yaron Brook on Front Page (“Obama’s ‘New’ Job Focus”; “Sales of Obama Souvenirs Plummet in Capitol”) • August 12: Yaron Brook on Front Page (“GOP Debate: Who Will Take the Ames Straw Poll?”; “Gold Hits Record Price”; “Wall Street Wobbles”) • August 5: Alex Epstein on Front Page (“America by the Numbers”; “Is the GOP Smashing the System?”)

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