Volume 16, Number 11, November 2010 a Huge ARI Launches Video Contest Hit in Free Books to RI’s contests have in a medium we haven’t Abranched out tried before. We hope into new media: after to get a broad range of Teachers Program twenty-five years of video submissions—one sponsoring traditional of the things we hope to written essay con- do is post featured videos tests, the Institute has on the Atlas Shrugged launched its very first website or on the Atlas video contest. The new Shrugged YouTube Atlas Shrugged Video channel (www.youtube Contest invites contes- .com/AtlasShruggedARI), tants to create a short which was launched in video for the web which conjunction with this con- analyzes ’s Section of the Atlas Shrugged video contest website test. We think the contest novel in one of two ways—illustrating either how provides an opportunity for people outside ARI to the book relates to current events and issues in help us promote Atlas Shrugged and Ayn Rand’s society or how it relates to issues relevant to the ideas in a creative and personal way.” contestant’s own life. Videos will be judged on The timing is right for the launch of the video their grasp of the philosophic meaning of Atlas contest according to media relations strategist Shrugged, their creativity and their persuasiveness. Daniel T. Richards, who said, “The technology According to Lin Zinser, vice president of available now makes it so easy to compose in dif- Public Outreach, “This contest is part of the wider ferent ways. And people have embraced video— t was just last month that Impact announced initiative to promote Atlas Shrugged that the Insti- they are uploading hundreds of thousands of clips I Ayn Rand’s first novel, We the Living, had tute has been pursuing for more than a year. The per day to YouTube.” Richards commented that been added to ARI’s Free Book to Teachers work includes revamping the website and launch- video contests have become increasingly popular; program, which provides high school educators ing this contest, which we’ve been thinking about in fact, there are websites where video contests are with free classroom sets of Ayn Rand novels. In for quite a while. We’re trying to take advantage of compiled and promoted. He noted that the Atlas addition, an essay contest for tenth-, eleventh- the increased interest in Atlas Shrugged and at the Shrugged video contest has been listed with five and twelfth-graders was created for the novel. same time drive additional interest in the novel. or six of these sites to spread the word to amateurs The response from teachers has been astonish- “We hear time and again from individuals who and aspiring filmmakers alike. ing: within days of notice being sent to high say that Atlas Shrugged has changed their lives. Our Other promotional efforts include e-mails to schools across the country, requests from teach- new video contest lets them tell that story—lets them donors and subscribers of various Institute mailing ers for the novel outstripped supply. describe how it has affected their lives—or they can lists; for example, high school teachers and recent ARI Education department manager choose to connect the novel to current issues.” entrants of the Atlas Shrugged essay contest who Marilee Dahl discussed the incredible response. “This is not just a young person’s contest,” requested additional information have been noti- “We the Living was added as a new title offered Ms. Zinser stressed. “It’s open to anyone sixteen fied about the video contest. The Media depart- on our online order site at the beginning of or older, and it has been deliberately designed to ment has also been reaching out to bloggers—not August,” she said. “From that date until Sep- appeal to a wide audience. We’re very excited about only Objectivist bloggers, but anyone with an tember 24—without any advertising—we this contest and are inviting people to participate Continued on page 4 received orders totaling roughly 4,000 books. The novel was also added to the promotional flyer we send out each fall to hundreds of thousands of teachers in the United States and Canada. Teachers began receiving flyers on ARI Summer Internship Program to Expand Again in 2011 Monday, September 27. By the end of that week all 20,000 copies of the book we ordered had n 2010 ARI launched a redesigned 2010, which allowed us to increase been spoken for. I summer internship program that ® the number of summer interns from “As of today we have thousands of copies brought ten undergraduates with two to ten, was a big step forward in burgeoning interests in Ayn Rand to better capitalizing on that demand. of We the Living on back order, and requests SUMMER INTERNSHIPS AT THE from teachers keep coming in. Books are very Irvine, California, for three weeks of Seminars, Tutorials, and Office Experience “Last year’s program gave us

re you a college student interested in learning more about Ayn Rand’s novels and ideas? Would expensive, and whether we’ll be able to fill those lectures with professional Ayn Rand A you like to spend the summer in sunny Southern California, studying with professional scholars experience teaching a larger group who teach Rand’s ideas and how they relate to other schools of thought? Would you like the opportunity to gain “real-world” experience in a professional workplace, and receive a scholarship grant and travel scholars, one-on-one tutorials and stipend for your participation in such a program? Then the Ayn Rand Institute’s three-week summer and confirmed the depth of our orders is dependent on funding. Hopefully we internship program may be the opportunity for you. will be able to fill all of them. At the very least office work. ARI is now accepting PROGRAM OVERVIEW: applicant pool. The interns were all • Daily lectures and discussions, covering topics in: Ayn Rand’s novels and ideas, the principles necessary for a free society, and applications of we have an understanding of the level of interest applications for the 2011 internship Rand’s to current events. bright, enthusiastic students from • One-on-one tutorials with our expert instructors offer each student the opportunity to explore issues in in the novel from high school teachers, and will program, which will build upon Rand’s philosophy of their own choosing. top schools, and were a tremendous • General office work, such as: writing and mailing correspondence, preparing materials for conference displays, assisting ARI intellectuals with research be able to prepare ourselves to meet that demand the success of last year’s program projects and course development, and assisting the pleasure to have in the office. They Academic Division with various projects. in the future. We the Living is definitely here and invite up to twenty students to Scholarships Available for All Interns! excelled in the lectures and in their

The internship program at ARI is a unique educational experience for qualified students with a burgeoning interest to stay in the Free Books program, and we’re participate. in Ayn Rand. If you are interested in applying, visit www.aynrand.org/internships for more details, including the office work, and we expect they left online application and testimonials from former interns. If you have questions, please contact [email protected]. looking forward to seeing how the enthusiasm ARI vice president of Academic with a deeper knowledge of Rand’s impacts participation in the essay contest.” programs Debi Ghate commented ideas that will serve them well in With the addition of We the Living, ARI now on the expansion. ”The internship program is an their future careers. The interns also left with a offers classroom book sets and sponsors essays important piece of our educational offerings for positive impression of ARI that we hope they contests for all four of Ayn Rand’s novels. Tea- college students new to Ayn Rand and a valuable share with their peers.” chers should visit www.aynrandeducation.com means of increasing awareness among young The 2011 internship program will feature to learn more about these programs. Students people about the Institute and its programs,” she daily lectures and discussions, covering topics in interested in learning more about Ayn Rand and said. “And since the program’s inception we have Ayn Rand’s novels and ideas; the principles neces- ARI’s essay contests should visit www.aynrand received more applications from qualified students sary for a free society; and applications of Rand’s novels.com. than we had spaces available. The redesign in Continued on page 4 ARC Op-Ed Highlights ARC at Virginia Tea Party Convention ARC intellectuals continue to be noble history, stretching back to ancient Greece. published in top media outlets. Greek philosophers conceived of ethics as a guide Here are some recent highlights: to living—to acquiring the virtues necessary to shape your life into the most enjoyable, most suc- cessful life it can be. That is also how the Greeks’ The Guilt Pledge modern heir, Ayn Rand, viewed morality. And since creating material wealth is a central requirement of Since August, analyst and executive a human life, Rand argued, productive achievement director have been regular colum- is a profoundly moral activity. nists on Forbes.com. The name of the column is You have produced on a grand scale. Now “The Objectivist.” The following was published you have a tremendous amount of wealth at your September 22. disposal—more than you could possibly spend on your personal consumption. If the achievement of Dear American Billionaire, your own happiness is your goal, then perhaps you will choose to keep your wealth invested in busi- Tom Bowden during his talks at the main event, and at one of ARC’s breakout talks, at the 2010 Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have asked you ness endeavors. Perhaps you will pass it on to loved to publicly pledge to give away at least half of ones. Perhaps you will use the money to promote your wealth to philanthropic causes. So far 40 of —the economic system that made your he Ayn Center for Individual Rights was a the wealthiest Americans have signed the Giv- success (and the success of every industrialized Tcosponsor of the 2010 Virginia Tea Party ing Pledge, as it’s known. As people who have an nation) possible. Patriots Convention—a rally against big govern- enormous respect for those, like you, who create Or perhaps you will donate your money to a ment and its uncontrolled spending—organized enormous wealth, we urge you not to join them. charitable cause that matters to you. Like many of by a federation composed of thirty-three different At the beginning of your career, you set out the businessmen targeted by the Giving Pledge, you Virginia Tea Party groups. The two-day rally on to pursue your passion. Like your peers, you took may already fund educational programs in your October 8–9 was attended by about 2,500 indi- immense risks, worked grueling hours, tackled home town, or medical research to fight an illness viduals frustrated by the extent of state control in complex problems, and experienced your share of you’ve faced. You give to charity out of a benevo- their lives, and ARC’s sponsorship provided the bad luck and failure—but you persevered. Maybe lent desire to help those worthy of help. That’s opportunity to spread awareness of Ayn Rand’s you created unrivaled efficiencies that allowed you perfectly consistent with your pursuit of happiness. message to a largely sympathetic crowd. to charge unbeatable prices, like Richard Schulze of But according to the Giving Pledge, what makes “Our goal in attending the Virginia conven- Best Buy. Maybe you found a way to make life and you happy shouldn’t be your primary concern. tion was to inform members of the Tea Party business incredibly more convenient, like FedEx It is no accident that the Giving Pledge is not a movement about why—if they are serious about founder Fred Smith. Maybe you helped create a call for charity but a public pledge to give. As Mat- freedom—Ayn Rand’s defense is invaluable,” new industry, like Intel’s Gordon Moore. Whatever thew Bishop and Michael Green observe, “Richesse said Lin Zinser, ARI vice president of Public the details, you became one of the world’s most oblige is part of American culture. The peer pressure Outreach. “At this convention, we talked with a productive individuals. to give is great (for donors large and small), . . . The number of attendees who read and liked Ayn Rand But while you may have received financial Giving Pledge has upped that peer pressure . . .” fifteen or twenty-five or forty years ago—usu- rewards, satisfaction, and the respect of your peers, The Pledge treats your wealth, not as a justly earned ally in college—but who haven’t read her since. the one thing you haven’t gotten for your achieve- reward, but as a gift from society—one that came Having three speakers, including one who spoke ment is moral credit. with plenty of strings attached. The message is: Ful- to a general session, a booth with free flyers and The premise underlying the Giving Pledge is fill the obligation that came with your riches, give pamphlets, along with copies of Ayn Rand’s books that so long as you were pursuing your own goals your wealth away—or hide your face in shame. for perusal, provided the opportunity to reacquaint and well-being, what you were doing wasn’t moral. But your wealth was not an undeserved gift. these people with Ayn Rand’s ideas, as well as Only by making the good of others your primary Every dollar in your bank account came from some introduce her to those who haven’t read her.” aim and sacrificing your wealth to meet their needs individual who voluntarily gave it to you—who ARC analyst Tom Bowden spoke briefly do your actions acquire ethical significance. gave it to you in exchange for a product he judged during a general session, and ARC hosted three Virtually everyone today shares that view—but to be more valuable than his dollar. You have no fifty-minute breakout sessions featuring half-hour what if it’s wrong? What if your greatest moral moral obligation to “give back,” because you didn’t talks and Q&As. In addition, ARC was able to achievement consists, not in giving away your take anything in the first place. include a flyer about Ayn Rand’s relevance to the wealth, but in having produced it? What if morality Your productive achievement and the rewards Tea Party movement in the information packet is really about guiding you in making the most of that go along with it are something you should be distributed to every attendee. The same message your own life—not commanding you to serve the proud of, and they are something others should was included in the official convention booklet as needs of others? What if the most virtuous thing admire. Don’t let anyone treat them as a sin. a one-page article. you can do in life is to pursue your own happiness? Mr. Bowden’s address to the general session This conception of morality has a long and Continued on page 4 stressed that breaking the cycle of big government expansion will require an uncompromising moral defense of . In the previous day’s breakout session, “Ayn Rand and the Tea Party Feedback from Teachers on the Addition of We the Living to Movement,” Mr. Bowden elaborated on that theme, observing that the Tea Party movement’s lasting ARI Essay Contests and the Free Books Program impact will depend on making the difficult choice to uphold the individual’s moral right to live for “I have a Senior English class and will use his own sake, not as a servant of society. In both “I am so glad to see that We the Living talks, he referred listeners to Ayn Rand’s fiction and is a new offering! I LOVED this book We the Living as one of the texts under the nonfiction for further, detailed explanation. when I was in high school and look theme The Value of Life.” Also delivering breakout sessions on behalf forward to teaching it to my two Advanced of ARC were George Mason University School of Placement classes! Thank you for this great “We the Living would make a great Law professor Adam Mossoff, who spoke about the rise and fall of property rights in America, and opportunity! You can be sure we will be companion to 1984, Brave New World, Institute for Justice attorney Steve Simpson, who submitting essays.” and Candide for my 12AP summer spoke about campaign finance law and freedom reading component!” of speech. (The Institute for Justice is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting laws that violate individual “Thank you. We plan to use these Annual Essay Contests ’s Novels rights.) These talks publicized how Ayn Rand’s [copies of We the Living] in “We the Living would be an ideas are relevant to the issues of today. our AP Lang/AP European excellent work for A.P. World Attendance figures indicate that many heard History course.” History classes to read in ARC’s message. Mr. Bowden spoke to an esti- We the Living Essay Contest mated crowd of 2,000 during the general ses- order to understandFor 10th,11th and 12th graders the impact For 8th, 9th and 10th graders sion, and the three breakout sessions combined For 10th, 11th and 12th Graders “I plan to use We the Living Entry Deadline: May 5, 2011 of the Essay must be between 800 and 1,600 words in length. drew around 250 attendees. In addition, the ARC —Topics We the Living ty member Andrei Taganov is upon the lives and thinking in my critical thinking, research en does he lose respect for Select ONE of the following three topics: booth, with its prime location by the entrance to unova? The Communist war hero and much feared Par 1. gue what was argued completely dedicated to the Party’s cause. Why th and college preparation class the Party—and why does he fall in love with Kiraism Argo is a noble theory that men pt of individuals living in the the main lecture hall gave away more than nine erence to the story and specific 2. Although the USSR has collapsed, many people still ar For 12th graders and college students throughout much of the 20th century: commun , explain why you think the novel’s author would acce unfortunately fail to live up to in practice. By ref hundred pamphlets and Ayn Rand Samplers, and t forbids “life both as a tool for critical thinking events in We the Living prisonFor 11th and 12th graders referred to as the or reject this argument.

3. What does Kira Argounova mean when she says tha Over 600 total awards many more promotional flyers. Special thanks to and understanding society. I will to those still living”? .” NEW! More than $95,000 in cash prizes! Virginia volunteers Tom DaSilva, Gena Gorlin, Contest rules and guidelines are available at www.aynrandeducation.com/contests 7/29/2010 2:56:19 PM also have my students enter the Essay contest in recognition of the Sidney Gunst, Lori Rice and Lowell Wiltbank for 75th anniversary of the publication of essay contest.” Ayn Rand’s first novel, We the Living. providing help with the booth. 2 ARI_Essay_Contests_5.5x8.5_Flyer_2010-11.indd 2-3 Atlas Shrugged Advertised in Stars and Stripes Magazine

he Ayn Rand Institute worked with Penguin Publishing to place an well read overseas, with multiple readers for most copies,” said ARI Pub- Tadvertisement for Atlas Shrugged in the October 3 issue of Stars and lishing manager Richard Ralston. “Because there was very little advertising, Stripes (European and Pacific editions), a newspaper catering to the Armed our ad dominated this special section. This was our first effort and we will Forces with a distribution of 420,000. The ad was also published in the web continue to explore ways of making those in the U.S. military more aware of edition of the newspaper, which is accessible worldwide. “The paper is very Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged.”

Consequently, the Foundation has appoint- scholars were able to better see the fundamental- ed a new member to its Board of Directors: ity of the issue. The moment that most struck me Dr. Robert Mayhew. We are very pleased that was when one of the non-Objectivist scholars Dr. Mayhew will now officially be a part of said, by way of summary of a lengthy discussion, the Foundation’s activities, joining Drs. Yaron that the current views of concepts were lacking— Brook and Edwin A. Locke as board members. and that perhaps a new alternative was needed. Quarterly Update from the For many years, we’ve been supporting and One of the new alternatives under consider- working with academic philosophers, Objec- ation was the Objectivist view. For me, as a lay Foundation tivist and non, so Dr. Mayhew’s experience, observer, the significance of this discussion was qualifications and record are a welcome asset loud and clear. If there is a better understanding for the Foundation. Dr. Mayhew has also been of how scientific research relies on concepts, this The following is excerpted actively involved in mentoring and helping with can only help both the fields of philosophy and from the quarterly update the career development of Objectivist graduate of science. to donors of the Anthem students, which dovetails nicely with the Foun- That is why the Anthem Foundation sup- Foundation for Objectivist dation’s plans to support the hiring of additional ports serious, scholarly work in Scholarship. well-qualified, promising Objectivist academics. through universities. Welcome, Dr. Mayhew! . . . Thank you for supporting our mission and Dear Anthem Donor, In addition, I had the pleasure of witnessing the work of these fine scholars. first-hand the value being created through these Best wishes, and until December, My Fall update begins with Anthem multi-year fellowships. I attended a por- some news about the Anthem Foundation itself. tion of the workshop hosted by Dr. In September, founder and board chairman John in late September (referred to in his report). Dr. Debi Ghate McCaskey announced his resignation from the Gotthelf organized an extremely effective discus- Senior Director Foundation’s board of directors. Dr. McCaskey sion involving a number of Objectivist and non- chose to resign for reasons unrelated to the Objectivist academics. This event, the result of PS: We recently received, in three weeks, Foundation’s activities. All of us at the Founda- years of effort on Dr. Gotthelf’s part to advance requests from 16 professors seeking class- tion thank Dr. McCaskey for his vision in defin- the discussion of the role and significance of con- room sets of Rand’s books or copies of her ing Anthem’s mission and his efforts in building cepts in epistemology, focused on the function books for review purposes (i.e. to consider several key programs around Objectivist schol- of some important concepts in various fields of how to use them in the classroom or in their ars at good universities. We wish him well as he scientific research. By studying the significance research). All of these professors are new to pursues his own career as an academic. of some crucial concepts in various sciences, the the Anthem Foundation.

3 Roth IRA Conversion: ARC Op-Ed Highlights, continued from page 2 ARI Launches Atlas Shrugged Video Contest, continued from page 1 Offset Taxes by Supporting Let’s Take Back Columbus Day ARI in 2010 interest in freedom and individual rights. Various This op-ed by analyst Thomas A. Bowden was updates and ads are being posted on Facebook and published October 8 at Foxnews.com. Twitter, and the contest was recently promoted at a ince the beginning of meeting where 120 think tanks were represented. S 2010, individuals may A panel of judges will evaluate the videos convert all or part of their More than a century ago, America celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s voy- on both style and content. Prizes for the Atlas traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs Shrugged video contest include a $5,000 first regardless of their income age of discovery by hosting an enormous world’s fair on the shores of Lake Michigan. This “World’s prize, a $1,000 second prize and a “Viewers’ level. (Previously, Roth IRA Choice” award of an iPad loaded with Ayn Rand conversion was limited to Columbian Exposition” featured statues of the great explorer, replicas of his three ships, and com- books and videos. Voting for the viewers’ choice those whose modified adjusted award began when the first video was entered, and gross income was $100,000 or memorative stamps and coins. Because Colum- bus Day was a patriotic holiday—it marked the the rules allow one vote per video per day, so there less.) There are still income and contribution limits is an advantage to entering early. on new contributions to Roth IRAs, but not on opening chapter in American history—the newly written Pledge of Allegiance was first recited in Videos must be no longer than three minutes contributions that are converted, i.e., “rolled over,” and must be in English. The contest entry period from other IRAs. schools on October 12, 1892. Nowadays, however, an embarrassed, guilty ends on December 8, 2010, and winners will be Those who convert potentially provide more announced on December 23, 2010. The first two tax-free income for themselves in retirement and/ silence descends on the nation each Columbus Day. We’ve been taught that Columbus opened hundred contest entries will receive a free copy of or for their heirs, without mandatory withdrawals, Atlas Shrugged to give to a friend or to keep for and thus more control over their financial affairs the way for rapacious European settlers to unleash a stream of horrors on a virgin continent: slavery, themselves. For more information and the official in the future. The trade-off is that they must realize rules, please see www.atlasshrugged.com/contest. the converted amounts as income for tax purposes , warfare, epidemic, and the cruel oppres- now and pay the tax due on their 2010 tax returns. sion of Indians. 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