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Article: AYN RAND'S CAMPUS RADICALS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 13, 2005
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THE AYN RAND INSTITUTE, a nonprofit research center in Irvine,
Calif., got the centenary year of its patron saint off to a less
than sure-footed start, P.R.-wise. On Dec. 30, just days after the
devastating South Asian tsunami, the institute sent out a press
release under the headline "U.S. Should Not Help Tsunami Victims."
That's certainly one way to keep alive the spirit of the author of
"The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged," for whom altruism was a
dirty word and the productive, heroic pursuit of one's own happiness
the highest ideal. After widespread ridicule, the Institute removed
the statement from its website, offering the clarification that it
was opposed to all ...