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The Perfecting of Howard Roark
Howard Roark is no statue. This is the story of his development as a human character.
Kurt Keefner
Jun 30, 202116 min read
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The Fate of Atlas
I really enjoyed Greek mythology as a boy, but I was never much interested in Atlas. His brother Prometheus, who created humankind and...
Kurt Keefner
May 20, 20217 min read
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The Defects of His Virtues, The Virtues of His Defects
The paradoxical characters of Oskar Schindler, Howard Roark and Shakespeare's Brutus
Kurt Keefner
Oct 16, 20207 min read
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Lessons of The Godfather
These gangsters give you a lesson you can't refuse.
Kurt Keefner
Sep 25, 20209 min read
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Brave New Us
Despite the differences we are tending in the direction of Huxley's hedonistic dystopia.
Kurt Keefner
Jun 12, 202011 min read
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Announcing Killing Cool
Essays on authenticity. And vampires. And hugs. And musicians.
Kurt Keefner
Apr 10, 20202 min read
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Surrender in The Fountainhead.
You would expect Ayn Rand not to like the concept of "surrender," but sometimes she does.
Carrie-Ann Biondi
Mar 2, 20189 min read
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Heroes and Shipwrecks: Beethoven and Ayn Rand
In which the sense of life in Beethoven's Fifth is compared to that of Atlas Shrugged.
Kurt Keefner
Dec 16, 201711 min read
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American Not-So-Pastoral
The Swede had a good life, an American life, until his daughter blew it up. What happened?
Kurt Keefner
Sep 9, 20164 min read
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The Plot Against America
A story from an alternate history in which the fascist Charles Lindbergh becomes president.
Kurt Keefner
Feb 4, 20154 min read
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Happy Birthday, Coleman Silk
Professor Silk has a secret. Find out what it is in The Human Stain.
Kurt Keefner
Nov 14, 20146 min read
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From Knight to Noose: The Dream of the Celt
Knighted because he exposed the truth. Hanged because he supported his country.
Kurt Keefner
Jul 26, 20144 min read
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John Galt, Alternative Christ
My thesis is that John Galt, hero of Ayn Rand's magnum opus Atlas Shrugged, can be regarded as an "alternative Christ." An alternative...
Kurt Keefner
May 8, 201425 min read
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The Last of Her Kind
A tale of three women from the 1960s, Cosmo girl, hippie, and radical murderer. A trip in the time machine.
Kurt Keefner
Oct 27, 20124 min read
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American Ambassador, American Terrorist
What is in the mind of a terrorist? What is in the mind of his father?
Kurt Keefner
Oct 6, 20125 min read
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