A collection of essays by Ayn Rand elaborating her Objectivist insights with regard to Philosophy, Culture, and Politics. Selected and compiled by Leonard Peikoff with supplementary Chapters to round out each of the three sections. ( )

As much as her big novels introduced objectivism, I expect essays such as these were the reason the philosophy continued to get support. In this collection, she applies her theories to the events of the 1960's. Much of it was convincing to me, even if I don't wholeheartedly agree with all of her premises. Many of her observations at that time are similarly relevant to events today. ( )