Ayn Rand may be an inspiration for Elon Musk’s assault on the US public service. But without her, I wouldn’t exist.

For the New Intellectual presents the major philosophical passages from Ayn Rand's four novels, Atlas Shrugged. The Fountain-head, Anthem, We the Living. It is prefaced by a 60-page, non-fiction ...

Ayn Rand and Ernest Hemingway during his final year and making some questionable choices that he lives to regret. My favourite 21st century novel is Tsiolkas's "The Slap", but this is also in the ...