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Radnor junior earns third place in national writing contest


NPR profile of Ayn Rand and her ideas

On Capitol Hill, Rand's Atlas can't be shrugged off


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Economic arguments seem to come straight from the characters in Atlas Shrugged

Is the Economy Stressing Out Your Family?


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