Ayn Rand's Long Journey To The Heart Of American Politics | The New Republic

Jennifer Burns, author of Goddess of Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, nicely summarizes Rand's influence on libertarians conservatives including Mitt Romney's VP choice, Paul Ryan, in Ayn Rand's Long Journey To The Heart Of American Politics | The New Republic. 

Science Asks: Why Can't We All Just Get Along? - The Atlantic

I've been eagerly awaiting the publication of Jonathan Haidt's new book, The Righteous Mind, which I plan on reviewing here (one of these days). In the meantime here is a good summary of Haidt's approach. Science Asks: Why Can't We All Just Get Along? - The Atlantic

Why liberals can't understand conservatives – Telegraph Blogs

Why liberals can't understand conservatives – Telegraph Blogs

I've mentioned Jonathan Haidt's work here before. Later this month his new book, The Righteous Mind, will be published. I'm eagerly waiting its arrival and plan to review it here. In the meantime, Ed West gives a nice summary.