The last chapter of James Watson’s story began as he was preparing to launch a book tour through Britain to promote his latest and...
This past September, I was thrilled to see The Call of the Entrepreneur , a new documentary by The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion
One of the more satisfying, under-reported barometers of cultural trends is the dismal box office take of recent movies attacking U.S....
When the ACLU gets involved in a case, even a business rights case, I tend not to notice, because of that organization’s infamous
Jan/Feb 2008 -- Think playing competitive sports is tough? Sure, the pain of a jarring tackle or the exhaustion after a grueling marathon can push an athlete to the limit. Compared to the business world, however, the pain these individuals go through is slight.
Objectivists often look to the past for great artwork to contemplate and admire, avoiding the contemporary art scene as hopelessly......
Mayer, a professor of law at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, has just had a book published by the Cato Institute: Liberty..
January, 2001 -- In the culture wars of our time, the culture that shaped our world has had no voice.
People act unselfishly all the time. Indeed, that is one key to what is wrong with much of the world. It certainly explains why so many love
An ideal Objectivist society would be one where there would be maximum individual freedom, and minimum governmental functions, primary among
Contrary to logical positivism, the cognitive meaning of a statement is not equal to its means of verification. Instead, the meaning of a...
Down here in south Texas, I’m occasionally drawn unawares into conversations with congregants of the evangelical Cornerstone Church, whose..
Ayn Rand maintained the necessity of a government that kept its “hands off” the private lives of its citizens, while at the same time......
Love is an essential value we obtain from other people. In giving love, we are responding to our own values realized and made beautiful by a
Your argument is correct. But I will elaborate a little to make clear the Objectivist view.....
April 2008 -- Editor’s note: I’m pleased to yield my usual editorial space this month to Gene Holloway, director of operations and
Question: I found the following text in an article by Patrick O'Neil (Journal of Libertarian Studies, vol. 7, no. 1) and would like to know
Objectivists would try to employ any technology that reliably allowed them to live longer, fuller lives. It is wonderful and life-affirming
Humanism is the doctrine that there is only the real world, that reason is our means of knowledge, and that human well-being in this life is
April 2008 -- If Wernher von Braun had died in 1945 at the end of World War Two, he would have been remembered as the man who led the team..
