Help Promote TOS

America is at a critical juncture. Over the next few years, the country will move substantially either toward further violations of individual rights or toward better protection of individual rights. The Objective Standard is a crucial tool in the fight for the latter alternative.

Now in its fifth year of publication, TOS is the preeminent source for in-depth cultural and political analysis from an Objectivist perspective. Our articles and reviews go consistently to fundamentals, anchoring arguments in the principle of individual rights and the morality of rational egoism. No other periodical publishes essays such as “Altruism: The Moral Root of the Financial Crisis” by Richard M. Salsman, “Reason or Faith: The Republican Alternative” by John David Lewis, “The Menace of Pragmatism” by Tara Smith, “The Creed of Sacrifice vs. The Land of Liberty” by Craig Biddle, “Deeper Than Kelo: The Roots of the Property Rights Crisis” by Eric Daniels, “Moral Health Care vs. ‘Universal Health Care’” by Lin Zinser and Paul Hsieh, or “The Morality of Moneylending: A Short History” by Yaron Brook.

Importantly, however, articles in TOS presuppose no familiarity with Objectivism. They are written entirely in layman’s terms and are thus accessible to active-minded people in general. The articles are easy to read, easy to comprehend, and anchored in sound philosophic principles. Such articles change minds.

But too few people know that TOS exists, and our articles cannot change minds if they are not read. Here is where you can help, by promoting The Objective Standard in the following ways.

Reference and link to TOS articles.
TOS has the most extensive arsenal of in-depth articles in support of a civilized society on the Web. (See Topics and Archives in the blue column to your left.) By referencing and linking to TOS articles in your own blogging and in the comments sections of articles or op-eds, you simultaneously let people know that the journal exists and direct them to elaborations on the points you make in your comments.

Place TOS banners on your websites and blogs.
The more often people see signs of TOS, the more likely they will be to check it out. Our banners can be found here.

Become a fan of TOS on Facebook.
Join us on Facebook, and invite your friends to do so too.

Let your university, alma mater, or local librarian know about the journal.
TOS is now indexed and abstracted in Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO), Public Affairs Information Services (PAIS), Political Science Complete (PSC), and EBSCOhost. The journal is under review for coverage in several other indexes as well. Periodicals covered by such indexes are more appealing to libraries, so now is a good time to try (or retry) persuading your university, alma mater, or local librarian to subscribe to the journal. To inform your librarian about the existence and nature of TOS, please hand or email him our Library Recommendation Letter.

Purchase PDFs of TOS articles, and distribute them far and wide.
TOS articles are now available in Portable Document Format (PDF) for $3.95 each ($2.95 each for reviews). For activism purposes, once you purchase a PDF, you are welcome and encouraged to email or print and distribute it to as many people as you see fit—friends, relatives, colleagues, politicians, pundits, talk show hosts—anyone who might be moved by rational ideas and logical arguments. The more the merrier! (We ask only that you not spam with the article, resell it, or post it on the Internet.) PDFs of articles can be purchased from the Single Articles page.

Give TOS as a gift.
Nothing changes minds more effectively than a steady stream of clearly written, easy-to-read articles that address current events and cultural issues from a rational, principled perspective. Gift subscriptions can be purchased for individuals or institutions (libraries, doctors’ offices, corporations, etc.), and although institutions themselves pay a higher subscription rate, gifts to institutions are sold at the regular (i.e., individual) rate. Gift subscriptions can also be purchased in packages of five at a discount of 15 percent (the “Standard-Bearer”). For more information or to purchase a gift subscription, visit the Give a Gift page.

People are looking for answers to today’s cultural and political problems. TOS articles provide principled answers in plain English on a regular basis. Please help us distribute these articles to a wider audience.