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The Rubin Report Addresses Free Speech via Panel at Harvard
The Rubin Report streamed live from Harvard University last night with a wide-ranging discussion about free speech in America.
Freedom of Speech Is Freedom to Think
Speech not only follows from thinking; it is integral to thinking. Thus, to limit free speech is to stifle the mind, and to oppose free… More »
Isaac Morehouse on Praxis, Apprenticeships, and Creating Value
Isaac Morehouse, founder and CEO of Praxis, discusses the company’s apprenticeship programs, the art of teaching young people how to create value and market themselves,… More »
Alex Epstein on An Inconvenient Sequel and Al Gore’s Methods of Deception
Alex Epstein discusses Al Gore’s new “documentary,” An Inconvenient Sequel, and Gore’s methods of deception, which Epstein condenses into a few easily retainable and explainable… More »
In Defense of Editing
A classic essay on the importance of journalistic standards and the role of editors in establishing and maintaining them. Illuminating for writers, editors, and anyone… More »
Thomas Jefferson: Word and Deed
Thomas Jefferson, whatever his flaws, was an intellectual giant whose key ideas lit up the world and still guide us today. Were it not for… More »
Reason in Rhyme: A Philosophic Oratorio
Robin Field presents the full text of his philosophic oratorio, Reason in Rhyme, which he composed in the 1970s and performed in song and piano… More »
Seven Poems on Living Large and Loving Life
Enjoy these soul-fueling works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John James Ingalls, Andrew Marvell, Edward Rowland Sill, Gaius Valerius Catullus, Charlotte Brontë, and Berton Braley.
The Political Economy of Public Debt: Three Centuries of Theory and Evidence, by Richard M. Salsman
Raymond C. Niles reviews The Political Economy of Public Debt, finding the book to be a tremendous resource for anyone seeking to gain an understanding… More »
A Companion to Ayn Rand, edited by Allan Gotthelf and Greg Salmieri
Richard M. Salsman reviews A Companion to Ayn Rand, concluding that, flaws aside, this book is a must-read.
From the Editor, Fall 2017
Craig Biddle introduces the Fall 2017 issue of The Objective Standard.
A Note to the Right regarding the “Alt-Right”
To accept the notion that the so-called “alt-right” belongs in the same category as advocates of individual rights is to obliterate distinctions on which civilized… More »
Richard Dawkins, KPFA, and the Illiberal, Un-American Left
Treating ideas as beyond criticism is anti-liberal, and shaming people—such as Dawkins—for identifying evils inherent in Islam is un-American.
Resources for Understanding Objectivism
Resources for understanding Objectivism, including books, essays, courses, lectures, interviews, organizations, and more.
Altruism Smothers a Republican Revolution—Again
The failure of Republicans to repeal Obamacare marks yet another large-scale demonstration of how morality, not lobbying or machinations or economic arguments, controls government policy.
