Why I’m Over ‘Atlas Shrugged,’ And Conservatives Should Be Too
In searching for literary icons to emulate, Republicans would benefit from a little less John Galt and a little more Jean Valjean.
How To Explain That Seizing Money From The Rich Ruins The Economy For Everyone
Conservatives need to start talking about the rich as ‘fountainheads’ and ‘Atlases,’ individuals who are indispensable to wealth creation and general prosperity.
Making The ‘Miracle’: Jonathan Mayhew And The Enlightenment In America
If you want to know how the American ‘miracle’ came to happen, start with 18th-century preacher Jonathan Mayhew, in the book ‘Father of Liberty.’
If It’s As Bad As The NYT’s ‘Anonymous’ Says, The Trump Administration’s ‘Atlases’ Need To Shrug
If Donald Trump is incompetent, let him fail. The country might take a hit in the short term, but we’ll be better off facing the cold, unvarnished truth.
Steven Pinker Shows How To Defend The Enlightenment Without Really Trying
Steven Pinker makes a good case that something has been going right in the modern world, but you’re on your own if you want to define exactly what that is.
How Star Trek Became A Tribal Battleground Of PC Art
Why is it ‘weird’ for Ted Cruz to be a Star Trek fan? Because the left is using PC didacticism to mark off parts of the culture as their tribal territory.
Let’s Cool The Philosophical Hot Takes On The Laurel Versus Yanny Audio Illusion
We can’t be content to view ‘Laurel Versus Yanny’ as a fun intellectual puzzle. No, somebody has to claim it proves everything is subjective.
The Problem With Social Media Isn’t The Media, It’s The Social
The Internet was supposed to supercharge the spread of information, but social media is actually crippling our ability to process new ideas.
Marco Rubio Finally Gets What Philosophers Are Good For
Marco Rubio finally gets it right. We do need philosophers, and the past few years demonstrate just how badly we need them.
New School Policing Info Marks Broward County’s Scott Israel An Ayn Rand Villain
Like Wesley Mouch, the bumbling central planner in ‘Atlas Shrugged,’ Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel keeps messing up then demanding wider powers.
John Williams, The Man Who Wrote The Soundtrack To The Olympics, Turns 86 Today
Composer John Williams turns 86 today, which by happy coincidence is the same day millions of viewers will be celebrating the themes he wrote for the Olympics.
The ‘Murder On The Orient Express’ Theory Of American Politics
Deeper cultural problems led us to our current state of political crisis, and it’s just about everybody’s fault.
How To Recover Our Respect For The Finance Industry
Even if one is outraged by the behavior of some bankers, to call every member of the industry a participant in fraud is a profound injustice.
Why Won’t The Nightmare Dream Of Communism Die?
A century of Communism achieved four main results: poverty, oppression, war, and mass death. So why does anybody still think collectivism is ‘idealistic’?
Signs Liberalism’s Slow Suicide Is Finally Complete
Campus protests against the ACLU are a sign that American ‘liberalism’ is being destroyed by the forces it unleashed and its own inherent contradictions.
7 Real Management Secrets From ‘Atlas Shrugged’
So what can we really learn from Ayn Rand about running a business? It’s not what sneering business experts claim in the New York Times.
Why Mixing Harry Potter And Politics Ruins Them Both
Unite with me in opposing one of the greatest threats to the future of our republic: the massive overuse of Harry Potter references in political discussion.
Cosmopolitan Hates For Women To Orgasm If Men Enjoy It Too
Why does Cosmo think its bad for men to love women’s orgasms? Because feminism has poisoned the most intimate form of human cooperation with adversarial politics.
Lady Gaga Isn’t a Rebel, Portland Isn’t Weird, And Other Fictions Of ‘The Resistance’ Left
Lady Gaga’s pretentious Tiffany Super Bowl ad reveals the dilemma of the left: the ‘counterculture’ has become the establishment.
In 2016, Did Donald Trump Banish Principles from Politics?
Donald Trump is openly, brazenly unprincipled, without bothering over any pretense. How will that change the Republican Party?
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