Archive - The Objective Standard

Free Will: Who Has It

Are we human beings in charge of the decisions we make—or not?

Mar 6 •

The Spring 2025 Issue of TOS Is Published!

Welcome to the Spring 2025 issue of The Objective Standard, the rational alternative to regressivism and conservatism.

Mar 6 •

Trump’s Tariffs: Immoral, Indefensible, and Illiberal

By Nicholas Provenzo

Mar 6

DOGE Should Protect Rights, Not ‘Democracy’

Mar 6

Giordano Bruno: Herald of the Enlightenment

Mar 6

Charlie Munger’s Value Investing: A Philosophical Approach

By David Chávez Salazar

Mar 6

Lessons on Liberty and Self-Esteem from The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid’s Tale offers many lessons about the roots of self-esteem and how to improve it. Perhaps most important, it illustrates the connection…

Mar 6 •

Angelica Walker-Werth

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

Reviewed by Nadav Sternheim

Mar 6

Twin Peaks, Created by David Lynch and Mark Frost

Reviewed by Daria Topchii

Mar 6

It Ends With Us, Directed by Justin Baldoni

Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us, adapted for the big screen last year, has a number of problems. The movie improves on some but not all these issues.

Mar 6 •

Angelica Walker-Werth

February 2025

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