Articles

Science & Technology

Allergy medications enhance the lives of millions of people, and contrary to some “experts,” there’s nothing vain or immoral about them.

Announcements

Reason, purpose, dual sovereignty, federalism, privatization of public lands, wine appreciation, and more—there’s something here for everyone!

Good Living, Philosophy

The moral question to ask yourself is not “How can I be a tool in the hands of God?”—but “How can I make my life the best, happiest life it can be?”

History, Politics & Rights

John Marshall patiently upheld the principle of dual sovereignty and set vital legal precedents for America in her infancy.

Philosophy, Politics & Rights

Public lands are a drain on American citizens and a barrier to the production of life-serving values. If we want to stop wasting potential resources and, instead, use them to enrich our lives, we must privatize public lands.

Arts & Culture, Science & Technology

Isaacson’s Leonardo Da Vinci distills this complex Renaissance man whose achievements in art and science have enriched posterity.

History

Despite the graft of a few pseudo-businessmen, the First Transcontinental Railroad was a profoundly life-enhancing demonstration of human ingenuity.

History

After a town named itself in honor of Benjamin Franklin, someone suggested that he acknowledge the tribute by supplying a church bell. Franklin, a “thorough Deist,” proposed a different gift.

Arts & Culture, History

Monticello, by America’s first native-born architect, Thomas Jefferson, is a window into the mind of this most complex and captivating of Founders.

Announcements, Education & Parenting

We want our children to live wonderful, happy lives. How can we help them to become independent thinkers and rational decision makers so they will?

History, Philosophy, Science & Technology

Peter Anstey reveals how John Locke’s pessimism about a science of nature began evaporating in light of Isaac Newton’s achievements.

Arts & Culture

Among the stars of silent film, Buster Keaton stands out as a uniquely inventive talent.

History, Science & Technology

Salk and Sabin never worked together, but their combined efforts made possible a world in which almost no one suffers from polio.

Announcements

If you’re between the ages of 18 and 29, you’re eligible to apply for a scholarship to attend TOS-Con 2019: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing.

Arts & Culture, Good Living

“Like other man-made products, wine is created to serve a specific set of purposes, and facts about the wine in relation to facts about man’s body determine whether the product can fulfill its purposes, and to what degree.” —Adam Edmonsond