Craig Biddle's Articles
Good Living
Happy Thanksgiving from The Objective Standard
Craig Biddle November 22, 2012
From everyone at The Objective Standard to everyone who thinks, produces, trades, and thereby creates the values on which human life and happiness depend: Thank you. Thank you profit-seeking businessmen who produce and sell everything from groceries to computers to automobiles to electricity. Your work—although often condemned—is in fact supremely…
Philosophy
Independent Thinking, Morality, and Liberty
Craig Biddle November 20, 2012
Examines the crucial need for advocates of liberty to uphold the same cognitive standard in considering moral matters as they do in considering political matters.
Announcements
From the Editor, Winter 2012
Craig Biddle November 20, 2012
Craig Biddle introduces the Winter 2012–13 issue.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Ayn Rand: America's Comeback Philosopher—Video
Craig Biddle November 14, 2012
Here's a video of a speech I gave at Liberty on the Rocks in Lafayette, CO last Monday. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/embed/ot5OyZSuU34 Like this post? Join our mailing list to receive our weekly digest. And for in-depth commentary from an Objectivist perspective, subscribe to our quarterly journal, The Objective Standard. Related: Ayn…
Politics & Rights
Why Your Vote for Romney Matters, Swing State or Not
Craig Biddle November 5, 2012
The popular notion that if you’re not living in a swing state your vote in this presidential election doesn’t really count is dangerously false. Although the presidency is ultimately determined by the Electoral College, the strength of the victor’s mandate is determined by the popular vote. And the mandate matters—a…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Politics & Rights
Ayn Rand vs. Obama: Whose Ideas are Right for Teens (and Adults)?
Craig Biddle October 26, 2012
In his recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine, President Obama, following the lead of other leftists, implies that Ayn Rand’s ideas are not for mature, intelligent adults, but rather for immature, ignorant teenagers—“17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood,” as he puts it. Much could be said of Obama’s comments on…
Announcements
Mistakes People Make in Thinking about Ethics
Craig Biddle October 9, 2012
I’ll be a guest on Diana Hsieh’s Philosophy in Action Talk Radio show tomorrow, Wednesday, October 10, at 6pm Pacific Time. The subject is common mistakes people make in thinking about ethics or morality. We’ll discuss religious ethics, duty ethics, social and subjective ethics, pragmatism, and more. From the Philosophy…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
The Trinity of Liberty: Individualism, Individual Rights, and Independent Thinking
Craig Biddle September 23, 2012
Here’s a speech I gave at Universidad Francisco Marroquín earlier this month. Check it out via YouTube, or download the mp3 file. Enjoy! Like this post? Join our mailing list to receive our weekly digest. And for in-depth commentary from an Objectivist perspective, subscribe to our quarterly journal, The Objective…
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Why the Murders in Benghazi “Should Shock the Conscience of People of All Faiths"
Craig Biddle September 12, 2012
Speaking from the State Department this morning, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the Islam-motivated slaughter of four Americans at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi “an attack that should shock the conscience of people of all faiths.” This statement is correct—although not in the way Clinton means it. The conscience of…
Politics & Rights
The Atrocity Following 9/11
Craig Biddle September 11, 2012
The jihadist attack against America on 9/11 was an atrocity—and so is America's self-sacrificial response to that attack. Let's rectify it.
Philosophy, Science & Technology
Celebrate not Labor but Thought
Craig Biddle September 3, 2012
Labor is nothing to celebrate. Man's muscle is not the cause of wealth and prosperity; his mind is.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Thank You, Ayn Rand, for Atlas Shrugged
Craig Biddle September 2, 2012
On this day in 1946, Ayn Rand began writing Atlas Shrugged, which would be published eleven years later. In addition to telling a fascinating mystery story about a man who would stop the motor of the world, this novel presents a new morality—a morality of rational egoism, value pursuit, and…
Politics & Rights
A 5-Point Strategy for Winning Back the Land of Liberty
Craig Biddle August 29, 2012
Here is how freedom-loving Americans can win back America: Support Romney-Ryan, the only viable less-statist-than-Obama ticket in the 2012 presidential election. Tell Obama as the door hits him on the way out, "We didn't fire you. Somebody else made that happen." Tell Romney as he enters the White House, "Look…
Announcements
Help TOS Reach More Minds with Ayn Rand's Ideas
Craig Biddle August 28, 2012
With Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, Americans are more curious than ever about Ayn Rand’s ideas and what they mean in practice. This is a golden opportunity to accelerate the spread of Rand’s ideas, and TOS is a vital means to that end. While…
Announcements
Help Joshua Lipana Fight Cancer—Update 2
Craig Biddle August 26, 2012
(If you are new to Joshua’s situation, please see my earlier announcements here and here.) I’m delighted to report that Joshua’s prognosis continues to improve. According to his doctors, chemotherapy is working, Joshua’s bone marrow is now cancer-free, and the tumor in his left lung has been reduced to a…