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About Craig Biddle

About Craig Biddle

Craig is cofounder and editor of The Objective Standard, cofounder and director of education at Objective Standard Institute, and executive director of Prometheus Foundation. He is the author of Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It; Rational Egoism: The Morality for Human Flourishing; and the forthcoming Moral Truths Your Parents, Preachers, and Teachers Don’t Want You to Know. He is currently working on his fourth book, “Thinking in Principles.”

Craig Biddle's Articles

John Lewis on the Proper Meaning of a Tea Party
April 17, 2009
Here’s a video of John Lewis’s excellent speech at yesterday’s tea party in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Thanks to Andy Clarkson for recording it) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqoOHWhNR1Q

A Snapshot of Obama's Obscene Foreign Policy
April 15, 2009
Caroline Glick has written a good piece summing up the global situation in the wake of President Obama’s recent travels to Britain, France, the Czech Republic, Turkey, and Iraq. Here’s an excerpt: Somewhere between apologizing for American history—both distant and recent; genuflecting before the unelected, bigoted king of Saudi Arabia;…
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The Seals Have Done What 'God' Could Not
April 13, 2009
Those who are thanking an alleged “God” for the rescue of American cargo ship captain Richard Phillips are engaging in a grave injustice. Phillips was saved not by “God,” who does not exist, but by Navy Seals, who deserve full credit for this marvelous feat. Paraphrasing one of the protagonists…
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A Tea Party Without Egoism Is like a Republic Without a Chance
April 5, 2009
Going to a Tea Party? Don’t leave home without copies of this flier (PDF), which reads: A Tea Party Without Egoism Is like a Republic Without a Chance America was founded on the individual’s rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness. But, contrary to the beliefs of…

'Atlas Shrugged and Ayn Rand’s Morality of Egoism' Now Online
March 27, 2009
  Because of the burgeoning internet discussion about Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged and her ethics of selfishness, I’ve posted an expanded, written version my campus talk “Atlas Shrugged and Ayn Rand’s Morality of Egoism” to the TOS website. A permanent link to the essay can be found on our…

Save 20 Percent on The Objective Standard now through March 27
March 18, 2009
  TOS is offering a 20% discount on subscriptions to first-time subscribers through March 27, 2009. If you have considered subscribing to the Standard but have held off—or if you know anyone who has—now is the time to act. A one-year print subscription is only $47.20 (regularly $59), and a…

Yaron Brook on Ayn Rand: A Triptych
March 17, 2009
1. If you’ve not yet read it, don’t miss Yaron Brook’s excellent op-ed “Is Rand Relevant?” in the Wall Street Journal. Here are the opening paragraphs: Ayn Rand died more than a quarter of a century ago, yet her name appears regularly in discussions of our current economic turmoil. Pundits…

The Spring Issue of TOS
March 11, 2009
  The print edition of the Spring issue is at press and will be mailed shortly; the online version will be accessible to subscribers beginning March 20. For promotional purposes, we are making “Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged and the World Today: An Interview with Yaron Brook” and “Altruism: The Moral…
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Religion vs. Subjectivism: Why Neither Will Do
February 20, 2009
Examines the alternatives of religion and subjectivism, and shows them to be equally life-thwarting and revealingly similar.

Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged and the World Today: An Interview with Yaron Brook
February 20, 2009
Explains why, more than fifty years ago, Rand was able to project the kinds of crises we are seeing today.

From the Editor, Spring 2009
February 20, 2009
Craig Biddle introduces the Spring 2009 issue.

'Green' vs. Good
January 9, 2009
Keith Lockitch of the Ayn Rand Institute has an excellent op-ed in today’s Washington Times titled “Environmental angst: Going ‘green’ doesn’t work.” Here’s an excerpt: Why is it that no matter what sacrifices you make to try to reduce your “environmental footprint,” it never seems to be enough? Well, consider…
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This is Your Future on 'Universal Healthcare'
January 6, 2009
Paul Hsieh has an excellent op-ed titled “Universal healthcare and the waistline police” in the Jan 7 issue of the Christian Science Monitor. It begins: Imagine a country where the government regularly checks the waistlines of citizens over age 40. Anyone deemed too fat would be required to undergo diet…
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Capitalism and the Moral High Ground
November 20, 2008
Concretizes the selfishness-enabling nature of capitalism and shows why this feature makes it the only moral social system on earth.

From the Editor, Winter 2008–2009
November 20, 2008
Craig Biddle introduces the Winter 2007–08 issue.
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