Craig Biddle's Articles
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Hippies + Guns = Banned Marines
Craig Biddle February 1, 2008
Nick Provenzo of the Center for the Advancement of Capitalism reports that members of the City Council of Berkeley have decided to use their guns to keep U.S. Marine Corps recruiters out of the commune. Would that the U.S. military could cease defending Berkeley. It would make for a great…
Education & Parenting
VanDamme Academy in the News
Craig Biddle January 28, 2008
Jillian Melchior has written an excellent piece titled " VanDamme Academy Shows Value of Choice" in The Heartland Institute’s School Reform News. Here’s the opening: The VanDamme Academy, a K-8 school in Laguna Hills, California, has an unusual way of giving students a better foundation of knowledge. Founder Lisa VanDamme…
Philosophy, Science & Technology
Health Care, Moral Rights, and Selfish Action
Craig Biddle January 9, 2008
Yaron Brook has an excellent article in Forbes titled “The Right Vision of Health Care.” Here’s an excerpt: Prior to the government's entrance into the medical field, health care was regarded as a product to be traded voluntarily on a free market—no different from food, clothing, or any other important…
Announcements
Winter Issue of The Objective Standard
Craig Biddle December 21, 2007
The print edition of the Winter issue of TOS has been mailed, and the online version has been posted to our website. The contents of the Winter issue are: From the Editor Letters and Replies Moral Health Care vs. “Universal Health Care” by Lin Zinser and Paul Hsieh Instrumentalism and…
Announcements
The Forthcoming Issue of TOS
Craig Biddle December 7, 2007
Dear Subscribers and Friends of The Objective Standard, The print edition of the Winter issue is at press and will be mailed shortly; the online version will be accessible to subscribers beginning December 20. For promotional purposes, we are making Lin Zinser and Paul Hsieh’s “Moral Health Care vs. ‘Universal…
Politics & Rights
Predatory Legislating
Craig Biddle December 5, 2007
Yaron Brook has an excellent article at Forbes.com titled “Predatory Legislating.” Here’s an excerpt: After months of deliberating over what, if anything, to do about the large number of defaults in the subprime industry and the lax lending and borrowing standards that led to them—the House has passed its answer:…
Politics & Rights
Deep-Six the Law of the Sea
Craig Biddle November 20, 2007
Thomas Bowden has an excellent op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal calling for the recognition of property rights with regard to the ocean floor. Here are the first few paragraphs: The Law of the Sea Treaty, which awaits a ratification vote in the U.S. Senate, declares most of the earth's…
Announcements
From the Editor, Winter 2007–2008
Craig Biddle November 20, 2007
Craig Biddle introduces the Winter 2007–08 issue.
Announcements
Justice on the Web
Craig Biddle November 5, 2007
Gus Van Horn, one of the best bloggers on the Web, is leading in the final polling of the 2007 Weblog Awards in the “Best of the Top 6751–8750 Blogs” category. Gus deserves this and much more, so vote, vote, vote this year (you can vote every 24 hours), and…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
Mere Atheism
Craig Biddle November 5, 2007
During the question period of the otherwise unremarkable debate between Christopher Hitchens and Dinesh D’Souza on the question of “Is Christianity the Problem?” the following two questions were posed to Hitchens: 1) “What [does atheism] have to offer us as an ethics?” and 2) “What standard [of value] can you…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
Scrutinizing Scruton's Scrutinizing
Craig Biddle November 3, 2007
Roger Scruton challenges Ayn Rand’s concept of selfishness—by committing the very fallacy Rand identified as the cause of confusion on this issue.
Announcements, Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Lecture: 'Atlas Shrugged and Ayn Rand's Morality of Egoism'
Craig Biddle October 8, 2007
In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Atlas Shrugged, I’ll be speaking at UCLA this Thursday, October 11. What: A talk on “Atlas Shrugged and Ayn Rand’s Morality of Egoism” by Craig Biddle Where: UCLA - Los Angeles, California: Kinsey Pavillion (Knudsen) 1220B When: Thursday, October 11, 2007, 7:00pm–9:00pm Admission…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
Good Press for Objectivism and Atlas Shrugged
Craig Biddle September 28, 2007
There is a good article in Forbes today, titled “Atlas Shrugs Again,” by Marc Babej and Tim Pollack, focusing on the recent swell of interest in Ayn Rand’s ideas and on what it takes to “market something as amorphous as a [philosophical] movement.” After citing some of the recent items…
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
More on Ahmadinejad's Forum at Columbia
Craig Biddle September 24, 2007
In case the relativist “principle” guiding Lee Bollinger’s choice to invite Ahmadinejad to speak at Columbia was not clear enough in his earlier statement, here is a brief video of him making it even clearer. The “principle” is that anyone willing to “debate”—regardless of his complicity in the torture and…
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Religion and Relativism: The Axis of Evil (Exhibit 723-B: Ahmadinejad's Visit)
Craig Biddle September 21, 2007
That the Bush administration is permitting Ahmadinejad to enter America for any reason other than to kill him on sight is a moral travesty. But, then, given that Bush and company’s philosophy counsels us to “resist not evil” and “turn the other cheek” and “judge not that ye be not…
