Craig Biddle's Articles
Announcements
OSI’s May Courses for Life, Liberty, and Happiness
Craig Biddle April 16, 2021
OSI's May Courses include "Your Supersystem for Flourishing," "Henry Hazlitt Meets Ayn Rand: Economics and Objectivism," and "Introduction to Ayn Rand’s Philosophy for Loving Life."
Announcements, LevelUp News
Heard the news? TOS-Con’s early-bird discounts have been extended!
Craig Biddle March 26, 2021
Because of the uncertainty caused by the lockdowns, early-bird pricing for TOS-Con 2021 (July 21–24) has been extended through April 30—so you can still save 20% to 50%.
Announcements, Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Politics & Rights
“Understanding Ayn Rand”: A Powerful PragerU Video
Craig Biddle March 26, 2021
PragerU posted a new five-minute video, titled “Understanding Ayn Rand,” and it instantly went viral. As of this writing, it has more than a million views.
Announcements
From the Editor, Spring 2021
Craig Biddle February 26, 2021
Welcome to the Spring 2021 issue of The Objective Standard. Features include “Walter Williams: Intransigent Individualist,” by Aaron Briley, “Common Sense for Objectivists: Five Reasons for Fans of Ayn Rand to Study Thomas Reid,” by Jon Hersey, and more.
Announcements
Your New Alternative for Advancing Objectivism
Craig Biddle December 1, 2020
If you want to support an educational organization that advances Ayn Rand’s philosophy, you have a powerful new alternative: Objective Standard Institute.
Announcements
From the Editor, Winter 2020
Craig Biddle November 20, 2020
Welcome to the Winter 2020 issue of The Objective Standard. Features include “Reinventing Flight: An Interview with Blake Scholl,” interviewed by Jon Hersey; “Corporations and Political Corruption: The Curse of Cronyism and How to End It” by Michael Dahlen; “Ex-Muslims on the Front Lines in the Battle for Civil Society” by Faith Quintero, and more.
Announcements
Carl Barney on the Ayn Rand Institute and Craig Biddle
Craig Biddle October 8, 2020
Carl Barney has laid out the facts regarding the failed rapprochement between TOS and ARI.
History, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
CJ Pearson Identifies a Cause of 9/11—but Not the Fundamental Cause
Craig Biddle September 11, 2020
The fundamental cause of the atrocity on 9/11 was acceptance of faith as a means of knowledge. This cause set all of the other, derivative causes in motion.
Announcements
From the Editor, Fall 2020
Craig Biddle August 20, 2020
Welcome to the Fall 2020 issue of The Objective Standard. Features include “The Assault on Corporations” by Michael Dahlen, “John Singer Sargent and the Art of Elegance” by Timothy Sandefur, and more.
Announcements
We’re Moving TOS-Con to 2021
We’re sad to report that Massachusetts will not permit us to hold TOS-Con this July. But we’re happy to announce that we have arranged to move the conference forward to July 2021.
Announcements
Why We Created Objective Standard Institute (OSI)
If people want to be happy and free, they need philosophic ideas that support these goals and provide guidance to achieve them. We created Objective Standard Institute to teach people about ideas that do.
Announcements
From the Editor, Summer 2020
Craig Biddle May 20, 2020
Welcome to the Summer 2020 issue of The Objective Standard. I hope you enjoy it—and I hope you have the best summer possible amid the lockdowns.
Announcements
TOS-Con 2020 and Coronavirus
Craig Biddle March 19, 2020
Hopefully, by the end of July, COVID-19 will be under control and substantially behind us. If so, three days of mind-sharpening, soul-fueling social interaction with other life-loving, liberty-loving people will be just what we all need.
Announcements
From the Editor, Spring 2020
Craig Biddle February 20, 2020
This issue begins TOS’s fifteenth year of publication, and I’ve never been more in love with this journal or what it represents or the work that my team, our writers, and I get to do.
Announcements
TOS-Con Session Descriptions Are Published!
Craig Biddle February 14, 2020
I’m delighted to announce that we’ve posted descriptions of the main-stage presentations for TOS-Con 2020.