Craig Biddle's Articles
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Announcements, Arts & Culture, Good Living
TOS-Con 2020’s Program Is Announced!
Craig Biddle January 17, 2020
I hope you’ll join us in Boston for the most life-enhancing conference of the year—it’s gonna be a blast!
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Bosch Fawstin on Combating the Evil of Islam
Craig Biddle January 1, 2020
Freedom of speech is the last leg of a free society—and Bosch Fawstin is on the front line in the battle against the Islamic assault on this pillar.
Announcements
Come to TOS-Con 2020: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing!
Craig Biddle November 27, 2019
Speakers include Lisa VanDamme, Isaac Morehouse, Timothy Sandefur, Craig Biddle, Rajshree Agarwal, Andrew Bernstein, Jason Crawford and more.
Announcements, Ayn Rand & Objectivism
My Position as Executive Director of Prometheus Foundation
Craig Biddle November 23, 2019
I’ve accepted the position of executive director of Prometheus Foundation, and I look forward to accelerating the advancement of Objectivism.
Announcements
From the Editor, Winter 2019
Craig Biddle November 21, 2019
This issue marks the end of TOS’s fourteenth year of publication, and I want to thank you—our customers, subscribers, and donors—for your business and support, which has kept TOS going strong and constantly improving for these many years. My hat is off to all of you.
