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About Jon Hersey

About Jon Hersey

Jon Hersey is the associate editor of The Objective Standard. His work focuses on intellectual history, specifically, the ideas on which freedom and flourishing depend. He has published in-depth articles on John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Stark, William Wilberforce, Rosa Parks, and more.

Jon Hersey's Articles

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Live Interview: Derek Magill on Building a Career You Love, Promoting Yourself, and more . . .

February 19, 2018
Want to build a career around things you love? Tune in Wednesday, and education entrepreneur Derek Magill will answer your questions live.
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Live Interview with Timothy Sandefur on Frederick Douglass

February 13, 2018
Celebrate Frederick Douglass's 200th birthday with Timothy Sandefur, author of the new book Frederick Douglass: Self-Made Man.
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Live Interview with Alex Epstein about TOS-Con 2018

February 8, 2018
Tune in to learn more about Epstein’s two TOS-Con presentations: “The Human Flourishing Project” and “How to Communicate with Clarity and Impact.”

Alex Epstein on the Power of Opinion Stories

January 28, 2018
When you use opinion stories rather than opinion statements, you’re likely to meet with less resistance, more discussion, and greater persuasion.
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RooseveltCare: How Social Security Is Sabotaging the Land of Self-Reliance by Don Watkins

January 24, 2018
RooseveltCare makes clear that resolving the debt crisis by ending the entitlement state is imperative both morally and practically.
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‘It Was Time for Every Man to Stir’: Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

January 10, 2018
Even after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, many Americans held that the colonies would reconcile peacefully with Britain. Paine explained otherwise.
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Live Free or Die: The Story of General John Stark

January 4, 2018
General John Stark did more than help America win the Revolutionary War. He was an exemplar of that quintessential American virtue: independence.
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The Boston Tea Party’s Principles and Heroes

December 16, 2017
The Boston Tea Party and being “merry . . . at the idea of making so large a cup of tea for the fishes.”
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Carrie-Ann Biondi on Ayn Rand’s Enduring Appeal

December 12, 2017
In a world filled with charged rhetoric where increasing volume tends to turn people off, Biondi calmly and coherently explains key principles of Rand’s philosophy and controversies surrounding it.
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, Seventh Edition, by William Zinsser

December 6, 2017
William Zinsser’s On Writing Well is an outstanding guide for anyone who writes nonfiction. Whether you write emails or op-eds, family histories or scientific papers, reading and integrating Zinsser’s Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction is sure to prove of immense value.
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Wilberforce the Abolitionist: Monument to Perseverance

November 25, 2017
The story of William Wilberforce is a gift to all who fight for freedom. It’s a reminder of the virtue of perseverance in righting wrongs.
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Nobel Prize Awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro—Kindred Spirit of Balph Eubank (from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged)

October 10, 2017
Ishiguro “uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”—just like a villain from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.

Lt. Gen. Silveria’s Stand Against Racism, and His Unfortunate Paean to “Diversity”

October 3, 2017
Lt. Gen. Silveria should be commended for standing up against racism, but his claim that the solution involves “diversity” is problematic at best.
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Thomas Jefferson: Word and Deed

September 3, 2017
Thomas Jefferson, whatever his flaws, was an intellectual giant whose key ideas lit up the world and still guide us today. Were it not for him, our world would be less bright, less free.
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The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization, by Arthur Herman

August 14, 2016
The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization, by Arthur Herman; reviewed by Jon Hersey.
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