Jon Hersey's Articles
Good Living, Science & Technology
Minding Your Time: Three Ideas
Jon Hersey December 29, 2018
Here are a few things that have helped me to schedule work, measure time, and leverage its scarcity.
Arts & Culture
A Life-Enhancing Lesson from Dickens’s Christmas Carol
Jon Hersey December 24, 2018
By revealing the spiritual poverty of the materially wealthy Scrooge, A Christmas Carol shows that spiritual values are vital to a meaningful life.
Politics & Rights
Why a “Right” to Health Care is a Moral Travesty
Jon Hersey December 14, 2018
Many commentators have pointed out the practical failings of "universal health care." But its proponents regard it as a moral ideal. Why?
Biographies, History, Politics & Rights
The Moral Courage of Rosa Parks
Jon Hersey November 29, 2018
By refusing to give in to injustice, Parks sparked not only the Montgomery bus boycott but the American Civil Rights movement as such, which would go on to topple the legal support of racial discrimination in the United States.
History, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Public Land’s Collectivist Roots
Jon Hersey November 20, 2018
Some call national parks “America’s best idea.” In truth, public lands of any type are antithetical to what is truly America’s best idea: individual rights.
History
Remember, Remember, the Ninth of November
Jon Hersey November 8, 2018
November 9 and the opening of East German borders will forever mark a triumph for freedom and a reminder of the horrors of collectivism.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Ayn Rand’s Method for Slaying Monsters
Jon Hersey October 31, 2018
We can’t rely on garlic, decapitation, or sunlight to repel the noxious creatures that we do inevitably encounter in life. In order to fortify ourselves against evil, we have to understand it.
Politics & Rights
How to Challenge Racism in College Admissions
Jon Hersey October 25, 2018
If we want to live in “a nation where [people] will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” we need to challenge the idea that racism can ever be leveraged for good.
Arts & Culture
Today Is the Last Day to Vote for Atlas Shrugged in “The Great American Read” Contest
Jon Hersey October 18, 2018
Today is the last day to vote for your favorite novel in PBS’s “Great American Read” contest. Fans of Ayn Rand will be happy to see that Atlas Shrugged is included in the list.
Reviews, Science & Technology
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal
Jon Hersey September 27, 2018
In Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, Dutch-American primatologist Frans de Waal brings history, philosophy, and science to bear on this pregnant question.
Reviews, Science & Technology
Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks by Ben Goldacre
Jon Hersey September 10, 2018
Goldacre outs many of the most heinous sources of misleading health-related claims and provides tools to understand and evaluate them.
Good Living, Philosophy
The Human Flourishing Project Podcast: Incredible Value for ‘Students of Life’
Jon Hersey August 24, 2018
Despite the fact that more knowledge exists today than at any other point in history, “Human beings lack reliable access to the knowledge they need to flourish.” Alex Epstein is working to fix this problem.
History
Einstein’s Pivotal Letter to FDR
Jon Hersey August 1, 2018
Fearing that Germany might soon develop nuclear weapons, Einstein—a lifelong pacifist—urged FDR to aid similar efforts by U.S.-based scientists.
Politics & Rights
Nikki Haley: Confronting Murderous Regimes and Their Accomplice, the UN
Jon Hersey June 23, 2018
Haley explained, with admirable clarity, that associating with murderous regimes only strengthens them, which illuminates the moral imperative for the U.S. to sever all ties with the UN.
Politics & Rights
Judge Leon Heroically Sets Rational Precedent on Antitrust
Jon Hersey June 15, 2018
Judge Leon’s forceful, reality-oriented knockdown of the DOJ’s most recent bogus case deserves applause.
