Jon Hersey's Articles
Announcements
FEE’s Summer Seminars Provide Growth Opportunities for High-Schoolers
Jon Hersey March 19, 2019
Here's an amazing opportunity for high-schoolers to deepen their knowledge of economics, cultivate leadership skills, and learn to think like entrepreneurs.
Announcements, Good Living
TOS-Con Speaker Spotlight: Isaac Morehouse on Creating Your Career
Jon Hersey March 15, 2019
“‘I have to.’ Those three words are killers. People do all kinds of stuff they hate because they think they have to.” —Isaac Morehouse
Announcements, Arts & Culture, Good Living
TOS-Con Speaker Spotlight: Tim Chermak on the Optimism of Advertising
Jon Hersey March 12, 2019
"A better, more prosperous future is always possible. That's the timeless message of advertising. To me, that's the American dream." —Tim Chermak
Announcements, Arts & Culture
TOS-Con Speaker Spotlight: David Crawford on the Value of Dance
Jon Hersey March 7, 2019
"Many believe that there are people with natural dance talent, and the rest will never dance or never enjoy it. But anyone who can walk can learn to dance." —David Crawford
Politics & Rights, Reviews
John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty by C. Bradley Thompson
Jon Hersey January 24, 2019
At a time when politicians are unwilling to admit and unable to defend the fact that America is not a democracy, John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty provides much needed clarity.
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.