Jon Hersey's Articles
Arts & Culture, Philosophy
Nobel Prize Awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro—Kindred Spirit of Balph Eubank (from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged)
Jon Hersey 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.
Philosophy
Lt. Gen. Silveria’s Stand Against Racism, and His Unfortunate Paean to “Diversity”
Jon Hersey 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.
Biographies, History
Thomas Jefferson: Word and Deed
Jon Hersey 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.
History, Philosophy, Reviews
The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization, by Arthur Herman
Jon Hersey 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.