's Articles
Announcements, TOS-Con News
TOS-Con Speaker Spotlight: Wolf Von Laer
Craig Biddle February 16, 2022
In his TOS-Con presentation, “Bitcoin as a Freeway to Freedom,” Wolf von Laer, CEO of Students For Liberty, will explain the fundamentals of Bitcoin, how it differs from other crypto-projects, and why he sees Bitcoin as a vital tool in the fight for free markets and limited government.
Announcements, TOS-Con News
TOS-Con 2022: Main-Stage Program
TOS Admin February 10, 2022
The main-stage program for TOS-Con 2022: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing has been posted, and it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen.
Good Living, Philosophy
Clothing and Personal Identity
Andreea Mincu February 10, 2022
Wearing clothes we like serves an important psychological function: It enables us to experience and express our identity visually and tactilely. The more we consciously identify why we like certain clothes, the more we can choose those that best express our values—and the more pleasure and confidence we can gain from wearing them.
Announcements, TOS-Con News
TOS-Con Speaker Spotlight: Amala Ekpunobi
Craig Biddle February 9, 2022
Can a young person break away from an irrational context in which she was raised? Can she activate her mind, think for herself, and build a life around her own independent judgment? At TOS-Con 2022, Amala Ekpunobi will tell the story of how she did.
Politics & Rights
The Fundamental Difference between Ukraine and Russia
Thomas Walker-Werth January 31, 2022
As I write this, more than one hundred thousand Russian troops are gathered along their border with Ukraine. Every day, Ukrainian citizens are living in fear of invasion. Why are innocent people facing the prospect of death and destruction at the hands of a foreign power?
Economics, Politics & Rights
Star Trek, Marx, Maezawa, and the Moneyless Dream: Utopian or Dystopian?
“Money rests on the axiom that every man is the owner of his mind and his effort.” —Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Politics & Rights
Esquire’s Dishonest Smear of Aaron Rodgers and Ayn Rand
Tim White January 20, 2022
This article takes for granted that Atlas Shrugged is a bad book and that Aaron Rodgers’s behavior exemplifies its content—without providing a single shred of evidence to support either conclusion.
Announcements, TOS-Con News
Greg McKeown Will Speak at TOS-Con 2022
Craig Biddle January 19, 2022
I’m delighted to announce that one of my favorite authors, Greg McKeown, will speak at TOS-Con 2022: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing (June 22–25 in Denver).
Announcements, Ayn Rand & Objectivism
The Fountainhead Reading Group with Andrew Bernstein
Craig Biddle January 14, 2022
Here’s an opportunity to enrich your life with a deep dive into Ayn Rand’s soul-fueling novel The Fountainhead.
Politics & Rights
Australia Double Faults in Djokovic Fiasco
Jon Hersey January 13, 2022
Love him or hate him, Djokovic served Aussies a valuable opportunity—to pause, reflect, and reconsider the implications of individual rights for pandemic policy. Unfortunately, they’ve double-faulted.
Announcements, TOS-Con News
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Will Speak at TOS-Con 2022
Craig Biddle January 7, 2022
I’m delighted to announce that Ayaan Hirsi Ali has joined the roster for TOS-Con 2022: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing (June 22–25 in Denver), where she will speak and participate in a panel discussion.
Education & Parenting, Reviews, Science & Technology
Which One Doesn’t Belong? A Shapes Book and Teacher’s Guide, by Christopher Danielson
Daniel Wahl January 1, 2022
Daniel Wahl reviews Which One Doesn’t Belong? A Shapes Book and Teacher’s Guide, by Christopher Danielson.
Good Living
Cal Newport on Mission, Mastery, and Flourishing at Work
Jon Hersey December 23, 2021
I recently spoke with Cal Newport about living the “deep life,” how our standard operating procedures are diminishing our ability to do meaningful work and what to do about it, and about what he’s learned from heroes such as Lincoln and Socrates about building a better world.
Arts & Culture, Biographies
Henry Kitchell Webster’s Life-Loving, Pro-Business Fiction
Dianne Durante December 22, 2021
Henry Kitchell Webster's novels have charming, intelligent characters who pursue their goals in unusual ways. They show that there’s no good reason “why a serious novel should not be a good story."
Arts & Culture, Reviews
Louis Sullivan’s Idea by Tim Samuelson and Chris Ware
Timothy Sandefur December 16, 2021
Louis H. Sullivan's buildings are the remaining monuments to a genius who gave voice, as no artist had ever done before, to the distinctive achievement of the modern age: the skyscraper. Hopefully, books such as this will help ensure that this master builder is never forgotten.