Politics & Rights
Politics & Rights, Reviews
The Property Species: Mine, Yours, and the Human Mind by Bart J. Wilson
Timothy Sandefur November 4, 2020
The Property Species suggests fruitful speculations to demonstrate that property is a truly universal manifestation of human rationality and of man’s needs, not only to survive, but also thrive.
Politics & Rights
Life in No-Lockdown Sweden
Thomas Walker-Werth October 23, 2020
I visited Sweden at the end of September to sample life there for myself. Although I was aware that Sweden had had no lockdown, I didn’t realize how little impact COVID-19 had had on Swedish life.
Politics & Rights
Bullies, Looters, Mobs: The Anti-American Essence of BLM
Aaron Briley October 15, 2020
BLM is an anti-American movement because at its core it is a rights-denying movement. This is the meaning behind “If this system doesn’t give us what we want, we will burn it down and replace it.”
Economics, Politics & Rights
The Assault on Rideshare Companies and Drivers
Maggie Bird October 7, 2020
Anti-rideshare organizers present drivers as victims, and if they get their way, drivers certainly will be.
Arts & Culture, History, Philosophy, Politics & Rights, Reviews
Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay
Timothy Sandefur October 2, 2020
In Cynical Theories, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay explore the connections between such phenomena as “shoutdowns,” “canceling,” and identity politics on the one hand and the philosophical doctrines taught in America’s universities on the other.
History, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
CJ Pearson Identifies a Cause of 9/11—but Not the Fundamental Cause
Craig Biddle September 11, 2020
The fundamental cause of the atrocity on 9/11 was acceptance of faith as a means of knowledge. This cause set all of the other, derivative causes in motion.
Arts & Culture, Politics & Rights
We Can’t Fight Racism by Engaging in Racism
Aaron Briley September 8, 2020
Making an individual’s race the determining factor in how we treat him is destructive and immoral—even if we think we’re helping him by doing so.
Economics, Politics & Rights
The Assault on Corporations
Michael Dahlen August 20, 2020
For their endless innovations and productive achievements—the goods they create, the services they provide, the problems they solve—successful corporations deserve our deepest respect and admiration. And when they are unfairly attacked, they deserve our defense.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Politics & Rights
To Black Lives Matter, No Lives Matter
Tim White August 13, 2020
We who care about the lives of individuals, political freedom, the rule of law, civilized society, and all that is required for human beings to live peacefully and prosper—we must unpack the package deal that enables BLM to lure people to support its evil aims.
Philosophy, Politics & Rights, Reviews
Black Lies Matter: Why Lies Matter to the Race Grievance Industry by Taleeb Starkes
Andrew Bernstein August 6, 2020
Black Lies Matter is a courageous, honest, and accurate exposé of Black Lives Matter—and of the Race Grievance Industry more broadly—and it deserves the attention of anyone who genuinely cares about black lives and civil society.