Those who oppose war with Iraq--from foreign heads of state to homegrown antiwar protesters--employ a common expression of contempt for the American war effort. America, they sneer, is acting like a "cowboy." A mock interview with Saddam Hussein conducted by a...
Andrew Bernstein
Andrew Bernstein holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the City University of New York. He lectures all over the world.
Tis the Season…to Understand Individual Rights
Most Americans think slavery ended with the 13th Amendment in 1865. It did, in the United States. But it is alive and well today in the Sudan and Mauritania. In these African countries, blacks suffer at the hands of Arabs, who ransack villages, kill the men and sell...
Heart of a Pagan, Chapter 2: The Coming
Excerpted from Andrew Bernstein's Heart of a Pagan: The Story of Swoop. Chapter 2: The Coming "Hoppo to the heights now!" Swoop roared that afternoon when he walked into our locker room for the first time. He swaggered through the door and slung his purple gym bag to...
Books: Heart of a Pagan, Chapter 1: The Spirit and the Flesh
Adapted from Andrew Bernstein’s Heart of a Pagan: The Story of Swoop.
Nobel Peace Prize Should Go To Those Who Really Support Peace
The Nobel Peace Prize was just awarded to Jimmy Carter. Although Carter's efforts to convince Egypt to recognize Israel's right to exist was a genuine achievement, he has otherwise continuously betrayed the principles on which peace depends. For many years Carter,...
Allowing Israel to Destroy the PLO Helps Defend the U.S.
It is time that the United States recognize the true nature of Yasser Arafat and his regime. The PLO has been engaged in a terror campaign against Israel for decades, and today supports fanatical suicide bombers, who deliberately target and murder innocent civilians....
The New Math: Why Students Can’t Add or Subtract
Imagine that your child comes home from school one day and announces that in his math course there are no textbooks, no teaching -- and no right answers. Instead, students form groups to construct their own math "strategies." They add fractions by folding paper...
Defend the United States By Allowing Israel to Destroy the PLO
It is time that the United States recognize the true nature of Yasser Arafat and his regime. The PLO has been engaged in a terror campaign against Israel for decades, and today supports fanatical suicide bombers, who deliberately target and murder innocent civilians....
The Bernstein Declaration: On the Principles and Possibilities of Capitalism
Capitalism is the greatest benefactor man has ever had. It is time for the thinking men and women of every nation to recognize that fact and to fully embrace the system of the mind and of individual rights.
An Open Letter Regarding China to the International Olympic Committee
You must stand tall for moral principles and the dignity of man. Award the Olympics to a country where rights are protected, not to the Butchers of Beijing.
What Young People Really Need: Not Volunteerism but Happiness and Heroes
Is volunteerism actually good? Is service in slums and nursing homes a proper moral ideal that will galvanize the young, adding value and significance to their lives?
Bush’s Compassionate Conservatism Will Undermine the Republicans and Capitalism
What once distinguished Republicans was their commitment to limited government.
A Country of Giants
For any reader who shares Ayn Rand’s philosophy and, crucially, her sense of life, these stories provide two inestimable values: a picture of man at his productive best-and a poignant reminder that America was once a country of giants.
Republican and Democratic — The Identical Party? The Two Major Parties Are Becoming Dangerously Alike — in Their Opposition to Individual Rights
The Republicans and the Democrats each used to defend individual freedom in some sphere; now they support government control in all spheres. It is becoming increasingly irrelevant which of the two parties happens to win an election. They are, sadly, coming to adopt a common position as enemies of freedom in America.
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