Alex Epstein

Every Election Day politicians, intellectuals, and activists propagate a seemingly patriotic but utterly un-American idea: the notion that our most important right–and the source of America’s greatness–is the right to vote. According to former...

President Bush is very vocal about his religious beliefs; he likes to preach publicly about “the power of faith” and “the vital place of faith in the life of our nation.” This does not bother most Americans, who believe that while the President...

It is a testament to the perverse priorities of our politicians and journalists that the biggest American outcry over Abu Ghraib has been not about the gruesome decapitation of American Nicholas Berg by terrorists, but about the fact that many Arabs and Europeans are...

The “animal rights” movement is celebrating its latest victory: an earlier, more painful death for future victims of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s disease. Thanks to intimidation by animal rights terrorists, Cambridge...

The “animal rights” movement is celebrating its latest victory: an earlier, more painful death for future victims of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s disease. Thanks to intimidation by animal rights terrorists, Cambridge...

President Bush is very vocal about his religious beliefs; he likes to preach publicly about “the power of faith” and “the vital place of faith in the life of our nation.” This does not bother most Americans, who believe that while the President...

Americans believe strongly in the principle that an individual is innocent until proven guilty–and thus consider it a moral outrage to hold someone responsible for an evil he did not commit. In response to reports of a handful of innocent Arab-Americans being...

There is an increasingly vocal movement that seeks to engage America in ever longer, wider, and more costly wars–leading to thousands and perhaps millions of unnecessary deaths. This movement calls itself the “anti-war” movement. Across America and...

In his latest Iraq speech President Bush declared that Saddam Hussein poses an immediate threat to America, that waiting any longer to deal with him is “the riskiest of all options,” that “regime change in Iraq is the only certain means of removing a...

As a grateful customer of America’s productive businesses–as someone who knows that his well-being depends on yours–I implore you to stop apologizing to your attackers. Stop pledging to “reform,” to become “better corporate...

In the days following September 11, we feared for our future. Would terrorist attacks become a fixture of life? Would we have to live the rest of our days with the knowledge that our work, our dreams, our loved ones, our lives could be obliterated at any moment? Was...

Most Americans, including our politicians, continue to believe the insidious proposition that we must “strike a balance” between liberty and security. Even though the House’s new homeland security bill specifically prohibits the President’s...

Though he has pledged to defend America’s freedom against terrorists, President Bush, in his State of the Union address, gave his unequivocal support to a different threat against our way of life: the “national service” movement. Adding his voice to...

They tell us not to bombard the Taliban too severely–because its “moderate” factions need to become part of any new Afghan government. They urge us to cease military action during the month of Ramadan–giving the killers further opportunity to...

Over the past two weeks, college students have been denouncing the publication of an ad that opposes “reparations” to blacks in America. Angry Duke students staged a sit-in to demand an apology by the school’s newspaper, the Chronicle, for running...

“You should keep an ‘open mind.'” If you have ever expressed a definite opinion on anything, you’ve probably heard this popular catch-phrase in response. On college campuses, the “open” mind is considered an unlimited virtue....

John McCain is not shy about expressing his moral vision for America. When he officially announced his candidacy, he said, “I run for president because I want the next generation of Americans to know the sense of pride and purpose of serving a cause greater than...