The solution is actual victory in the wider war against Islamofascism. The solution is to bomb Iran–and not just its nuclear facilities–and to crush all the states that sponsor terrorism.
Harry Binswanger
Dr. Binswanger, a longtime associate of Ayn Rand, is an professor of philosophy at the Objectivist Academic Center of the Ayn Rand Institute. He is the author of How We Know: Epistemology on an Objectivist Foundation and is the creator of The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z.Dr. Binswanger blogs at HBLetter.com (HBL)--an email list for Objectivists for discussing philosophic and cultural issues. A free trial is available at: HBLetter.com.
Re-Importing Cheap Pharmaceuticals
The Ayn Rand Institute recently issued a very good press release attacking a bill passed by the House of Representatives that seeks to give Americans the "right" to re-import prescription drugs from countries, such as Canada, where they are sold more cheaply due to...
The Battle of Our Era
We are engaged in a vast battle to defend scientific, industrial civilization against irrationalism. Whether the enemy bombs the World Trade Center, abortion clinics, logging equipment, or medical research labs, the target is the same: reason--the use of reason to...
Guantanamo and the Geneva Convention
I oppose any pretense at such a thing as "international law." The concept of "law" implies governmental enforcement. Where there is no government, such as between nations, there can be no law. This is all the more true when nations are at war. War is an attempt to...
The Pope vs. Islam
The Muslim world is storming in violent outrage against the Pope's recent quoting of a 14th Century emperor of the Byzantine Empire. A NY Times editorial says: "The pope quoted the emperor saying, 'Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will...
The Solution to Ilegal Immigration
I didn't hear the President's immigration speech, but I must comment on one paragraph I've read: "We're a nation of laws, and we must enforce our laws. We're also a nation of immigrants, and we must uphold that tradition, which has strengthened our country in...
Gas Prices and Bush’s “Appeasenomics”
At even $3.50 a gallon, gas is no more expensive now than in the 1950s, when it was in the range of 20 to 30 cents a gallon. Not if you use the Binswanger deflator of 15-fold to 20-fold. Nonetheless, we would expect gas to be considerably cheaper, like almost every...
Immigration Quotas vs. Individual Rights: The Moral and Practical Case for Open Immigration
This is a defense of phasing-in open immigration into the United States. Entry into the U.S. should ultimately be free for any foreigner, with the exception of criminals, would-be terrorists, and those carrying infectious diseases. (And note: I am defending freedom of...
Court Victory Against “Intelligent Design”
There was a significant defeat for the whole Intelligent Disguise--excuse me, Intelligent Design (ID)--movement today, when a Harrisburg, PA judge ruled against its being taught in the schools of a local school district. CNN reports: HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (CNN) --...
Supreme Court Made The Wrong Decision in the California Medical Marijuana Case
The bad news is that the Supreme Court made the wrong decision on the constitutionality of California's law allowing people with certain illnesses to use marijuana for medical purposes. By a 6 to 3 vote, the Court declared the California law unconstitutional, making...
Bush and Russia
President Bush is in Russia to participate (wrongly) in Monday's Red Square celebration of the 60th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis. The good news is that Bush just made an anti-Soviet speech in Latvia. As the NY Times reported on Sunday, Bush "had said only...
Bush’s Speech on Freedom
This past Tuesday, President Bush gave an important, and generally excellent, speech on our foreign policy re the middle east. He reiterated, and further explained, his Forward Strategy of Freedom.The highlight of the speech was this remarkable passage, strategically...
President Bush’s Inaugural Address: A Betrayal of the Concept of Freedom
This may be old news by now, but the President's inaugural address was essentially a betrayal of the concept of freedom. The speech re-confirmed Ayn Rand's analysis of conservatives--that they are bankrupt and fated to lose, because they base their position on the...
“Transition Costs” of Partially Privatizing Social Security
There's a lot of discussion in the media about the "transition costs" of partially privatizing Social Security. These "transition costs" are estimated to be $1 trillion to $2 trillion. The specter of this amount of expenditure is--second only to altruism--the major...
Vote for President Bush
At this late date, after the three debates, the nature of this campaign is set, and the meaning of this election has come into focus for me. The meaning is: independence vs. dependence. The Bush policies favor America retaining its sovereignty--cooperating with allies...
The Ten Commandments vs. America
Can a nation of freedom, individualism and the pursuit of happiness be based on the Ten Commandments?
A Foreign Policy Bible for America: A Review of Peter Schwartz’s “The Foreign Policy of Self-Interest: A Moral Ideal for America”
I have just finished reading, with great pleasure, Peter Schwartz's new booklet, The Foreign Policy of Self-Interest: A Moral Ideal for America (published by ARI Press). In just 60 clear, hard-hitting pages, Mr. Schwartz lays out the essentials of a proper foreign...
The Wreckage of the Consensus Revisited: New York Times Company Admits to Spreading Lies to Undermine America’s War Effort
As you may have heard, the Boston Globe published, as real, fake pictures purporting to show American soldiers in Iraq gang-raping Iraqi women. The pictures were actually from a porn website and were staged (not to make any political point, needless to add). The...
Donald Trump and The Apprentice: Concretization of “The American Dream.”
I can now admit it. I was hooked on The Apprentice since the first time I watched, which was on the 5th week of the show (the episode concerning the flea market). I think everyone knows the show's premise: Donald Trump holds a competition at business tasks among 16...
The Big Lie: Intelligence Failure in Iraq
If you repeat a line over and over again, eventually people will start to accept it. In this case, the line is that we had a big intelligence failure in Iraq. Even Bush has caved in: he is appoint a "commission" to look into the problems with our "intelligence...
Soft-Line Ideologues Revisited: Foreign-Policy Soft-Liners are Pragmatists
Last week, there was a very interesting opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal by two influential neoconservatives: David Frum and Richard Perle. The title was "Beware the Soft-Line Ideologues," and it has a good theme, but it gets completely twisted up by its...
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