Altruism survives, in part, on its undeserved reputation as a “kind, benevolent” morality. Those who believe this would be surprised at the critical response to Bill Gates’ latest charitable offering, a $1 billion scholarship fund. It is a model of...
CULTURE
A nation’s culture is the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men, which their fellow-citizens have accepted in whole or in part, and which have influenced the nation’s way of life. Since a culture is a complex battleground of different ideas and influences, to speak of a ‘culture’ is to speak only of the dominant ideas, always allowing for the existence of dissenters and exceptions. — AYN RAND
The Christopher Columbus Controversy: Western Civilization vs. Primitivism
We must recognize that everyone is a sovereign entity, with the power of choice and independent judgment. That is the ultimate value of Western civilization, and it should be proudly proclaimed.
Brothers in Ideas: The Buddhist Dalai Lama and the Internet Tax Hoaxer
A frequent visitor to the United States, the Dalai Lama’s popularity increases with every trip. Forty thousand people heard him speak in Central Park recently, up from five thousand in 1991, and five thousand people from around the country are expected each day...
Labor Day: Time to Celebrate Man’s Mind
What we should celebrate is not sweat and toil, but the power of man’s mind to reason, invent and create.
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?
Modern Education Kills
Andy had “mastered” the core principles of modern education too well.
Feminism and The World Cup
Women’s soccer enthusiasts screamed foul when, during the 1996 Olympics, NBC gave only scant attention to the victorious women’s soccer team.
Violence in American Schools: An Interview with Dr. Michael Hurd
Capitalism Magazine: Many people, sociologists and psychologists among them, blame the rash of shootings by kids in schools on the violence depicted in video games, movies, and TV and on the prevalence of guns in America. What do you think is the most fundamental...
Our Killing Schools – Public Schools: Intellectual and Moral Wastelands that Destroy America’s Youth
The crisis in our schools is at heart a philosophical issue.
Preserving America: George Soros versus Thomas Jefferson
George Soros is not just wrong about the issue of certainty and dictatorship; his claim is the opposite of the truth. By renouncing reason and certainty, Soros is not barring the door to dictators but putting out a welcome mat for them.
Morality Is Missing Key in Hollywood Violence Debate
Wolski said that the lawmakers leading the assault against Hollywood are only offering up their own spiritual poverty when they attack all forms of violence on the screen.
Emotionalism Explains Mindless Violence at Colorado High School
With guns and homemade bombs, two students executed a well-planned assault on fellow students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, killing 15 including themselves and one teacher) and injuring many others. Eric Harris (18) and Dylan Klebold (17),...
What is Wrong with Public Schools?
The physical and mind crippling hazards of government schools are only manifestations of a deeper problem.
Demonstration of Support Set for Oscars
The Hollywood Communists were not only enemies of free speech but also worked to bring about a political system that would have destroyed free speech along with all other freedoms.
Justice for Elia Kazan
Kazan was morally right to inform on these treasonous criminals — to do otherwise would have been to sanction the destruction of his freedom-loving country by its worst enemies.
Caution: Textbooks Are Hazardous to Your Child’s Mind
Society’s greatest concern, claim the so-called humanitarians, is our children–who are suffering from inadequate nutrition, shelter and health care. Yet these same “humanitarians” are silent about the scourge destroying a child’s mind–his textbooks.
Why Christmas Should be More Commercial
Christmas in America is an exuberant display of human ingenuity, capitalist productivity, and the enjoyment of life. Yet all of these are castigated as “materialistic”; the real meaning of the holiday, we are told, is assorted Nativity tales and altruist...
Reisman Responds To A Review of “Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics”
The Review of Austrian Economics (RAE) recently published a review of my book Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics that, while praising my book to some extent, seriously misrepresents or altogether ignores major portions of it.
The Nerve of Foley, Part 2
When I walked into the round-house in the evening, with a pair of overalls on, Foley was in the cab getting ready for the run. Neighbor brought the Flyer in from the East. As soon as he had uncoupled and got out of the way we backed down with the 448. It was the best...
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.
Compulsory Service for High School Students
Mandatory community service for high school students presents a clear moral issue: By what right do we treat our sons and daughters as beasts of burden?
A Tale of Two Novels: Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged vs James Joyce’s Ulysses
It is not really fair to ask if Ulysses holds similar meaning for the Platonists, because the book is practically impossible to read — the reason for its snob appeal. Ulysses recalls the saying, “We muddy the waters to make them appear deep.”
Books: The Godless Constitution
Ayn Rand held that the new intellectuals have to continue the Founders’ basic political line by reminding the world that man has a right to his own life, liberty, and happiness. Kramnic and Moore ultimately achieve this in Godless Constitution.
The Lewinsky Sex Allegations Against Clinton are Totally Believable
Clinton’s “political deftness” or pragmatism explains his immorality and recklessness, and is fully compatible with the Lewinsky sex allegations made against him, true or not.
The Department of Justice vs God
[HUMOR] In an unprecedented move, the Department of Justice yesterday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Christianity for its monopoly on religion in the US marketplace. Attorney General Janet Reno defended the lawsuit, saying, “For too long, Christianity has...
Ayn Rand’s Testimony Before The House UnAmerican Affairs Committee
Communist propaganda is anything which gives a good impression of communism as a way of life. Anything that sells people the idea that life in Russia is good and that people are free and happy would be Communist propaganda.
Supreme Court to Decide: Whose Kids Are They Anyway?
Do parents have the right to decide which friends or extended family their children will spend time with?
How Markets Work: Disequilibrium, Entrepreneurship and Discovery by Israel M. Kirzner
The revival of Austrian economics during the last 20 years is largely due to the original and numerous contributions of Israel M. Kirzner. Kirzner studied with Ludwig von Mises at New York University starting in the mid 1950s. He recounts in a recent issue of the...
The Big Lie in Hollywood: The Hollywood Ten Were Not Victims But Villains
Selling “The Big Lies” helps Hollywood to keep alive the fantasy that the Left is the victim rather than the perpetrator of injustice.
The Pied Pipers of Tribalism: The “Million Woman March” Should Have Promoted Individualism Not Tribalism
Ditch your brain; subordinate your will; accept the notion that your life has no reality except as an appendage of the tribal organism.
Book: How Nations Grow Rich: The Case for Free Trade by Melvyn Krauss
How Nations Grow Rich: The Case for Free Trade by Melvyn Krauss presents the basic principles for a policy of free trade and refutes many of the contemporary arguments for protectionism.
Ayn Rand is Not Going to Go Away: A Letter By a Professor of Philosophy
Ayn Rand is not going to go away, and neither are her millions of admirers nor the increasing number of scholars now seriously investigating her work. To your readers I respectfully suggest: take a look for yourself. Your youthful admiration for Rand tapped into something good in your soul. It’s time to re-explore — on your own — both that spirit in yourself, and the voice that was given to that spirit by this immensely rich and rewarding author.
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