Why don’t some people get vaccinated? The fundamental cause is the refusal to think.
CULTURE
Remembering the World Trade Center 20 Years After 9/11
I remember that day so well, too well. It is almost like it was yesterday.
Why Universities Should Teach Ayn Rand Alongside Karl Marx
The Open Syllabus Project shows that Karl Marx is the most assigned political philosopher on college campuses. That’s a problem.
Failing to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism
New ARI Book Examines What Went Wrong After 9/11
The Capitalist Manifesto
It is time for advocates of capitalism to come out of the closet.
Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics, by George Reisman—A Review
Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics is an exhaustive defense of laissez-faire capitalism as prerequisite for continued progress of material civilization.
“Social Justice” Movement Contaminates Montessori Education with Marxist Ideology
Instead of workshops on social justice topics, Montessori organizations should feature seminars on the value and role of the individual in eliminating racism, and should glorify and celebrate the fact that the Montessori Method is based on individualism.
Books: Niall Ferguson’s “Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe”
“The lesson of history,” Ferguson eagerly argues, “is that biological and political contagions often coincide.”
Book Review: “The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can’t Cure Our Social Ills”
The theme of Jesse Singal’s book, The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can’t Cure Our Social Ills, is that many psychological theories that have promised a quick fix for various social problems have not lived up to their hype. Singal does a very good expose, although there is more to be said in some cases. I will make brief comments on each chapter.
Capitalism is Egoism for All
We know from Atlas Shrugged, and many other Ayn Rand writings, that capitalists are egoists. They trade to make a profit, and this is morally admirable. They are wealth creators. But it is important not to forget that customers and employees are egoists too.
A Message to Graduating Students
If you want to lead a successful life, our most urgent advice to you is to reject your professors’ assaults on reason and individualism.
Successful Without College
“Forgive student loans” really means workers must pay for privileged students who don’t.
What in the World Are You Teaching Kids?
Imbue your child not with the dangers of the world, but with the factful progress of the world.
Liberty Winning?
Louis XIV had hundreds of servants who prepared him dinner. Today, my supermarket offers me a buffet Louis XIV couldn’t imagine. Thanks to trade and property rights and markets, each of us lives as if we had more servants than kings.
Holodomor: Ukraine Famine of 1933 was a Government-Made Disaster
The ten worst famines of the 20th century could all be attributed directly or indirectly to government policies.
Three Books on the Covid/Lockdown Catastrophe
“Faucian Bargain: The Most Powerful and Dangerous Bureaucrat in American History” by Steven Deace, “Lockdowns on Trial” by Michael Betrus, and “When Politicians Panicked” by John Tamny.
Why We Need Heroes
Flourishing human life requires heroes.
Woke Colleges
Critics claim the tests are culturally biased and say that’s why Blacks and Latinos don’t score as well. But that doesn’t explain why Asians do so well. In fact, Asians get the best SAT scores.
A Declaration and Constitution for a Free Society
Making the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution Fully Consistent with the Protection of Individual Rights.
The Woke Awards: Racial Quotas Cheapen Oscar Awards
Today’s award shows aren’t about recognizing what’s best. They’re about pleasing the left.
Higher Education Corruption: The Dangers of a College Education
Without a separation of school and state, the madness will continue.
The Spread of Education Before Compulsion: Britain and America in the 19th Century
Government Education Increased Bureaucracy and Reduced Liberty
Socialism-in-Practice Was a Nightmare, Not Utopia
Listening to some in American academia and on social media, you would think that socialism was a bright, new, and shiny idea never tried before that promises a beautiful future of peace, love, and bountifulness for all. It is as if a hundred years of socialism-in-practice in a large number of countries around the world had never happened.
The Case for Capitalism
Henry Hazlitt’s 1949 review of Ludwig Von Mises’ Human Action
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