Culture >
Educational Freedom and a Brighter Future for Every Child
In the report, I examine various program designs—ESAs, tax-credit ESAs, refundable tax credits, and the long-proposed but untried Universal Tuition Tax Credit.
Destroying The Montessori Method
Social justice warriors are openly trying to destroy the Montessori Method step by step, inch by inch.
How To Think: Conversations From a Father to a Son
I couldn’t find the book I wanted for my son. So I wrote it.
Foreword to 3/11 Viral Takeover
On March 11, 2020, a Pandemic was Declared and Our World Changed Forever
The Self Under Siege: What Ayn Rand’s Epic Novel “The Fountainhead” Shows Us About the Societies We Build
Ayn Rand built five main characters in The Fountainhead who function as psychological archetypes, but her real achievement was more precise than that. She mapped five distinct textures of subjective experience that emerge from a single upstream choice: where does the self live?
For the New Individualist: A Message of Hope, Love and Selfishness
In her pamphlet, Textbook of Americanism, Ayn Rand wrote that “[a]n individualist is a man who says: “I will not run anyone’s life—nor let anyone run mine. I will not rule nor be ruled. I will not be a master nor a slave. I will not sacrifice myself to anyone—nor sacrifice anyone to myself.”
Law >
A Prosecutor Breaks Down the ICE Officer Shooting of Renee Good in Minnesota
Objectivist former prosecutor James Valliant assesses the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minnesota.
The Death of Renee Good: When Ideology Overides Reason
This is not a story about a blameless victim. This is a story about ideology so divorced from reality that it sends people into dangerous confrontations apparently unprepared for obvious consequences.
January 6 Was a Protest/Riot — Not an Insurrection
Despite the media’s incessant insurrection chorus over the past three years and Congress’ Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, there is a dearth of evidence that those who participated in the riot did so with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the government and seizing its powers.
Immigration Enforcement and the Betrayal of Due Process
Today’s victims are peaceful immigrants; tomorrow, the target could be any American who dares to challenge the state.
The Bill of Rights at 234 Years Old
Anti-Federalists, who feared a powerful central government, demanded greater assurances.
Miami Permit Takings
Chad Trausch and his wife’s family was growing, so he decided to expand his Miami home. But when he submitted plans for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom addition, the city came back with a strange request: it wanted half his front yard.
Politics >
President Trump Can Stop Racial Profiling Immediately
The Census Bureau is still moving full speed to promote racial profiling to support disparate impact and DEI objectives. Strong executive action is required to stop and reverse this refusal to change.
If Iran Closes The Strait of Hormuz to Some Ships, U.S. Should to All
All go through, or nothing goes through.
Part II: The Campaign Against ICE
On the methods and purposes of the Democrat campaign of violence against U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Part I: Objectivism Applied to Immigration Law
That immigration authorities are enforcing a law badly in need of reform does not alter the fact that ICE officers are valid agents of law enforcement and must be treated accordingly.
A Prosecutor Breaks Down the ICE Officer Shooting of Renee Good in Minnesota
Objectivist former prosecutor James Valliant assesses the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minnesota.
Rejoice in Rescue and Defense: An Historic Easter Sunday Statement from the President of the United States
Throughout history, American soldiers and civilians alike have been left behind, sacrificed and left to die—due to America’s incompetence, ignorance and appeasement against evil forces of dictatorship. Not today.
World >
Putin’s Collectivist Ideology & Russia’s Cult of the State
The reason why totalitarian dictators are so dangerous is that they really believe in what they say and do.
Khamenei Is Dead — A Historic Turning Point
Khamenei’s death is a tremendous act of justice to the countless people his regime tortured, kidnapped, raped, and murdered.
The U.S. and Israel Attack Iran
There has never been a better chance for a free Iran than now. Much of the job will be done by the US and Israel, but it can only be finalised by the Iranian people. There will never be a better chance.
President Donald Trump on War on Iran
Iran can never have a nuclear program. We will annihilate their every army and missile industry.
The Left’s War Against America and Western Civilization
The Left is at war with America. The Left is at war with the West. The Left is at war with the essential principles of Western Civilization.
An Open Letter from Claire Lai, Daughter of Chinese Political Prisoner Jimmy Lai, to Eileen Gu, the American-born Star of China’s Winter Olympics Team
On Feb. 9, at the age of 78, my father was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong for championing these freedoms through the newspaper he founded and published. I believe that you — a celebrated member of the Chinese Olympic team and someone deeply respected within Chinese society — could be a catalyst for a humanitarian gesture by the Chinese government.
Markets: Business & Economics >
Morality in a Capitalist Economy
It is always in one’s rational self-interest to be ethical.
In Defense of “Evil Billionaire” Jim Pattison
We should thank billionaire entrepreneurs like Jim Pattison and patronize their businesses – not attack them.
Can the Government Confiscate Your Gold?
The Real Risks of Owning Gold (and Why It’s Still Worth Owning)
Business Sucess Requires Principles Over Pragmatism
One of the reasons businesspeople dismiss moral principles is that they see them as burdensome duties to benefit others by sacrificing one’s own interests.
Understanding “Austrian” Economics, Part 2
All the rest of Austrian economics follows from these basic insights.
Understanding Austrian Economics, Part 1
what a good has cost to produce cannot directly determine its value, What it will cost to produce determines how much of it will continue to be made
Science & Technology >
The Coward’s Epistemology
The future on offer is extraordinary. That should make us angry—genuinely, productively angry—that a coward’s epistemology is positioned to foreclose it.
The Inventive Period of Capitalism in America
The so-called “Gilded Age” of “Robber Barrons” is better named as the Inventive Period of Capitalism.
Green New Scam
The House BBB’s “termination” of solar/wind subsidies is overly generous, contrary to lobbyist lies.
The Case for EV Freedom
Government should remove all preferences for electric vehicles and allow them to compete and grow on a free market. This will enable EVs to reach their full potential to provide affordable, no-tailpipe-emissions transport without harming consumers or the grid.
Blaming SARS-CoV-2 on Bats in Wet Markets: A Look Back at Fauci’s Great Spillover Hoax
Why precisely were Anthony Fauci and his cohorts so anxious to blame SARS-CoV-2 on bats and later pangolins in wet markets?
The Nvidia Way: How Nvidia Became the Most Valuable Company in History
The Nvidia “way” is Tae Kim’s attempt to characterize what makes Nvidia different from other companies. He identifies three components: a strive for excellence, hiring practicesm and generous and widespread stock programs.