Last April, 45 leaders of prominent religious and secular organizations met in Philadelphia to explore the need to forge a common cause to unite against the forces arrayed against freedom, individualism and capitalism. The purpose wasn’t to convert participants to either belief or atheism, but explore what principles we do share across the secular-religious divide when it comes to personal agency and responsibility, and the implications for issues like free speech, free markets, and freedom of association.
James Lindsay, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, mathematician, and cultural critic who has written six books on subjects including religion, the philosophy of science, and postmodern theory. He first famously teamed up with Peter Boghossian and Helen Pluckrose to submit some 20 academic hoax papers, with 7 of them getting published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals. His most famous book (so far), co-authored with Helen Pluckrose is Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender and Identity -- and Why This Harms Everybody. He joined CEO Jennifer Grossman on June 22, 2022 to discuss his book Race Marxism, which explores the origins of Critical Race Theory as a reinvention of Marxism focusing on race instead of class. Watch the entire video HERE or check the transcript below.
“What is the origin of ‘cancel culture’? Who created this Frankenstein monster?” These questions are topics covered in a recent article by Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski. We invite you to read through as he pulls from Ayn Rand’s 1973 talk “Censorship: Local and Express” to explore the surprising roots of the authoritarian reactionary culture’s response to ideological dissent. Join Tracinski as he takes a closer look at how the conservative push for regulating morality laid the groundwork for today’s cultural climate and where the suppression of speech has taken on a new form.
Why are so many international athletes flocking to American universities for training? What drives U.S.-born athletes to compete for other countries? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski explores these questions in a recent article covering the 2024 Olympics in France. We invite you to read the article and see if you agree with America’s enduring influence on the Olympic stage.
What destructive arguments are being made by pro-Palestine protesters today and how can we best understand and counter them? What do these protests have in common with those of the 1960s? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski covers these questions in a recent essay that grapples with protestors, defense, and even celebration of the vicious October 7th terrorist attacks on Israel.
My late Uncle “Boots” Van Pelt was almost killed 80 years ago. He went ashore on Omaha Beach with the 29th Infantry Division on D-Day.
Who today sets the world price of gold? It is not the United States and not Europe. The concept of the marginal purchaser becomes germane, here. It is a bit complicated, but it means the party who at a given time, at a given price, is always a buyer, but at a higher price is not. Some will want to debate that definition, but put simply we are talking about the prime, dominant buyer. And that, today, is the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Chris Stirewalt is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and contributing editor for The Dispatch, where he focuses on American politics, voting trends, public opinion, and the media. He has worked for a variety of media outlets as a political editor, including Fox News Channel and the Washington Examiner. He joined CEO Jennifer Grossman on October 4, 2023 to discuss “post-journalism” and the current state of media coverage as explored in his latest book, "Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America and How to Fight Back."
Peter Copses has had a storied career in finance and investment. Though recently retired, Peter was a founding senior partner of Apollo Management, which is a leading global alternative asset manager with over $300 billion of assets under management. Over his 30-year career at Apollo, he's played a part in countless business turnarounds in a wide variety of sectors, serving on boards ranging from Ralph's to GNC and serving as Chairman of the Board of CKE Restaurants, which includes brands such as Carl's Jr. and Hardee's. As a trustee of The Atlas Society, he joined CEO Jennifer Grossman for one of our earliest episodes of The Atlas Society Asks to discuss the impact of an educational system that teaches students to hate America along with the government’s role in sacrificing our rights in the name of “safety” during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
Last April, 45 leaders of prominent religious and secular organizations met in Philadelphia to explore the need to forge a common cause to unite against the forces arrayed against freedom, individualism and capitalism. The purpose wasn’t to convert participants to either belief or atheism, but explore what principles we do share across the secular-religious divide when it comes to personal agency and responsibility, and the implications for issues like free speech, free markets, and freedom of association.
James Lindsay, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, mathematician, and cultural critic who has written six books on subjects including religion, the philosophy of science, and postmodern theory. He first famously teamed up with Peter Boghossian and Helen Pluckrose to submit some 20 academic hoax papers, with 7 of them getting published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals. His most famous book (so far), co-authored with Helen Pluckrose is Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender and Identity -- and Why This Harms Everybody. He joined CEO Jennifer Grossman on June 22, 2022 to discuss his book Race Marxism, which explores the origins of Critical Race Theory as a reinvention of Marxism focusing on race instead of class. Watch the entire video HERE or check the transcript below.
“What is the origin of ‘cancel culture’? Who created this Frankenstein monster?” These questions are topics covered in a recent article by Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski. We invite you to read through as he pulls from Ayn Rand’s 1973 talk “Censorship: Local and Express” to explore the surprising roots of the authoritarian reactionary culture’s response to ideological dissent. Join Tracinski as he takes a closer look at how the conservative push for regulating morality laid the groundwork for today’s cultural climate and where the suppression of speech has taken on a new form.
Why are so many international athletes flocking to American universities for training? What drives U.S.-born athletes to compete for other countries? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski explores these questions in a recent article covering the 2024 Olympics in France. We invite you to read the article and see if you agree with America’s enduring influence on the Olympic stage.
What destructive arguments are being made by pro-Palestine protesters today and how can we best understand and counter them? What do these protests have in common with those of the 1960s? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski covers these questions in a recent essay that grapples with protestors, defense, and even celebration of the vicious October 7th terrorist attacks on Israel.
My late Uncle “Boots” Van Pelt was almost killed 80 years ago. He went ashore on Omaha Beach with the 29th Infantry Division on D-Day.
Who today sets the world price of gold? It is not the United States and not Europe. The concept of the marginal purchaser becomes germane, here. It is a bit complicated, but it means the party who at a given time, at a given price, is always a buyer, but at a higher price is not. Some will want to debate that definition, but put simply we are talking about the prime, dominant buyer. And that, today, is the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Chris Stirewalt is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and contributing editor for The Dispatch, where he focuses on American politics, voting trends, public opinion, and the media. He has worked for a variety of media outlets as a political editor, including Fox News Channel and the Washington Examiner. He joined CEO Jennifer Grossman on October 4, 2023 to discuss “post-journalism” and the current state of media coverage as explored in his latest book, "Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America and How to Fight Back."
Peter Copses has had a storied career in finance and investment. Though recently retired, Peter was a founding senior partner of Apollo Management, which is a leading global alternative asset manager with over $300 billion of assets under management. Over his 30-year career at Apollo, he's played a part in countless business turnarounds in a wide variety of sectors, serving on boards ranging from Ralph's to GNC and serving as Chairman of the Board of CKE Restaurants, which includes brands such as Carl's Jr. and Hardee's. As a trustee of The Atlas Society, he joined CEO Jennifer Grossman for one of our earliest episodes of The Atlas Society Asks to discuss the impact of an educational system that teaches students to hate America along with the government’s role in sacrificing our rights in the name of “safety” during the COVID-19 lockdowns.