On May 2, 2012, I appeared on “The Big Picture,” a TV show hosted by Thom Hartmann, to discuss the recent controversy surrounding Rep...
Newt Gingrich is an American tragedy, a capacity and a potential wasted. The failed candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nominatio
Last Thursday and Friday a flurry of news stories appeared addressing—again—the link between Rep. Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand’s ideas.
On April 17, President Barrack Obama addressed Americans about rising prices of gasoline, now above $5.00 a gallon in parts of the country..
On December 29, 2011, Business Rights Watch noted that after eight months, Judge Nina Gershon still hadn’t decided a motion that could have gotten imprisoned businessman Brad Stinn released. On Wednesday—nearly a year after the motion was filed—Judge Gershon rejected it .
April 23, 2012 -- In the epilogue to Ayn Rand Nation , Gary Weiss (pictured below) shifts gears to tell the reader what he really thinks about Objectivism : that it is evil and nuts. He decries the “horrors” that would be visited on an America based in Objectivist moral and political ideas. The result is a tour through a leftist's confused view of capitalism, government, and self-interest.
I recently debated Gary Weiss, the author of the new book Ayn Rand Nation , at the New York Financial Writers’ Association. Weiss invited
On Tax Day 2012 we’re greeted with the news that some 1,800 Americans, a record number, last year renounced their citizenship or turned in
Productive individuals find themselves more and more under assault by governments seeking to expropriate their wealth. This is the logical
Spring 2009 issue -- The KPMG case demonstrates that persecuted businessmen need a permanent organization that can be counted on to defend the civil liberties of all worthy victims, in all venues, and over the long haul.
What an interesting coincidence! The author of America’s Declaration of Independence and Christopher Hitchens , the late journalist
Yesterday, April 11, t he U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against Apple and several major publishers charging that the companies conspired to artificially inflate the price of e-books. In a comment worthy of the satirical Onion news site, Attorney General Eric Holder said thatthe Department of Justice is "committed to ensuring that eBooks are as affordable as possible."
Two very different narratives attempt to explain the massive housing boom and subsequent crash.
Obamacare mandates that all citizens purchase health insurance. But Supreme Court justices ripped into the administration’s “purchase or be
Today as the Supreme Court continues to hear arguments on the constitutionality of ObamaCare, the President made this remark: Ultimately, I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress
March 28, 2012 -- The Atlas Society's Ed Hudgins, who serves as director of advocacy, has made several recent public appearances speaking on Objectivist principles and how they apply to current affairs.
On March 27 Ed Hudgins, director of advocacy for The Atlas Society, will speak at the Virginia 99th Tea Party. The topic: “Has Atlas Shrugged?” The talk will be at 7:00pm at the Upper Lancaster Fire Department, 5170 Mary Ball Rd. (Route 3), Lively, Virginia, located about 40 miles west of Richmond and 25 miles north of Hudgins, Virginia!
An Objectivist Guide to Evaluating Candidates (February 27, 2012) Every election year Objectivists and friends of freedom must decide: “For whom should I vote, if anyone?” “To whom should I contribute?” “For whom should I campaign?” Progressives: Are They for Progress? (December 19, 2011)Today the term “Progressive” is represented by the Occupy Wall Street/occupy anywhere movement and by the left wing of the Democratic Party. In this interactive webinar, William R Thomas examines the history and values of the Progressive movement. Conservatism and Elections: Untangling the Philosophy (December 12, 2011)Conservatives for decades have dominated the Republican Party. Yet American political conservatism has consisted of an uneasy and often conflicting coalition concerned with economic, social, and foreign policy. Justice in War: Foreign Policy 2 (November 17, 2011)William R Thomas discusses justice in the context of war-fighting. Should there be restrictions on weapons or tactics? Is there a workable distinction between combatants and non-combatants? Free World Order: Objectivist Foreign Policy 1 (November 9, 2011) Explore the basic structure and goals of foreign policy on Objectivist premises in this webinar. With the Iraq war winding down and NATO victorious in Libya, how should we be looking at foreign policy in the 21st century?
In the furor over requiring employer-sponsored health insurance to cover contraceptives, access to birth control is not the issue, and....
On March 8, the front page of the Wall Street Journal carried a weird story. It was weird because it involved what is arguably America’s...
On May 2, 2012, I appeared on “The Big Picture,” a TV show hosted by Thom Hartmann, to discuss the recent controversy surrounding Rep...
Newt Gingrich is an American tragedy, a capacity and a potential wasted. The failed candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nominatio
Last Thursday and Friday a flurry of news stories appeared addressing—again—the link between Rep. Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand’s ideas.
On April 17, President Barrack Obama addressed Americans about rising prices of gasoline, now above $5.00 a gallon in parts of the country..
On December 29, 2011, Business Rights Watch noted that after eight months, Judge Nina Gershon still hadn’t decided a motion that could have gotten imprisoned businessman Brad Stinn released. On Wednesday—nearly a year after the motion was filed—Judge Gershon rejected it .
April 23, 2012 -- In the epilogue to Ayn Rand Nation , Gary Weiss (pictured below) shifts gears to tell the reader what he really thinks about Objectivism : that it is evil and nuts. He decries the “horrors” that would be visited on an America based in Objectivist moral and political ideas. The result is a tour through a leftist's confused view of capitalism, government, and self-interest.
I recently debated Gary Weiss, the author of the new book Ayn Rand Nation , at the New York Financial Writers’ Association. Weiss invited
On Tax Day 2012 we’re greeted with the news that some 1,800 Americans, a record number, last year renounced their citizenship or turned in
Productive individuals find themselves more and more under assault by governments seeking to expropriate their wealth. This is the logical
Spring 2009 issue -- The KPMG case demonstrates that persecuted businessmen need a permanent organization that can be counted on to defend the civil liberties of all worthy victims, in all venues, and over the long haul.
What an interesting coincidence! The author of America’s Declaration of Independence and Christopher Hitchens , the late journalist
Yesterday, April 11, t he U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against Apple and several major publishers charging that the companies conspired to artificially inflate the price of e-books. In a comment worthy of the satirical Onion news site, Attorney General Eric Holder said thatthe Department of Justice is "committed to ensuring that eBooks are as affordable as possible."
Two very different narratives attempt to explain the massive housing boom and subsequent crash.
Obamacare mandates that all citizens purchase health insurance. But Supreme Court justices ripped into the administration’s “purchase or be
Today as the Supreme Court continues to hear arguments on the constitutionality of ObamaCare, the President made this remark: Ultimately, I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress
March 28, 2012 -- The Atlas Society's Ed Hudgins, who serves as director of advocacy, has made several recent public appearances speaking on Objectivist principles and how they apply to current affairs.
On March 27 Ed Hudgins, director of advocacy for The Atlas Society, will speak at the Virginia 99th Tea Party. The topic: “Has Atlas Shrugged?” The talk will be at 7:00pm at the Upper Lancaster Fire Department, 5170 Mary Ball Rd. (Route 3), Lively, Virginia, located about 40 miles west of Richmond and 25 miles north of Hudgins, Virginia!
An Objectivist Guide to Evaluating Candidates (February 27, 2012) Every election year Objectivists and friends of freedom must decide: “For whom should I vote, if anyone?” “To whom should I contribute?” “For whom should I campaign?” Progressives: Are They for Progress? (December 19, 2011)Today the term “Progressive” is represented by the Occupy Wall Street/occupy anywhere movement and by the left wing of the Democratic Party. In this interactive webinar, William R Thomas examines the history and values of the Progressive movement. Conservatism and Elections: Untangling the Philosophy (December 12, 2011)Conservatives for decades have dominated the Republican Party. Yet American political conservatism has consisted of an uneasy and often conflicting coalition concerned with economic, social, and foreign policy. Justice in War: Foreign Policy 2 (November 17, 2011)William R Thomas discusses justice in the context of war-fighting. Should there be restrictions on weapons or tactics? Is there a workable distinction between combatants and non-combatants? Free World Order: Objectivist Foreign Policy 1 (November 9, 2011) Explore the basic structure and goals of foreign policy on Objectivist premises in this webinar. With the Iraq war winding down and NATO victorious in Libya, how should we be looking at foreign policy in the 21st century?
In the furor over requiring employer-sponsored health insurance to cover contraceptives, access to birth control is not the issue, and....
On March 8, the front page of the Wall Street Journal carried a weird story. It was weird because it involved what is arguably America’s...