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Martin Anderson Remembered

Friends of freedom have lost a friend. Martin Anderson, 78, a Hoover Institution scholar and policy advisor to presidents, has passed away.

Jan 6, 2015
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Samuel Insull: Human Dynamo

Atlas Summit 2014 -- He was, arguably, the most inspirational success story of the business era immediately preceding the New Deal. He was

Dec 15, 2014
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2 Mins
The First Moon Landing 45 Years On

On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first human beings to land and walk on the Moon. Armstrong is no longer with us

Jul 18, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
2 Mins
The Single Bullet That Killed 16 Million

In retaliation, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Serbia’s ally Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary’s ally Germany

Jun 27, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
D-Day and Enlightenment Values

My late Uncle “Boots” Van Pelt was almost killed 70 years ago. He went ashore on Omaha Beach with the 29th Infantry Division on D-Day....

Jun 6, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Israeli Independence and Libertarian Blindness

When Israel declared its independence 66 years ago, pursuant to a UN resolution, David Ben Gurion promised the new state “will ensure

May 6, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Cosmos Reboot and Sagan's Legacy

Fox and the National Geographic Channel are broadcasting a reboot of astronomer Carl Sagan’s classic 1980 TV series Cosmos: A Personal Journ

Mar 10, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
5 Mins
America’s Productive Fathers: Capitalists Or Crony Capitalists?

In a new article, “Reconsidering Gabriel Kolko: A Half-Century Perspective ,” Robert Bradley, Jr. and Roger Donway explain why libertarians

Sep 17, 2013
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4 Mins
Religion and the American Republic: Why George Will is wrong

R Thomas and Edward Hudgins of The Atlas Society critique the arguments George Will put forth in his recent article " Religion and the...

Sep 3, 2013
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Edward Hudgins
2 Mins
Martin Luther King's Dream and Today's Racial Nightmare

As thousands more gather in Washington this week to mark the anniversary of that day that held so much hope, they must ask, “What happened..

Aug 28, 2013
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Edward Hudgins
6 Mins
The Message of Alexander Graham Bell

Few men of great stature provide a more striking contrast to Sebastian Bach than does Alexander Graham Bell. Bach was the supreme master of

Mar 1, 2013
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6 Mins
History of Capitalism (Part 2)

Atlas Summit 2012 -- We hear all the time that “capitalism is the system that has shaped our world”. However, the fact that capitalism is a

Jan 3, 2013
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2 Mins
Benjamin Franklin's 10 Basic Hypotheses

Electrical matter consists of extremely small particles. (True. Electrons are particles and are smaller than can be measured..

Feb 22, 2012
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3 Mins
Benjamin Franklin Explains the Leyden Jar

The Leyden jar is variously called a condenser or capacitor, and the reasons for those two names become obvious when one understands the...

Feb 22, 2012
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3 Mins
Benjamin Franklin: Enlightenment Archetype

This month's "Achievers" column begins to redeem the promise made on the inside back cover of the December 1999 Navigator. There, under the

Feb 21, 2012
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10 Mins
Benjamin Franklin: Enlightenment Archetype

Benjamin Franklin is the ideal person to lead off The Atlas Society''s Year 250 celebration, for many reasons. First, Franklin was a man who

Feb 21, 2012
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10 Mins
Benjamin Franklin: Enlightenment Archetype

January 2000 -- This month's "Achievers" column begins to redeem the promise made on the inside back cover of the December 1999 Navigator. T

Feb 21, 2012
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10 Mins
Opportunity Lost?

Fall 2009 issue -- I am an advocate of Objectivism, but I never met Ayn Rand. I regret that, as by all accounts she was fascinating and.....

Feb 6, 2012
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4 Mins
The Alan Greenspan Confession

Under pointed questioning by Henry Waxman, the committee chairman, Greenspan issued a mea-culpa that resounded around the world.

Feb 6, 2012
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2 Mins
The Radical But Conservative Declaration of Independence

Winter 2011 issue -- The suggestion that a movement can be both radical and conservative may sound contradictory. To be radical is to...

Feb 6, 2012
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6 Mins

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