 Wishing to be a Buff
by Elizabeth Kanabe
No one has the time or resources to be the best at everything, and for this reason the best at one thing will always lack something else. (Read more...)
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  Objectivism and Homosexuality pt4: The Times They Are A Changin'
by Chris Matthew Sciabarra
In this fourth installment of the series, I examine the growing signs of change in the attitudes toward homosexuality expressed by people who have been involved to varying degrees with Objectivism. (Read more...)
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 Pandora's Box Part I
by Michael Newberry
Our civilization's humanities, the branches of knowledge such as philosophy and art, have contracted Postmodernism. (Read more...)
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 If the Founding Fathers Returned
by Larry Sechrest
The Fourth of July is, or should be, the grandest holiday of the year for libertarians, especially American libertarians. (Read more...)
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 All On Fire
by Jeff Landauer
William Lloyd Garrison was a radical abolitionist. He was radical because of his stance that the words in the Declaration of Independence, "that all men are created equal," apply to everyone, and he was radical because of the way he defended that stance -- upon moral grounds without regard to the vested interests or sensibilities of others. (Read more...)
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 The Quantum Aristotle
by Peter Cresswell
Since the Renaissance the west has revelled in technological progress and scientific advances - even as the philosophical ideas underpinning these successes have been undercut and undermined. (Read more...)
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Inner Peace
by Joseph Rowlands
Many people search for inner peace to quiet the storms within themselves. A proper philosophy can take you a long way down that road. (Read more...)
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 Snapshot Thinking
by Barry Kayton
The free market is sometimes criticised as short-sighted. (Read more...)
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 Small Miracles
by Elizabeth Kanabe
It is easier to blame “human nature”, government and an evil company and expect change to occur on a large scale than to rebuild from the individual. (Read more...)
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Independence Day is Renaissance Day
by Craig Ceely
Independence is the only path to excellence, the only source of a Second Renaissance. (Read more...)
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Charity vs. Welfare
by Ross Elliot
Man is a generous being and finds it hard to forego an opportunity to help his fellows. He gives willingly to those who exhibit genuine distress. (Read more...)
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Heroes: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
by Craig Ceely
Two lawyers - both future Presidents - argued for American independence from Britain well before many of their contemporaries did. (Read more...)
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 Major Announcement! : SOLOC in NY
by Joseph Rowlands
That's right! SOLO in New York! (Read more...)
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Auto-Pilot
by Ashley Frazier
It is too easy to allow the self to slip into a sort of auto-pilot, a familiar routine. (Read more...)
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Here's the Dope
by Marcus Bachler
The British Home Secretary has announced that cannabis will be reclassified from a class B to a class C drug from July 2003 onwards. (Read more...)
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One Nation Above God
by Matthew Graybosch
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." (Read more...)
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 The Semi and the Butcher (humor)
by Brett Holverstott
Ayn Rand answers the question which as plagued philosophers and the general public for centuries: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" (Read more...)
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Take The Moral High Ground
by Ross Elliot
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. (Read more...)
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Politically Incorrect editorial, July 19, 2002
by Lindsay Perigo
It's been a while. Sorry about that. Something came along called a general election. We haven't had it yet, but *I* have had it. (Read more...)
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Hero: Walt Disney
by Craig Ceely
Walt Disney had been drawing and selling cartoons since he was seven years old. (Read more...)
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Personnel
by Lindsay Perigo
A SOLO announcement. (Read more...)
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It's about courage!
by Ross Elliot
So, what's the point of participating in the democratic process? Well, prima facie, not much. Except the fillip of knowing that at LEAST you tried to make a small dent in Fortress Statism. (Read more...)
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On Paid Parental Leave
by Anton Kelly
The due date of our impending baby (arriving any day now!) means my wife and I qualify for the newly introduced twelve weeks' paid parental leave, courtesy of the New Zealand taxpayer. (Read more...)
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Identifying Values
by Joseph Rowlands
Often in life, we fail to recognize the values we do have until attention is drawn to them. (Read more...)
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Of Heretics and Pagans
by Kernon Gibes
It's a curious thing. You might think that if you were, say, running a discussion group or choosing places to speak at, that you'd be more interested in people at least somewhat sympathetic to your positions than those diametrically opposed. For example, if you were going to have people "sign" a loyalty oath, would you -- as an avowed Objectivist -- be more concerned about closet communists or lurking libertarians? Is it naïve to think it would be the former? (Read more...)
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