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Public lands are a drain on American citizens and a barrier to the production of life-serving values. If we want to stop wasting potential resources and, instead, use them to enrich our lives, we must privatize public lands.

Isaacson’s Leonardo Da Vinci distills this complex Renaissance man whose achievements in art and science have enriched posterity.

Despite the graft of a few pseudo-businessmen, the First Transcontinental Railroad was a profoundly life-enhancing demonstration of human ingenuity.

After a town named itself in honor of Benjamin Franklin, someone suggested that he acknowledge the tribute by supplying a church bell. Franklin, a "thorough Deist," proposed a different gift.

Monticello, by America's first native-born architect, Thomas Jefferson, is a window into the mind of this most complex and captivating of Founders.

We want our children to live wonderful, happy lives. How can we help them to become independent thinkers and rational decision makers so they will?

Peter Anstey reveals how John Locke’s pessimism about a science of nature began evaporating in light of Isaac Newton’s achievements.

Among the stars of silent film, Buster Keaton stands out as a uniquely inventive talent.

Salk and Sabin never worked together, but their combined efforts made possible a world in which almost no one suffers from polio.

If you're between the ages of 18 and 29, you’re eligible to apply for a scholarship to attend TOS-Con 2019: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing.

“Like other man-made products, wine is created to serve a specific set of purposes, and facts about the wine in relation to facts about man’s body determine whether the product can fulfill its purposes, and to what degree.” —Adam Edmonsond

This film shows what a proper, conceptual education looks like, and it provides parents and educators with a reason to seek or create this kind of learning environment.

Harvard professor Steven Pinker lays out a powerful case for cultural optimism in his book Enlightenment Now.

Businessmen must learn to defend themselves when they are unjustly attacked, as should anyone concerned with justice.

If you’re 18 to 26 years old and interested in the moral foundations of capitalism, this conference is for you. Scholarships are available, and the application deadline is May 1, 2019.