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Although Reason magazine publishes some pro-liberty articles and videos, it unfortunately publishes an occasional endorsement of statism. Such is the case with a November 19 article by A. Barton Hinkle, “The Case for a Carbon Tax.” Hinkle, granting the highly disputed notions that the globe is warming, that this is…

The Atlantic lauds New York City’s Mayor Bloomberg for pushing his ban on large sodas, selecting him as one of their "brave thinkers" of 2012. They cite Bloomberg’s lack of concern for approval as evidence of his bravery, especially given that “the New York Times' polling showed that the idea…

How many times have you heard a tax cut described as a “subsidy?” It’s bad enough that government forcibly confiscates our wealth for the purpose of transferring our money to others in the form of welfare (whether regular or corporate). Adding insult to injury, pundits and politicians often speak as…

From everyone at The Objective Standard to everyone who thinks, produces, trades, and thereby creates the values on which human life and happiness depend: Thank you. Thank you profit-seeking businessmen who produce and sell everything from groceries to computers to automobiles to electricity. Your work—although often condemned—is in fact supremely…

Joe Hansen, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, spoke out yesterday against Walmart, arguing that the retail chain, by opening on Thanksgiving evening, is forcing its employees to give up their holiday. Hansen, writing for Huffington Post, said: As the six members of the billionaire Walton Family—heirs…

A few items from the benevolent news front: BBC reports that “A ‘chemo-bath’ which delivers toxic cancer drugs to just one organ in the body has been used on patients in the UK for the first time, say doctors.” Dr Brian Stedman, a consultant interventional radiologist, said: "To cut off…

The news reads like the pages of Atlas Shrugged: The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union forced Hostess Brands Inc.—makers of such products as Twinkies and Wonder Bread—into liquidation, and a judge has ordered the company and the union back to talks. Hostess announced November 16 (prior to…

Daniel Wahl reviews The Dictator’s Learning Curve: Inside the Global Battle for Democracy, by William J. Dobson.

Kevin Douglas reviews Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders, by Jason L. Riley.

Daniel Wahl reviews The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined, by Salman Khan.

Surveys Apple’s staggering creation of great products, new markets, and massive wealth—for itself, its customers, and its competitors.

Examines the crucial need for advocates of liberty to uphold the same cognitive standard in considering moral matters as they do in considering political matters.

Examines Harris’s claims to have grounded his brand of utilitarianism in reality, and finds them wanting.

Examines the Golden Age of Islam and considers the ideas of some of its leading thinkers, telling “a story of great achievements—and their rejection; of great heroes—and their defeat; of great minds—and their suppression; ultimately, of great danger—and its cancerous growth.”

Interviews with five rising innovators in the field of private education, discussing their organizations, missions, philosophies, and offerings.