Tomorrow night the American Muslim Advisory Council will host a meeting in Manchester, Tennessee, themed “Public Discourse in a Diverse Society.” The two featured guest speakers are William Killian, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and Kenneth Moore, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Knoxville Division. A…

Businessmen and researchers continue advancing the boundaries of 3D printing. Scott Summit, founder of Bespoke Innovations, asks us to “wonder what would happen if an industrial designer had a go at making prosthetic legs, things that are beautiful [and] . . . don’t neglect the esthetics.” Summit’s company makes fairings,…

Teenager Zach Sobiech recently died of a rare form of cancer, osteosarcoma. His premature death is tragic; however, the enthusiasm and joy with which he lived his final years, even knowing he had a terminal illness, is inspiring. As documented by the media company SoulPancake, Sobiech pursued a loving romantic…

It is a parent’s nightmare: Your infant has severe breathing problems—intermittently ceasing to breathe and then breathing again—and there seems to be no way to fix the problem. This was a horror that April and Bryan Gionfriddo faced when their six-week-old son, Kaiba, temporarily quit breathing due to a collapsed…

What is morally outrageous about Apple’s highly publicized tax avoidance is not that Apple (legally) avoided paying taxes—for that, Apple should be praised. Rather, what is outrageous is that the government is harassing Apple for legally avoiding taxes—and that various commentators are smearing Apple for it. The root injustice is…

“The right to life is the source of all rights—and the right to property is their only implementation. Without property rights, no other rights are possible.” Ayn Rand pointed out this fact in her 1963 essay, “Man’s Rights,” and it is increasingly obvious regarding the relationship of speech to property.…

Ari Armstrong reviews The Truth about Gun Control, by David B. Kopel.

Ari Armstrong reviews After the Welfare State, edited by Tom G. Palmer.

Ari Armstrong reviews The DIM Hypothesis, by Leonard Peikoff

Ari Armstrong reviews The Sessions, directed by Ben Lewin.

Ari Armstrong reviews The Intouchables, written by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano.

Ari Armstrong reviews Django Unchained, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Ari Armstrong reviews Lincoln, written by Tony Kushner.

News that the Internal Revenue Service targeted Tea Party and conservative groups for extra scrutiny rightly has blown into a major scandal. But the scandal points to a deeper question: Why are most Americans not outraged by the IRS’s daily violations of individual rights? Consider the main abuses. The IRS…

Yesterday a Pennsylvania jury convicted Kermit Gosnell of first-degree murder for killing three babies, of involuntary manslaughter for contributing to the drug overdose of a pregnant woman, and of various other offenses. According to the grand jury report of the case (as cited by the Atlantic), Gosnell “regularly and illegally…