Craig Biddle's Articles
Announcements
We’re Moving TOS-Con to 2021
We’re sad to report that Massachusetts will not permit us to hold TOS-Con this July. But we’re happy to announce that we have arranged to move the conference forward to July 2021.
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Why We Created Objective Standard Institute (OSI)
If people want to be happy and free, they need philosophic ideas that support these goals and provide guidance to achieve them. We created Objective Standard Institute to teach people about ideas that do.
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From the Editor, Summer 2020
Craig Biddle May 20, 2020
Welcome to the Summer 2020 issue of The Objective Standard. I hope you enjoy it—and I hope you have the best summer possible amid the lockdowns.
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TOS-Con 2020 and Coronavirus
Craig Biddle March 19, 2020
Hopefully, by the end of July, COVID-19 will be under control and substantially behind us. If so, three days of mind-sharpening, soul-fueling social interaction with other life-loving, liberty-loving people will be just what we all need.
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From the Editor, Spring 2020
Craig Biddle February 20, 2020
This issue begins TOS’s fifteenth year of publication, and I’ve never been more in love with this journal or what it represents or the work that my team, our writers, and I get to do.
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TOS-Con Session Descriptions Are Published!
Craig Biddle February 14, 2020
I’m delighted to announce that we’ve posted descriptions of the main-stage presentations for TOS-Con 2020.
Announcements, Arts & Culture, Good Living
TOS-Con 2020’s Program Is Announced!
Craig Biddle January 17, 2020
I hope you’ll join us in Boston for the most life-enhancing conference of the year—it’s gonna be a blast!
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Bosch Fawstin on Combating the Evil of Islam
Craig Biddle January 1, 2020
Freedom of speech is the last leg of a free society—and Bosch Fawstin is on the front line in the battle against the Islamic assault on this pillar.
Announcements
Come to TOS-Con 2020: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing!
Craig Biddle November 27, 2019
Speakers include Lisa VanDamme, Isaac Morehouse, Timothy Sandefur, Craig Biddle, Rajshree Agarwal, Andrew Bernstein, Jason Crawford and more.
Announcements, Ayn Rand & Objectivism
My Position as Executive Director of Prometheus Foundation
Craig Biddle November 23, 2019
I’ve accepted the position of executive director of Prometheus Foundation, and I look forward to accelerating the advancement of Objectivism.
Announcements
From the Editor, Winter 2019
Craig Biddle November 21, 2019
This issue marks the end of TOS’s fourteenth year of publication, and I want to thank you—our customers, subscribers, and donors—for your business and support, which has kept TOS going strong and constantly improving for these many years. My hat is off to all of you.
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From the Editor, Fall 2019
Craig Biddle August 21, 2019
Check out the Fall 2019 issue of the journal for people of reason—and be sure to share it with friends. Amid the rampant irrationality in today’s culture, this oasis can save souls, even lives.
Announcements, Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
TOS-Con Video: “Intellectual Independence: Your Basic Means of Thriving”
Craig Biddle August 16, 2019
On the nature of intellectual independence, how it differs from independent thinking, and how to cultivate it so you can love your life to the fullest.
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7 days till the most life-enhancing conference of the year!
Craig Biddle July 31, 2019
Join these amazing speakers and hundreds of like-minded, life-loving people in Park City, Utah, for this once-in-a-lifetime event. Register now!
Announcements, Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Loving Life Is Now Available on Audible
Craig Biddle July 26, 2019
Loving Life not only to introduces people to rational egoism; it also helps advocates of the morality to convey its principles more clearly.