Craig Biddle's Articles
Philosophy, Science & Technology
Reason and Capitalism, or Unreason and Environmentalism: Choose Wisely
Craig Biddle April 21, 2017
If liberating a bulldozer’s dharma nature and returning it to the Earth strikes you as crazy, you’re not using your reptilian cortex.
Philosophy
Religion Is Super Subjectivism
Craig Biddle April 20, 2017
Shows why religion—or “supernatural” subjectivism—is significantly more subjective than secular subjectivism.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
Why the Prager-Shermer Debate Will Go Essentially Nowhere
Craig Biddle April 18, 2017
Dennis Prager and Michael Shermer’s discussion about secular, objective morality is unlikely to make significant headway. Here’s why.
History
Ron Chernow Gets “America at Her Best Is Hamiltonian”
Craig Biddle April 13, 2017
During a Q&A, Ron Chernow, author of Alexander Hamilton, receives a copy of Richard Salsman’s “America at Her Best Is Hamiltonian.”
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
The Muddy Waters of the Nolan Chart
Craig Biddle April 13, 2017
In its aim to make room for “nuance,” the Nolan chart muddies political waters in myriad ways.
Announcements, Economics
Richard M. Salsman’s The Political Economy of Public Debt Is Now Available
Craig Biddle April 5, 2017
Richard M. Salsman’s book The Political Economy of Public Debt: Three Centuries of Theory and Evidence has been published and is available through Amazon.com.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Adam Smith Institute’s Eamonn Butler Extols Ayn Rand
Craig Biddle April 5, 2017
Three cheers to Dr. Butler and the Adam Smith Institute for writing and publishing an important article on Ayn Rand and her ideas.
Philosophy
A Challenge to Dennis Prager about Secular Morality
Craig Biddle April 5, 2017
Craig Biddle offers Dennis Prager $10,000 to debate whether secular objective morality exists—or whether objective morality depends on God.
Philosophy
Secular, Objective Morality: Look and See
Craig Biddle April 3, 2017
Objective morality comes not from revelation, faith, or divine commandments—but from observation, logic, and the laws of nature.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Education & Parenting
Ayn Rand Included on A-Level Curriculum in UK
Craig Biddle March 28, 2017
The 2017 curriculum for A-Level Politics, taught in secondary and pre-university schools in the UK, will include Ayn Rand and her ideas.
Philosophy
Dennis Prager’s Faith Meets Jihad in the Name of “God”
Craig Biddle March 22, 2017
As Dennis Prager again insists that if there is no God, anything goes, another jihadist commits mass murder in the name of God. The irony...
Science & Technology
Bill Nye’s Golden Opportunity to Crush the Fossil Fuel Industry
Craig Biddle March 13, 2017
For Bill Nye to beat Alex Epstein in a public debate about the morality of fossil fuels would be a huge coup for opponents of fossil fuels.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
A Graphic Novel based on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged
Craig Biddle March 9, 2017
Bosch Fawstin and Amy Peikoff are co-authoring a three-part graphic novel based on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.
Politics & Rights
The Vital Function of the Left-Right Political Spectrum
Craig Biddle March 8, 2017
The idea that the entire left-right political spectrum is statist is not merely wrong; it is disastrously wrong.
Announcements
The Spring 2017 Issue of TOS
Craig Biddle February 23, 2017
The Spring issue of TOS features articles on Alexander Hamilton, Ayn Rand vs Nietzsche, capitalism and science, Jim Brown's vision for ARI...