Craig Biddle's Articles
Science & Technology
Science vs. Environmentalism, Exhibit 372B
Craig Biddle July 12, 2012
The UK’s Mail Online reports: Rings in fossilised pine trees have proven that the world was much warmer than previously thought—and the earth has been slowly COOLING for 2,000 years. Measurements stretching back to 138BC prove that the Earth is slowly cooling due to changes in the distance between the…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Politics & Rights
Political “Left” and “Right” Properly Defined
Craig Biddle June 26, 2012
Defines the political spectrum in terms of essentials, identifying the precise nature of the left and the right.
Arts & Culture, Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Ragnar Danneskjold’s Love
Craig Biddle June 18, 2012
After interviewing Bryan Larsen for the Summer issue if TOS, I reread my favorite part of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, the scene in which Ragnar Danneskjold meets Hank Rearden on a road at night and hands him a bar of gold, returning some of the money that the government has…
Arts & Culture
Painter Bryan Larsen on His Artwork and Ideas
Craig Biddle May 20, 2012
Mr. Larsen discusses his work, how he became a painter, who and what inspires him, and why his subjects always look so purposeful. Includes ten high-resolution images of his paintings.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Good Living
Atlas Shrugged and Ayn Rand’s Morality of Egoism
Craig Biddle May 20, 2012
A concise introduction to Ayn Rand's morality of egoism, the heart of her novel Atlas Shrugged.
Politics & Rights
How Would Government Be Funded in a Free Society?
Craig Biddle May 20, 2012
Shows why, in a free society, people would voluntarily pay to support a rights-protecting government.
Announcements
From the Editor, Summer 2012
Craig Biddle May 20, 2012
Craig Biddle introduces the Summer 2012 issue.
Good Living
The Secular Joy of Easter
Craig Biddle April 8, 2012
Decorated eggs, the Easter Bunny, pretty dresses, lavish meals, Peeps, chocolates, extravagance, joy—religious claims to the holiday notwithstanding, Easter is a celebration of spring, fertility, and fun. People of faith are free to celebrate the alleged resurrection of Jesus. But people of reason ignore that myth and celebrate the secular…
Science & Technology
Keep the Lights On—and Shine ‘Em on Environmentalist Nonsense
Craig Biddle March 31, 2012
Turning out the lights for “Earth Hour” is the perfect symbol of the ultimate goal of the environmentalist movement, which is to erase industry—and thus human life—from the face of the Earth. To genuine environmentalists (as against people who call themselves environmentalists but don’t understand what the movement is really…
Good Living, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Andrew Breitbart’s “So?”—A Great Question and Now a Worthy Charity
Craig Biddle March 9, 2012
[caption id="attachment_92906" align="alignnone" width="720"] Image by Gage Skidmore[/caption] The night after Andrew Breitbart died, I watched an episode of Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld in which Gavin McInnes told a delightful story about Breitbart. In an earlier episode of Red Eye, Gutfeld and McInnes had been mocking the idea of Donald…
Politics & Rights
A Rational U.S. Policy Regarding Iran and Saudi Arabia
Craig Biddle February 23, 2012
Here’s an excerpt from my article “The Iranian and Saudi Regimes Must Go.” This is the kind of speech that a rational, America-loving, rights-respecting candidate for president would deliver, and the kind of policy that Americans should demand from any candidate seeking our votes: . . . Americans (and our…
Politics & Rights
Interview with Boaz Arad on the Israeli Freedom Movement
Craig Biddle February 20, 2012
Boaz Arad, a founder of and spokesman for the Israeli Freedom Movement, discusses the inception, activities, allies, and successes of the Israeli equivalent of the Tea Party movement.
Philosophy
Individualism vs. Collectivism: Our Future, Our Choice
Craig Biddle February 20, 2012
Surveys the metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and politics of these two creeds, showing, at each level, that only one of them corresponds to observable reality.
Philosophy
In Memory of John David Lewis
Craig Biddle February 20, 2012
John was an ideal man, and his early death comes as close as anything can to being a metaphysical flaw in the universe.
Politics & Rights
Letters and Replies: Abortion, Natural Rights, Hayek
Ari Armstrong and Diana Hsieh answer a letter about abortion rights; Craig Biddle answers a letter from Timothy Sandefur about “natural rights”; Richard Salsman answers a letter about Keynes and Hayek; and athlete Donny Shankle praises TOS.