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About Jon Hersey

About Jon Hersey

Jon Hersey is the associate editor of The Objective Standard. His work focuses on intellectual history, specifically, the ideas on which freedom and flourishing depend. He has published in-depth articles on John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Stark, William Wilberforce, Rosa Parks, and more.

Jon Hersey's Articles

A Life-Enhancing Lesson from Dickens’s Christmas Carol
December 24, 2018
By revealing the spiritual poverty of the materially wealthy Scrooge, A Christmas Carol shows that spiritual values are vital to a meaningful life.

Why a “Right” to Health Care is a Moral Travesty
December 14, 2018
Many commentators have pointed out the practical failings of "universal health care." But its proponents regard it as a moral ideal. Why?
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The Moral Courage of Rosa Parks
November 29, 2018
By refusing to give in to injustice, Parks sparked not only the Montgomery bus boycott but the American Civil Rights movement as such, which would go on to topple the legal support of racial discrimination in the United States.
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Public Land’s Collectivist Roots
November 20, 2018
Some call national parks “America’s best idea.” In truth, public lands of any type are antithetical to what is truly America’s best idea: individual rights.

Remember, Remember, the Ninth of November
November 8, 2018
November 9 and the opening of East German borders will forever mark a triumph for freedom and a reminder of the horrors of collectivism.
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Ayn Rand’s Method for Slaying Monsters
October 31, 2018
We can’t rely on garlic, decapitation, or sunlight to repel the noxious creatures that we do inevitably encounter in life. In order to fortify ourselves against evil, we have to understand it.

How to Challenge Racism in College Admissions
October 25, 2018
If we want to live in “a nation where [people] will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” we need to challenge the idea that racism can ever be leveraged for good.

Today Is the Last Day to Vote for Atlas Shrugged in “The Great American Read” Contest
October 18, 2018
Today is the last day to vote for your favorite novel in PBS’s “Great American Read” contest. Fans of Ayn Rand will be happy to see that Atlas Shrugged is included in the list.
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal
September 27, 2018
In Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, Dutch-American primatologist Frans de Waal brings history, philosophy, and science to bear on this pregnant question.
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Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks by Ben Goldacre
September 10, 2018
Goldacre outs many of the most heinous sources of misleading health-related claims and provides tools to understand and evaluate them.
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The Human Flourishing Project Podcast: Incredible Value for ‘Students of Life’
August 24, 2018
Despite the fact that more knowledge exists today than at any other point in history, “Human beings lack reliable access to the knowledge they need to flourish.” Alex Epstein is working to fix this problem.

Einstein’s Pivotal Letter to FDR
August 1, 2018
Fearing that Germany might soon develop nuclear weapons, Einstein—a lifelong pacifist—urged FDR to aid similar efforts by U.S.-based scientists.

Nikki Haley: Confronting Murderous Regimes and Their Accomplice, the UN
June 23, 2018
Haley explained, with admirable clarity, that associating with murderous regimes only strengthens them, which illuminates the moral imperative for the U.S. to sever all ties with the UN.

Judge Leon Heroically Sets Rational Precedent on Antitrust
June 15, 2018
Judge Leon’s forceful, reality-oriented knockdown of the DOJ’s most recent bogus case deserves applause.

Vote for Atlas Shrugged in "The Great American Read" Contest
June 4, 2018
Vote "early and often" for Atlas Shrugged in PBS's "The Great American Read" contest, running through October 18, 2018.
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