Politics & Rights
Politics & Rights
Why a “Right” to Health Care is a Moral Travesty
Jon Hersey 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?
Politics & Rights, Reviews
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park with Maryanne Vollers
Anna Franco December 14, 2018
Anyone interested in the the nature of dictatorship, the virtue of justice, or the power of persistence will find this book an extraordinary value.
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Four Fallacies Regarding the Political Spectrum
Craig Biddle December 6, 2018
As long as people conceive of the spectrum in terms of package deals, false alternatives, frozen abstractions, or stolen concepts, their thinking will be discombobulated.
Biographies, History, Politics & Rights
The Moral Courage of Rosa Parks
Jon Hersey 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.
History, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Public Land’s Collectivist Roots
Jon Hersey 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.
History, Politics & Rights
Dr. Joseph Warren: Architect of the Revolution
Tom Malone November 10, 2018
This little-known founder not only articulated the ideas of America's revolution, he was intimately involved in putting those ideas into practice.
Politics & Rights
Europe Wades Further into Sharia Law
Craig Biddle October 31, 2018
Unless Europeans somehow reverse this insane ruling by the ECHR and correct course soon, Europe will descend into a kind of Hell that it has not seen since World War II.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Ayn Rand’s Method for Slaying Monsters
Jon Hersey 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.
Politics & Rights
How to Challenge Racism in College Admissions
Jon Hersey 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.
History, Politics & Rights, Reviews, Science & Technology
The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking by Saifedean Ammous
Michael Dahlen October 25, 2018
Ammous places Bitcoin in a broad historical context and makes a good case that it has the potential to be the next stage in the evolution of sound money.