The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
Catherine Nixey’s book “The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World” is very good. First, it shows that the Roman persecution of Christians, although real, has been significantly exaggerated by Christian writers. Second and more important, it...
Great novels I’m Re-Reading: Bronte & Hemingway
Thinking about the great novels I’m re-reading. Over the past few months, I have re-read and savored many classic novels—“The Scarlet Letter,” “Pride and Prejudice,” “The Old Man And The Sea”, “1984,” “A Tale of Two Cities,” and others. One of those others knocked me...Preorder: The Truth About Climate Change
Is nature’s inherent dynamism responsible for the climate change of our era? Or are the cause(s) man-made? Climate change is real and persistent. Even a brief study of the recent past illustrates this, but it becomes all the more certain when one broadens the scope to...
Preorder: The Philosophic Basis of a Woman’s Right to Abortion By Andrew Bernstein
The Right to Abortion as an Application of Individual Rights Both sides in the abortion debate invoke the principle of “rights.” Anti-abortionists claim to uphold a “right to life.” Pro-choice advocates speak of a woman’s “right to...
The Left is Vastly More Evil than Religious Conservatives
Andrew Bernstein’s latest essay, The Left is Vastly More Evil than Religious Conservatives, was recently published in Capitalism Magazine. Religion In April 2011, I traveled by car along I-70 in Kansas en route to Manhattan to give a talk for the Ayn Rand...
Leftist Supremacy, Not White Supremacy, is the Gravest Threat to Black Lives
Andrew Bernstein Black lives have long been endangered in this country. Now, with rioters burning down parts of many U.S. cities, ostensibly in support of black lives, it behooves us to accurately answer several questions: 1. Is traditional racism, brutal...
America: A Racist Nation?
The recent murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis was ghastly and reminds us of the hideous racial injustice directed against black Americans in the nation’s past. In this essay, I will examine American racism in a worldwide context, and then seek a...
How Heroes Improve Our Lives: An Interview with Andrew Bernstein
Andrew Bernstein is a philosophy professor and novelist, a contributing editor to The Objective Standard, and the author of numerous articles and books, including The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire and Objectivism...
The Great Man Theory of History
(This essay was originally written as a chapter in my book, Heroes, Legends, Champions: Why Heroism Matters, and is an outtake from that book.) Do specific geniuses or “great men” drive forward the events of history? Is profound impact on social history...Support Andrew Bernstein on Patreon!
