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...
The Left is Vastly More Evil than Religious Conservatives

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...
America: A Racist Nation?

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...
The Great Man Theory of History

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...
A Tribute to Carl Barney

A Tribute to Carl Barney

I wrote a book about the nature of heroism.  I know a hero when I see one.  Carl Barney is a hero. Full disclosures:  Carl has been a friend for thirty years; he funded the Ayn Rand Institute, which hired me to perform multiple intellectual tasks; he helps fund the...
Great Islamic Thinkers vs. Islam

Great Islamic Thinkers vs. Islam

“During its Golden Age, the Muslim world, in the arts and sciences, conducted a love affair with the Greek method of observation-based rationality; but—because such method applied to life’s most fundamental questions threatened religious beliefs—could not, and,...