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...
Further Truths About Climate Change
Introduction In 2017, I published an essay, “The Truth About Climate Change,” showing the evidence that climate periods cycle–and that climate change is natural, on-going, and likely incessant. The Modern Warm Period from the late-19th to the early...
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...
The Truth About Climate Change
Introduction 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 take in the vast sweep of geologic time. Is nature’s inherent dynamism responsible for the...Effective Defense of Innocent Lives Requires Gun Ownership By Honest Persons
Introduction The atrocities in our schools must be ended. It is unconscionable that we do not take the actions necessary to save the innocent lives murdered by cold-blooded, gun-slinging psychopaths. There is a way to terminate these campus bloodbaths and to lower...Support Andrew Bernstein on Patreon!
