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"Buy American" is UN-American -- The idea of buying American is un-American because it tells Americans not to act as capitalists and individualists.
"Conflicts" of Men''s Interests -- A defense of Rand''s statement that there are no conflicts of rational men''s interests
A Basis in Reality -- This article demonstrates how Objective value is related to reality, and how Intrinsic and Subjective schools of thought are not at all, by way of a science fiction book
A Capitalist Christmas -- Objectivists can celebrate Christmas
A Christmas Card -- Christmas is materialistic, the author states, and should be as well
Against Environmentalism -- This article is a criticism of environmentalism from the philosophic perspective of Objectivism
Animal Rights -- This article responds to the animal rights movement from the perspective of Objectivism
Antitrust Against Justice -- The double-standard of antitrust law
Back to School or Back to Prison? -- President Clinton''s Education Proposals: Building Lockups for our Children''s Bodies and Minds.
Branden''s recent writings -- A critique of Branden''s book that makes the hackneyed "Objectivism is a cult" argument
Brief Summary of Objectivism -- A summary of Ayn Rand''s philosophy written by Dr. Leonard Peikoff.
Capital Punishment -- Albeit, philosophically, Objectivism is undecided on the death penalty, one objectivist gives his views
Columbus Day: A Time to Celebrate -- Attacks on Columbus are ominous because the actual target is Western civilization.
Confuse Robber Barrons with Capitalists No More -- Book review of a history book detailing the lives of the "evil" capitalists of the early US
Crime ... and non-punishment -- Why the left hates punishment
Diversity and Multiculturalism: The New Racism -- The diversity movement claims that its goal is to extinguish racism, but it is actually just the opposite.
Does Abortion Sanction Evil? -- Essay debunking common pro-life slogans
Education and the Racist Road to Barbarism -- A pamphlet on "multicultural" and "non-western" impacts on education and thought
Essentials of Objectivism -- More detailed than the Introduction, this essay further defines the essential tenets of Ayn Rand''s philsophy of Objectivism.
Fact and Value -- Peikoff''s now-famous article about judging the morality of men''s ideas. Critical reading for those interested in the schisms that have plagued Objectivists over the years.
Floating Abstractions and Stolen Concepts -- This essay examines two basic epistemological errors: floating abstractions and stolen concepts from an Objectivist perspective.
Flourishing Egoism -- An academic analysis and defense of some key Randian components
Four Steps to Better Thinking -- Examine an argument before refuting it
Freedom and Causality -- What is the nature of cause and effect?
Friendship and Loyalty -- Many state that Objectivists cannot have friends or ask for help from others without being self-contrary -- this is not true
Good morning, Ontario! -- Reformation to Capitalism should be done all at once
Government vs. Environment -- Does the government protect the environment from corporations, or is it the other way around?
Immorality of Service Summit -- The Ayn Rand Institute''s position paper opposing President Clinton''s "Summit on America''s Future." ARI opposes it because it is immoral -- not merely impractical.
Infants, Fetuses, and The Right To Life -- Examination of the tricky questions in Objectivism''s abortion justifications
Introducing Objectivism -- Outlines the essential tenets of Ayn Rand''s philsophy of Objectivism.
Life as the Standard of Value -- Argues for the derivation of "ought from is" and contrasts it to neo-Aristotelianism
Little-Known U.S. Document -- The US is not a Christian Nation
Love and Selfishness -- Love is selfish. The view that it is selfless and unconditional is false and destroys its sublime value
Microsoft is Successful Because it is Competitive -- A defense of Microsoft
Nihilism -- The roots of 20th Century mass evil began in East Prussia about 200 years ago with Immanuel Kant
Notes on "A QUESTION OF SANCTION" -- Analysis of problems David Kelley has with Objectivism
Objectivist Essays II -- Page of links to many essay sites
On Moral Sanctions -- Why is Libertarianism evil? How does a moral sanction give evil its power? Article by Peter Schwartz of ARI.
Our Killing Schools -- The increase in school violence runs directly parallel with the rise of ``Progressive`` theories of education. By C. Bradley Thompson.
Policy Towards Saddam: Pacifism is Suicide -- Example and defense of Objectivism foreign policy
Primacy of existence -- Metaphysical contrast and defense of Randian metaphysics and epistemology, comparing it to "consciousness-first" philosophy
Quantum Quackers -- Quantum Quackery is the field of quantum mechanics reviving the ancient mystic principle that human consciousness is in control of reality. Read why this is wrong
Rand''s tolerance -- "Everybody knows" Ayn Rand was really intolerant of different artistic tastes, but there is no evidence
Reason vs Faith: Julian Simon vs Paul Ehrlich -- The author of "The Population Bomb" gets debunked
Rejecting Responsibility -- Generational roots in the cultural rejection of individual responsibility
Rush -- Rush Limbaugh, a good guy? You''d better believe it.
Say No to the ``Self-Esteem'''' Pushers -- The Problem of Low Self-Esteem Among Students Is Caused by the Very Approach Now Proposed as the Cure. By Onkar Ghate, Ph. D.
Science Take a Stand -- Details various modern superstitutions and likens them to medevil medical practices
Sick chicken -- Medicare and Medicaid are government-supported ponzi schemes
Social Security Rescue Plans Mean Government Ownership of Business -- Pamphlet on the "solution" to Social Security''s troubles by investment in the stock market
StratRant -- Controversial and provocative essays on American politics, culture and philosophy.
Tax Credits for Education -- An excerpt of Ayn Rand''s article about the evil of government run schools, and possible approaches to the solution.
The Endowment Racket -- Debunking the myth of public funding for the arts.
The Objectivist theory of free will -- Defense of free will using Objectivist insights
The Pseudo-Scientific Road to Destruction -- A refutation of the global warming research and its philosophical background
The Right to Arms -- Why do we have the right to arms?
The Right to Discriminate -- Is "discriminate" a dirty word? No.
The Right to be Wrong -- An examination of the dichotomy between the legal and the moral
The Skeptic -- An essay detailing modern skepticism in the form of everyday anecdotes
Theory-loadedness and a theory of concepts -- Excellent essay on theories of conception
Why Rent Control is Immoral -- Rent control is not only impractical but is also immoral.

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