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Health Care Is Not a Right

A stalwart proponent of freedom and individual rights denounces the moral premise behind socialized medicine.

Leonard Peikoff

August 21, 2024

16 min read

Why a Secular Commitment to Science Warrants Pride, not Humility

Scientific thinkers take pride, not humility, in their intellectual honesty and objectivity.

Ben Bayer

August 7, 2024

24 min read

The Assassination Conspiracy Discourse Is Fantasy, Not ‘Theory’

We should avoid the temptation to help conspiracists fake the status of being real thinkers.

Ben Bayer

July 31, 2024

13 min read

The Music of We the Living

Learn about many references to music in Rand's first novel.

Michael S. Berliner

June 12, 2024

34 min read

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Health Care Is Not a Right

Why a Secular Commitment to Science Warrants Pride, not Humility

The Assassination Conspiracy Discourse Is Fantasy, Not ‘Theory’

The Manosphere’s Poison Pill

The Music of We the Living

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