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CSG on Colorado's Amendment 48
TOS Admin October 15, 2008
Announcing the Coalition for Secular Government's new web site on Colorado's Amendment 48: Amendment 48 is the ballot measure that would define a fertilized egg as a person with full legal rights in the Colorado constitution. (Read the full text.) If passed and implemented, it would pose a grave threat…
Announcements
The Forthcoming Issue of TOS
TOS Admin September 4, 2008
The print edition of the Fall issue of The Objective Standard is at press and will be mailed shortly; the online version will be accessible to subscribers beginning September 20. For promotional purposes, “McBama vs. America” and “The Mystical Ethics of the New Atheists” are available early and to…
Announcements
Debate: 'Justice in War'
TOS Admin February 21, 2007
America is often harshly criticized at home and abroad for its conduct in war, not just by "doves" hoping to restrain American military might but also by "hawks" seeking more vigorous military action. So what does morality require of America in war? Is a vigorous defense of American interests abroad…
Announcements
'No Substitute for Victory': The Defeat of Islamic Totalitarianism
TOS Admin February 15, 2007
Who: Dr. John Lewis, historian at Ashland University What: A talk on how we can and why we must defeat Totalitarian Islam—first and foremost by destroying the current regime in Iran When: Wednesday, February 28, 7:30 PM–9:30 PM Where: George Mason University, Fairfax Campus, Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room…
Announcements
Eminent Domain: To Preserve or To Abolish
TOS Admin January 31, 2007
The audio of a remarkable debate, Eminent Domain: To Preserve or To Abolish, between Jeffrey A. Finkle and Yaron Brook, is now available on our Events page. The audio is free and accessible to all. Click here to listen now. Eminent Domain: To Preserve or To Abolish Jeffrey A. Finkle…
Announcements
CORRECTION
TOS Admin January 28, 2007
In an earlier post, we mistakenly reported that TOS contributing editor John Lewis would be interviewed on the Kit Jarrell Show on February 10, at 10:00. The correct date is Friday, February 2, at 10:00 PM EST. The subject is his most recent TOS article, "'No Substitute for Victory': The…
Announcements, Politics & Rights
CORRECTED
TOS Admin January 25, 2007
John Lewis on the Kit Jarrell Show On Friday, February 2, at 10:00 PM EST, TOS contributing editor John Lewis will be interviewed on the Kit Jarrell Show. The subject is his most recent TOS article, "'No Substitute for Victory': The Defeat of Islamic Totalitarianism." Tune in for what is…
History, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Letter from TOS Reader Burgess Laughlin
TOS Admin January 9, 2007
To the Editor: Various TOS articles by Dr. John Lewis have helped me identify the essential nature of the current "War on Terrorism." One shouldn't be surprised that an entity's actions follow from the entity's nature. As a political entity, the USA is a welfare state. It is taking various…
Announcements
Dianne Durante's New Blog
TOS Admin December 28, 2006
TOS contributor Dianne Durante has started a new author's blog for her forthcoming book, Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan. From her first post: For the next two months (through February 2007) I plan to post a paragraph or two every day about one of the OMOM essays: what's covered in [essay…
History, Reviews
Solon the Thinker: Political Thought in Archaic Athens
TOS Admin September 28, 2006
A new book, Solon the Thinker: Political Thought in Archaic Athens (London: Duckworth, 2006) deals with the poetry of perhaps the earliest political thinker in history, Solon of Athens. Selected as Chief Official in Athens in 594 BC, he is often credited with laying the groundwork for the political constitution…
Economics
NY Sun Article on Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
TOS Admin September 27, 2006
Click here to read a good NY Sun article about the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism and its executive director, C. Bradley Thompson. And if you haven't already, you need to check out Dr. Thompson's contribution to the Fall 2006 issue of TOS, "The Decline and Fall of…
Economics
7-Eleven dropping Venezuela-backed Citgo
TOS Admin September 27, 2006
Kudos to 7-Eleven! If U.S. businesses in general were so principled, we'd be living in a substantially safer world. (And if the U.S. government were principled enough to prohibit trade with dictatorships, we'd be living in Atlantis.)
Announcements
Fall Issue of TOS
TOS Admin September 24, 2006
The print version of the Fall issue of TOS has been mailed, and the online version has been posted to our website. The contents are: From the Editor Letters and Replies The Decline and Fall of American Conservatism by C. Bradley Thompson 19th-Century French Painting and Philosophy by Dianne Durante…
History, Politics & Rights
A Talk by Dr. John Lewis
TOS Admin September 19, 2006
When: Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 7:30pm–10pm Where: New York University, Kimmel Center, Room 914, 60 Washington Square South NY, NY 10012 Five years after Manhattan was viciously attacked by Islamic holy warriors, the world is still held hostage to their rants and their bombs. Iraq is in turmoil, Syria is…
Philosophy
Islamic 'Heaven'
TOS Admin May 20, 2006
Thanks to Jack Crawford for sending me this hilarious, 48-second clip of comedian B.J. Novak. Oh to be a Muslim woman.