“I was seconds from turning my car keys into some sort of fist weapon and gouging out his Adam’s apple for the accusation,“ said Jonah Goldberg on his podcast. What low, unsavory, insulting accusation could have driven Goldberg, a leading conservative intellectual, to such violent indignation: Dishonesty? Theft? Murder? No, it was the merest suggestion that … Continue reading Jonah Goldberg, Ayn Rand and Conservative Religiosity
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In 1967 Ayn Rand was interviewed on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson three times, in the span of four months. Those interviews were beamed into millions of homes across America. The audience reaction was extraordinary. Going behind the scenes of those interviews, Elan Journo interviews Tom Bowden. Streamed June 6, 2022. https://youtu.be/OCqo_tQCJCg
Where did defenders of Roe v. Wade go wrong? Why did they lose the moral high ground? What does it take to defend abortion rights in the United States? To defend abortion as an inviolable right, it has to be understood as a claim of uncompromising justice. That’s the case my colleague Ben Bayer lays out in … Continue reading ARI’s New Broadside in Defense of Abortion Rights
Decades ago, conventional wisdom held that the U.S. was about to run out of domestic oil and gas -- and doomed to be dependent on foreign countries for its supply. But since then something astonishing happened. Domestic output of oil in the US has increased dramatically, while net petroleum imports have plunged to the lowest … Continue reading How Shale Revolutionized U.S. Energy: Interview with Nick Deiuliis
Imagine a newborn fringe movement preaching that what diminishes and undermines life must be embraced; that what makes human life safer, longer, richer must be renounced; and that however much you sacrifice, it is never enough. Imagine that this movement’s leaders crusade to transform the world — from our laws and economic system, down to … Continue reading The Anti-Industrial Crusade: A Special Earth Day Podcast Series
Elan Journo and Ben Bayer to analyze the concept of "nationalism" in the context of the Russia/Ukraine conflict, and draw lessons for understanding the rise of nationalism in the United States. Recorded March 16, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7E1PEvVFdE
Heated disputes, protracted conflicts, and outright schisms are common in intellectual movements—even in the positive, rational movements, such as Objectivism. In the just-published essay “Of Schisms, Public and Private,” Onkar Ghate and Harry Binswanger discuss why schisms occur within intellectual movements, and the principles that guide ARI in navigating them. Elan Journo interviews Drs. Ghate … Continue reading Navigating Schisms in the Objectivist Movement
Russian’s war against Ukraine has riveted world attention. Protesters within Russia have opposed their own regime’s war, and around the world many have voiced support for Ukraine. Onkar Ghate, Elan Journo and Aaron Smith analyze the philosophic meaning of the war, the global reactions to it, and the war’s wider implications for America and freedom. … Continue reading The Meaning of Russia’s War on Ukraine
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