The Objective Standard
TOS Admin, Thomas F. Walker, Angelica Werth, Craig Biddle, Anna Shnaidman, Timothy SandefurThe Objective Standard is the source for commentary from an Objectivist perspective.
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Why Airlines Suck: Ryanair CEO Points the Finger at Government
Credit: Alexandros Michailidis
In 1994, a small, upstart Irish airline had been struggling to compete with the powerful duopoly of British Airways and Aer Lingus on routes between the United Kingdom and Ireland for ten years. It had a smal...
The Fall 2026 Issue of The Objective Standard Is Released!
Welcome to the Fall 2026 issue of The Objective Standard, the rational alternative to conservatism and regressivism.
When we navigate relationships, even with the moral clarity of an integrated, rational philosophy, determining the best co...
Seeing People Clearly: Lessons from Jane Austen
Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a live talk and has been lightly edited. It retains the cadence and idiosyncrasies of an oral presentation.
Imagine that you have a crush on somebody and you have reason to believe that thi...
Understanding the Declaration of Independence (Part 2)
Editor’s note: This article is the second part of a serialized republication of a chapter from Timothy Sandefur’s book Proclaiming Liberty: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and the Declaration of Independence, by permission of the Cato I...
Angel Down Makes a Mockery of Pulitzer Prize’s Celebration of Excellence
By Daniel Kraus
New York: Atria Books, 2026
294 pp., $10.99 (Kindle)
Angel Down won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for fiction—and yet the book is poison to its readers’ lives and minds. The Pulitzer Prizes—long considered some of th...
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The Objective Standard (TOS) is the preeminent source for commentary from an Objectivist perspective, Objectivism being Ayn Rand’s philosophy of reason, egoism, and capitalism.
I am a writer, editor, speaker, and instructor on rational philosophy and personal development.
As a lifelong bookworm, student of philosophy, and writer of nonfiction, I decided to combine my interests and write about the philosophic ideas present in the fiction I'm reading.
Author of Loving Life, Rational Egoism, and hundreds of essays; host of the Under Standing podcast; executive director of Objective Standard Institute; editor in chief of The Objective Standard (journal)
Author of NOVALAND, a futuristic novel set in a free city in Gaza in 2036. Exploring to challenge narratives, push beyond echo chambers, and blend rationality with the inner force driving human transformation.
Vice president for litigation at the Goldwater Institute and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute
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