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About Harry Binswanger
Dr. Binswanger, a longtime associate of Ayn Rand, taught philosophy at the City University of New York, Hunter College, from 1972 to1979. During the 1980s, he was editor of The Objectivist Forum, a bimonthly journal devoted to Ayn Rand’s philosophy. Since 1994, he has been professor of philosophy at the Objectivist Academic Center of the Ayn Rand Institute.
He is the author of The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts (ARI Press, 1990) and editor of The Ayn Rand Lexicon (New American Library) and of the second edition of Ayn Rand’s Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology (New American Library). A regular speaker at universities, he has given more than 70 talks at some 40 universities on a wide variety of topics in philosophy and politics, from “The Primacy of Existence” to “‘Buy American’ Is Un-American.” Dr. Binswanger is currently writing a book on the causal nature of consciousness.
He also runs Harry Binswanger's List (HBL) is an email list for Objectivists, moderated by Dr. Binswanger, for discussing philosophic and cultural issues. The HBL is $14 per month or $145 per year; a free one-month trial is available at: www.hblist.com
Articles by Harry Binswanger
Obama's Big Speech for Socialized Medicine (September 11, 2009)
The altruist code gives Obama a huge advantage.
Ayn Rand Answers (September 1, 2009)
Ayn Rand had an extraordinary, unparalleled mind.
David Brooks -- A Modern Day Peter Keating (June 11, 2009)
The only thing that explains Brooks' preference for "time-tested precedents and traditions" is the psychology of the second-hander, the conformist, typified by Peter Keating in The Fountainhead.
The "Economic Stimulus" Myth (February 24, 2009)
Obama's "economic stimulus" plan will further damage the economy and result in inflation in the long run. The only "economic stimulus" is economic freedom -- freedom from central planning.
Alan Greenspan vs. Ayn Rand and Freedom (November 7, 2008)
The connection of Alan Greenspan to Ayn Rand, decades ago, is being used dishonestly to blacken her name and her ideas.
Just Pay for CEOs: Why Some CEOs Deserve Huge Salaries (September 10, 2008)
Capitalism represents not "consumer sovereignty," but the sovereignty of reason.
Fresh Start Conservatism (March 14, 2008)
David Brooks' Conservative Sneer at Freedom.
William F. Buckley, Jr.: The Witch-Doctor is Dead (March 10, 2008)
Buckley, more than anyone else, is responsible for subverting the "conservative movement," turning it into its current, depraved status as the anti-reason, anti-man, welfare-statist "religious right."
On "Staying the Course" in Iraq (October 7, 2007)
The solution is not (per the Left) to throw up our hands and withdraw. The solution is not (per the Right) to "stay the course."
Re-Importing Cheap Pharmaceuticals (October 1, 2007)
We desperately need the pharmaceutical business to be hugely profitable.
The Battle of Our Era (October 9, 2006)
We are engaged in a vast battle to defend scientific, industrial civilization against irrationalism.
Guantanamo and the Geneva Convention (October 4, 2006)
When the enemy consists of fanatical terrorists (who, incidentally, are not part of a national army), the idea of applying the Geneva Convention is grotesque.
The Pope vs. Islam (September 28, 2006)
Muslims say far worse things about Christianity, Judaism, and every other Muslim sect. But that is, apparently, something that needs no apology.
The Solution to "Illegal Immigration" (May 20, 2006)
The problem of "illegal" immigration can be solved at the stroke of a pen: legalize immigration.
Gas Prices and Bush's "Appeasenomics" (April 30, 2006)
Just as appeasement doesn't work in foreign policy, so it doesn't work against one's domestic critics. It only serves to embolden one's enemies.
Immigration Quotas vs. Individual Rights: The Moral and Practical Case for Open Immigration (April 2, 2006)
Entry into the U.S. should ultimately be free for any foreigner, with the exception of criminals, would-be terrorists, and those carrying infectious diseases.
Court Victory Against "Intelligent Design" (December 25, 2005)
There was a significant defeat for the whole "Intelligent Design" movement today, when a Harrisburg, PA judge ruled against its being taught in the schools of a local school district.
Supreme Court Made The Wrong Decision in the California Medical Marijuana Case (June 11, 2005)
The bad news is that the Supreme Court made the wrong decision on the constitutionality of California's law allowing people with certain illnesses to use marijuana for medical purposes.
Bush and Russia (May 9, 2005)
President Bush is in Russia to participate (wrongly) in Monday's Red Square celebration of the 60th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis.
Bush's Speech on Freedom (March 14, 2005)
President Bush gave an important, and generally excellent, speech on our foreign policy re the middle east. He reiterated, and further explained, his Forward Strategy of Freedom.
President Bush's Inaugural Address: A Betrayal of the Concept of Freedom (February 1, 2005)
President Bush's inaugural address was essentially a betrayal of the concept of freedom. The speech re-confirmed Ayn Rand's analysis of conservatives--that they are bankrupt and fated to lose, because they base their position on the appeal to faith, tradition, and man's depravity.
"Transition Costs" of Partially Privatizing Social Security (January 14, 2005)
In reality, there are no costs whatsoever to privatizing Social Security. A shortfall in government revenue is not a cost. In fact, the exact opposite is true: government revenue is the cost, the cost borne by those whose production supplies that revenue.
Vote for President Bush (October 21, 2004)
The nature of this campaign is set, and the meaning of this election is: independence vs. dependence. The Bush policies favor America retaining its sovereignty--cooperating with allies as and when they are willing--and America on the offensive. The Kerry program favors America surrendering that independence to curry favor with the bribed French and the America-hating despots at the United Nations.
The Ten Commandments vs. America (October 15, 2004)
In all the discussion about displaying the Ten Commandments in the Alabama courthouse, has anyone asked the fundamental question: what are the Ten Commandments? What is their philosophic meaning and what kind of society do they imply?
A Foreign Policy Bible for America: A Review of Peter Schwartz's "The Foreign Policy of Self-Interest: A Moral Ideal for America" (July 5, 2004)
Peter Schwartz's booklet "The Foreign Policy of Self-Interest: A Moral Ideal for America" is a foreign policy Bible for America and any other free society. It ought to be read, studied, and internalized by all our political and intellectual leaders, from President Bush on down.
The Wreckage of the Consensus Revisited: New York Times Company Admits to Spreading Lies to Undermine America's War Effort (May 18, 2004)
The Boston Globe published, as real, fake pictures purporting to show American soldiers in Iraq gang-raping Iraqi women.
Donald Trump and The Apprentice: Concretization of "The American Dream." (April 20, 2004)
The Apprentice was a weekly demonstration that success is not a matter of "the old-boy network" or "exploitation" or any of the vicious leftist caricatures, but of hard work, planning, courage, and practical wisdom. But deeper than that is the show's sense of life. Wordlessly, it conveys the sense that wealth is good, achievement is good, ambition matters, success is attainable--that enjoying life on this earth is good. It is a concretization of "The American Dream."
The Big Lie: Intelligence Failure in Iraq (February 23, 2004)
Three thousand Americans died in the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In the wake of that, the only intelligent question was: which lousy Middle East pesthole-dictatorship are we going to crush first? Not: was or was not the threat from this particular statist sewer "imminent" or only "growing"?
Soft-Line Ideologues Revisited: Foreign-Policy Soft-Liners are Pragmatists (January 17, 2004)
Neoconservatives David Frum and Richard Perle are wrong in their identification of the ideology of foreign-policy soft-liners, like Colin Powell. The diplomats' unprincipled, concrete-bound approach is not a rejection of pragmatism, but the essence of pragmatism.
Immoral to Ban Human Cloning: Irrational Fears Must Not Block Scientific Advances (December 19, 2003)
Once we put aside the emotionalism, it becomes apparent that there is no rational or moral basis for banning human cloning.
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