There's a difference between willful blindness and being born blind and not knowing what it's like to be able to see. I was born into a closed environment where association with outsiders was forbidden. Even reading was confined to school textbooks.

May 1, 2020

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Marilyn Moore

6 Mins

The Atlas Society has been fighting for liberty for over three decades, persevering against many challenges –– 9/11, the Great Recession, hurricanes, floods and fires.

Apr 27, 2020

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Jennifer A. Grossman

4 Mins

By default, many parents are homeschooling now. School closures have also raised questions about whether the high cost of government education is providing decent returns, given the all too often dismal results.

Apr 23, 2020

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Marilyn Moore

5 Mins

It was terrible. I was ten years old when Hugo Chavez became president in 1999, and life got very depressing. We were no longer free. There was no more respect for us as individuals. There was no more private property.

Apr 17, 2020

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Marilyn Moore

6 MIns

Grover Norquist is the first person we asked. Norquist is the President of Americans for Tax Reform and a longtime advocate for keeping the size and scope of government in check –– as a result he’s been a lightning rod of criticism for those seeking to blame limited government for the spread of coronavirus in the United States.

Apr 16, 2020

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Marilyn Moore

6 Mins

A Netflix show based on the life of Madam C. J. Walker is much better than most of our hairstyles right now.It’s day who actually knows of coronavirus quarantine, and my housemates and I are making our plans for once this is all over.

Apr 15, 2020

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Leonard A. Robinson

4 Mins

A high school English teacher recognized my individualism. He introduced me to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Self-Reliance,” George Orwells’ novels 1984 and Animal Farm, Ibsen’s play “The Enemy of the People,” and David Karp’s novel One.

Apr 9, 2020

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Marilyn Moore

7 Mins

Physically, a human being is a rather weak, pathetic creature. We do not possess the strength of the bear, the cunning claws of the tiger, nor the wings of the steely-eyed hawk. All we truly possess that is of any use is an accident called self-awareness.

Apr 3, 2020

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Ellsworth Toohey, Jr.

6 Mins

The COVID-19 pandemic can be used to illustrate two problems that are both more destructive than the virus. The problems relate to how

Apr 1, 2020

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Bryce Buchanan

6 Mins

 As the health and economic effects of Covid-19 intensify, we asked philosopher and The Atlas Society Founder David Kelley, Ph.D. to outline

Mar 30, 2020

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David Kelley Ph.D

4 Mins

My name is Coronavirus. I was born among bats in the caves of Communist China.

Mar 27, 2020

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Jennifer A. Grossman

4 Mins

What would the Christmas holiday season be like without Frank Capra’s 1946 classic, It’s a Wonderful Life? For millions around the world...

Mar 25, 2020

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7 Mins

Friends and members of The Atlas Society are a major source of knowledge and wisdom. Social Psychologist Joe Duarte, Ph.D. recently spoke

Mar 24, 2020

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Marilyn Moore

10 MIns

Anyone who’s seen the John Hughes movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off probably remembers the scene where Ferris’s economics teacher (Ben Stein)..

Mar 23, 2020

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John Miltimore

6 Mins

At a time when a highly infectious biological virus, the coronavirus, is spreading – as is an equally infectious psychological virus, panic – I wanted to take the opportunity to reach out with a message on what we at The Atlas Society are doing to respond to both.

Mar 22, 2020

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Jennifer A. Grossman

4 Mins

Federal funding for organizations like Helping Hands for Africa thus represents an unalloyed good, even though the returns are measured in lives saved, rather than dollars made.

Mar 18, 2020

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J.P. Medved

10 Mins

“You know, we eat guys like you for lunch every day of the week.” Those were the words of AT&T Chairman John deButts nearly fifty years ago

Mar 10, 2020

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5 Mins

On the political side, I have always maintained that we must look both at what Nietzsche’s political

Mar 8, 2020

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Kevin Schooler

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Editor’s Note: Members and friends of The Atlas Society provide us with a wealth of wisdom. Atlas Society supporter Jennifer Bukowsky is an

Mar 3, 2020

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Marilyn Moore

7 Mins

What outrages me, and what I think should outrage others, is the process that brought about the pardon.

Feb 27, 2020

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William L. Anderson

9 Mins