The Objective Standard

The Objective Standard (TOS) stands out as a leading platform for insights and commentary rooted in Objectivism, the philosophical framework developed by Ayn Rand that emphasizes reason, individualism, and free-market capitalism. Established in 2005, TOS produces a quarterly journal along with a weekly newsletter. The quarterly publication, titled The Objective Standard, features comprehensive articles covering a variety of topics, including philosophy, politics, education, history, personal development, and the arts. It also includes reviews of books, films, and television shows, as well as interviews with thought leaders, activists, and public figures. Subscriptions begin at $59 annually and are offered in Premium, Print, and Digital formats. Additionally, past issues and individual articles can be accessed through our archives page.

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TOS Weekly - Robert Ingersoll's Moral Defense of Capitalism

2 weeks ago | theobjectivestandard.com | Thomas Walker-Werth

In today’s TOS Weekly:LevelUp 2025 Program Announced!Reason vs. Mysticism: Truth and ConsequencesRobert Ingersoll's Profoundly Moral Defense of CapitalismThomas Jefferson: Word and DeedIsabella Stewart Gardner: ‘One of the Seven Wonders of Boston’Enjoy!Thomas Walker-WerthManaging Editor"Thank you TOS for being a shining beacon of reason and objectivity. You bring so much value to my life!" —DanCopyright © 2025 The Objective Standard. All rights reserved.
TOS Weekly - Growing Up with Jane Austen

4 weeks ago | theobjectivestandard.com | Thomas Walker-Werth

In today’s TOS Weekly:Creating and Climbing Your Ladder of HappinessNavigating Today’s Seductive and Destructive LanguageAristotle Versus ReligionReviewed: Miss Austen, adapted by Andrea Gibb Walter Williams: Intransigent IndividualistEnjoy!Thomas Walker-WerthManaging Editor“TOS is essential to me maintaining my sanity, not to mention hope for a better world.” —John Copyright © 2025 The Objective Standard. All rights reserved.
TOS Weekly - America's Wartime Industrial Hero

1 month ago | theobjectivestandard.com | Justin Baldoni |Thomas Walker-Werth

In today’s TOS Weekly:Africa Brooke on the Cult of WokenessReviewed: It Ends With Us, directed by Justin Baldoni Henry Kaiser: Wartime Producer and Industrial HeroIbsen’s Kingdom: The Man and His WorksPatrick Henry’s ‘Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!’ SpeechEnjoy!Thomas Walker-WerthManaging Editor“TOS is essential to me maintaining my sanity, not to mention hope for a better world.” —John Copyright © 2025 The Objective Standard. All rights reserved.
Print Issues

1 month ago | theobjectivestandard.com | Thomas Walker-Werth

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From the Editor, Fall 2023

1 month ago | theobjectivestandard.com | Thomas Walker-Werth

Welcome to the Fall 2023 issue of The Objective Standard. The TOS and Objective Standard Institute (OSI) teams recently returned from our LevelUp 2023 conference in Phoenix, Arizona, where hundreds of people from all over the world gathered to sharpen their minds and improve their lives.
From the Editor, Summer 2023

1 month ago | theobjectivestandard.com | Jon Hersey |Emily Austin |Philip Oltermann |Robert Zubrin

Welcome to the Summer 2023 issue of The Objective Standard. The TOS and Objective Standard Institute teams are gearing up for our annual conference, LevelUp, happening in Phoenix, AZ, from June 21–24.
TOS Weekly - Hollywood's Originality Problem

2 months ago | theobjectivestandard.com | Thomas Walker-Werth

In today’s TOS Weekly:The People Promoting Life, Reason, and Liberty—Even in a War ZoneHelen Keller’s Five Keys to Being HappyWhy Does Hollywood Have an Originality Problem? Happy Birthday George Washington!Steve Jobs’s Philosophy of LifeEnjoy!Thomas Walker-WerthManaging Editor“TOS is essential to me maintaining my sanity, not to mention hope for a better world.” —JohnCopyright © 2025 The Objective Standard. All rights reserved.
My Conversion from Anti-Industrialist to Lover of Human Progress

2 months ago | theobjectivestandard.com | Johan Norberg

Sometimes when I talk and write about the importance of science, technology, and entrepreneurship to human opportunity and living standards, people ask me why I seem so obsessed with progress. There is a simple reason: I did not use to believe in it. When I was around fifteen, I shared many of the ideas of the people I now spend my time arguing against. I was very unhappy about modern, industrial civilization. I looked upon highways, cars, trucks, and factories as blights on the landscape.
‘Make it Something that Enhances Life’: The Architectural Philosophy of John C. Portman

2 months ago | theobjectivestandard.com | Thomas Walker-Werth

Whatever I do, it’s mine. —John C. Portman Jr.Few architects have had so profound an impact on a city as John C. Portman Jr. had on his hometown of Atlanta. In his fourteen-block redevelopment of the city’s downtown, he built two of the most spectacular hotels America has ever seen, revolutionizing hotel architecture in the process. But Portman’s influence extends far beyond both Atlanta and hotel architecture.
Star Trek: Prodigy, created by Kevin and Dan Hageman

2 months ago | theobjectivestandard.com | Thomas Walker-Werth

Starring Brett Gray, Ella Purnell, Rylee Alazraqui, and Kate MulgrewDistributed by NetflixEpisodes: 40Rated TV-Y7 for fantasy violence and fearChildren are naturally curious about the world, but all too often, they lose their interest in science, technology, and nature in their high-school years. As science popularizer Carl Sagan once put it, “Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them.