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Is Health Care a Right? Answer The Question, Congressmen!

Of the many specials on health care that have been taking place these past few weeks, this recent PJTV forum…

Staff Editorial: Special Summer Edition

The purpose of The Undercurrent's summer issue is to provide those attending Tea Parties with a deeper moral perspective on…

FDA Snuffs Out Safer Smoking Alternative

Millions of Americans choose to continue smoking despite known health risks. Presumably, the value they get from smoking is (rightly…

Undercurrent Blog Writing Meeting

Would you like to write for The Undercurrent but aren’t sure how to get started? If so, consider attending our…

National Service Bill Makes ‘Volunteerism’ Compulsory

The Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News recently published an excellent op-ed on the national service bill by TU editor Lucy Hugel. Hugel…

Ayn Rand’s Non-Religious Conception of Morality

In our parents’ generation, academia was a bastion of secularism, and a threat to religion. Amid peace and love, political…

Interested in Writing for The Undercurrent?

Would you like to improve your understanding of Objectivism, further develop your writing skills, and help introduce college students to…

The Meaning of New Year’s Resolutions

Alex Epstein of the Ayn Rand Institute has written a great column about the significance of New Year's resolutions and…

Measure Q and the Lending Crisis in Education

The city of Los Angeles passed a $7 billion bond measure to refurbish public schools on Election Day. “Measure Q,”…

The Environmentalist Attack on Outdoorsmanship

This past summer, The Economist published an article ("Out of the Wilderness") pointing to a decade long trend of declining…