Jon Hersey

A handful of musicians are harnessing the technical means of their craft toward worthwhile esthetic ends, recapturing the art of instrumental storytelling.

By Jon Hersey

The Spring 2024 issue of The Objective Standard features articles on capitalism, individualism in great literature, and more.

Judging by the typical holiday playlist, an alien might well conclude that humans stopped really trying to record great Christmas music fifty years ago.

By Jon Hersey

At thirty tracks, spanning close to two and a half hours, Dolly Parton’s Rockstar is epic.

By Jon Hersey

By Jon Hersey

The Beatles release a poignant parting message between friends, Van Morrison’s new album will keep you dancing, and Tom Bukovac’s Plexi Soul is now on Vinyl.

Some spooky (and not so spooky) new music from Alice Sara Ott, Duran Duran, Carter Faith, and more.

Check out Robbie Robertson’s musical epitaph, the first Rolling Stones release in eighteen years, and more.

Check out Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 by Joe Bonamassa, J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations by Vikingur Ólafsson, Tether by Of Mice and Men, and more.

In 1943, three women launched a full-scale assault on the ideas at the very base of tyranny. Freedom's Furies tells their story.

“The government schools cannot be reformed. The best thing parents can do is pull their children out; stop feeding the monster, and educate children at home.” —Dr. Andrew Bernstein

By Jon Hersey

Historian J. Rufus Fears observed more than two decades ago that we have plenty of politicians, but virtually no statesmen. Barring their return, it doesn’t matter who is elected speaker.

The Twitter Files demonstrate that when people equate economic and political power, they mistake wolves for sheep and vie to give them control of the flock.

Welcome to the Winter 2022 issue of The Objective Standard, rounding out TOS’s 17th year providing conceptual clarity on the basis of rational philosophy.

By Jon Hersey

Declassified is a love letter to classical music and those who helped Warsaw-Fan Rauch become a world-class violinist—and a touching obituary to that career.