Thomas Walker-Werth

Thomas Walker-Werth is managing editor at The Objective Standard and a fellow at both Objective Standard Institute and Foundation for Economic Education. His first full-length book, Reason for Living: A Rational Approach to Living Your Best Life, is available now on Amazon. Subscribe to his blog at reasonforliving.substack.com.

Environmentalists Show Their Disregard for Human Life

Over the past week, environmentalist “protesters” affiliated with the “Insulate Britain” movement have twice blocked the M25, Britain’s busiest motorway. The reaction from the British police has been absurd. They’ve...

Cut Out the Unnecessary Negativity of News and Social Media

by Thomas Walker-WerthLifestyle

Jun 10, 2021

Do you ever find yourself feeling depressed about the state of the world? Do you ever feel scared about what might happen in the future? Perhaps about COVID-19, a potential...

Unstoppable Momentum: The Music of Joe Satriani

by Thomas Walker-WerthArt & Culture

Apr 15, 2021

When the fourteen-year-old Joe Satriani learned, during high school football practice in 1970, of the passing of his musical hero Jimi Hendrix, he walked over to the coach and quit...

How We Strengthened Our Relationship in Times of Lockdown

by Thomas Walker-WerthLifestyle

Feb 20, 2021

We had just started our long-distance relationship when governments closed borders in response to COVID-19—with one of us in the United States and the other in the UK. The pandemic...

How to Make Work Something You Love

by Thomas Walker-WerthFeatured

Dec 18, 2020

For many people, “work” is a word with unpleasant associations. Children associate it with the burden of school work, which they have to do, like it or not. Many adults...

The Golden Era of American Railroads

Rail travel in America today leaves much to be desired. State-funded operator Amtrak has a well-earned reputation for slow, often late trains, running on inconvenient schedules and using outdated equipment....

Still Rocking at Sixty: The Endless Vitality of Iron Maiden

by Thomas Walker-WerthArt & Culture

Aug 26, 2020

There are few things as wonderful to watch as musicians playing live and clearly loving every moment of it. A great musical performance, especially in an energetic genre like heavy...

I Can Reach Any Star: The Beautiful Philosophy of Star Trek: Enterprise

by Thomas Walker-WerthFeatured

Jul 10, 2020

We’re going to stumble, make mistakes, I’m sure more than a few before we find our footing, but we’re going to learn from those mistakes. That’s what being human is...

Music for Freedom: Ennio Morricone’s “Run Man Run”

When I was young, my father introduced me to many Western films. Although I didn’t realize it at the time, movies such as The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, My Name...

The Life-Serving Value of Innovation, with James Altucher and Jason Feifer

Have you noticed how resistant people often are to new technologies and ideas? Do you hear constant scare stories about “adverse impacts” of new innovations such as GMOs, fracking, and...

Tim Ferriss on “Living a Full Life”

by Thomas Walker-WerthLifestyle

May 22, 2020

Do you ever struggle to balance staying productive, living a full life, and leaving time to think and reflect in the limited time you have? In this video, Tim Ferriss,...

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