A native Brooklynite, author, and dialectical libertarian Notablog: https://notablog.net/ Homepage: https://chrismatthewsciabarra.com/https://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mwo7kxacsc22Today’s Substack essay explores criticism of Ayn Rand through the dialectical lens of my book, “Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical.” I discuss such critics as Thom Hartmann, Lisa Duggan, Geoffrey Picketts, & Ben Burgis, and many controversial topics. https://chrismatthewsciabarra.substack.com/p/the-russian-radical-eludes-ayn-rands29 Sep 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwo7kxacsc22https://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mv7p36ba3k2uOn the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I’ve published on Substack the full series of 2+ decades of essays & interviews, with a new intro, "WTC Remembrance 25": https://chrismatthewsciabarra.substack.com/p/wtc-remembrance-2511 Sep 2026 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7p36ba3k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mq5ji7v74k2lNice passage posted by Christopher Hudson. I approve. ;) It's from my book, "Total Freedom: Toward a Dialectical Libertarianism". Thanks Christopher! https://bsky.app/profile/chrishudsonjr.bsky.social/post/3mq3dggohsc2c [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5ji7v74k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mps72azcps2sMy personal journey "From America 200 to America 250" is the subject of my new Substack essay. I reflect on how successive generations extended the revolutionary ideals of the Declaration in ways that the founders could scarcely have imagined: https://chrismatthewsciabarra.substack.com/p/from-america-200-to-america-250-a04 Jul 2026 04:12 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mps72azcps2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mpduo67p4k2fMy newest Medium essay, "Stonewall Pride: In Voice and Song", celebrates the Stonewall Uprising that occurred on this day in 1969, giving birth to those LGBTQ+ marches and parades that Pride Month commemorates. Happy Pride! https://medium.com/@cms10_7549/stonewall-pride-in-voice-and-song-47707996ca3528 Jun 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpduo67p4k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mo7xhi6pvs2tCongratulations to the New York Knicks, who have won their first NBA championship in 53 years! https://notablog.net/2026/06/14/the-new-york-knicks-are-the-nba-champions/14 Jun 2026 04:43 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo7xhi6pvs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mmr4xtbxe223My newest reply to Matt Zwolinski, "The Triumph of the Libertarian-Hyphenates", discusses the use of the term "libertarian" to serve toxic cultural & political goals. If the soul of libertarianism can’t be ruled, it can be broken. https://chrismatthewsciabarra.substack.com/p/the-triumph-of-the-libertarian-hyphenates26 May 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmr4xtbxe223https://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mmccocniqk26Check out this thought-provoking response from Matt Zwolinski to my recent essay, “Are We All Libertarian-Adjacent Now?”, which was a reply to Zwolinski’s earlier essay, “The Myth of Libertarianism”. Let the dialogue continue! And it will. 😉 https://bleedingheartlibertarian.substack.com/p/family-resemblance20 May 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmccocniqk26https://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mmaogrqttk2dMay is US National Pet Month, a celebration of the bond between pets and people—a testament to the immense joy that pets bring to our lives. My newest Substack Essay explores the deep connection I've experienced with our family pets through the years: chrismatthewsciabarra.substack.com/p/pet-love https://chrismatthewsciabarra.substack.com/p/pet-love20 May 2026 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmaogrqttk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mllom44mm22pMy newest essay on Substack explores the question: "Are We all Libertarian-Adjacent Now?", a reply to a recent essay by Matt Zwolinski. I examine the nature of ideology as a tool of oppression and the nefarious impact of Peter Thiel and Palantir: https://chrismatthewsciabarra.substack.com/p/are-we-all-libertarian-adjacent-now11 May 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllom44mm22phttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mkkfmrenvc2hA wide-ranging podcast interview on my life, work, and disability debuts today, along with a companion essay! Podcast (on multiple platforms): https://smartlink.ausha.co/out-of-sync-exploring-life-through-disability/thinking-freely-living-carefully-life-with-smas Essay: https://chrismatthewsciabarra.substack.com/p/153e7046-0763-48db-b764-57e047730828 Additional links at Notablog: https://notablog.net/2026/04/28/back-to-life-from-the-brink-a-podcast-an-essay/28 Apr 2026 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkfmrenvc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mifde4lrz22nAt a recent conference, Trump stated: “I always like to hang around with losers … because it makes me feel better.” Borrowing insights from Niccolò Machiavelli and Ayn Rand, I discuss some of the serious issues raised by Trump’s remarks in my newest Notablog essay: https://notablog.net/2026/03/31/winners-and-losers/31 Mar 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifde4lrz22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mhxjs46yyc2aEver wonder why the bass line to "Seven Nation Army" by White Stripes is chanted across global sports arenas? Lots of links about that phenomenon in today's Notablog song marking baseball's Opening Day 2026: https://notablog.net/2026/03/26/song-of-the-day-2287/26 Mar 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxjs46yyc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mgztn6gb7s2lOn Notablog, I posted a remembrance of journalist, Brian Doherty, author of "Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement": https://notablog.net/2026/03/14/brian-doherty-rip/ RIP, my friend.14 Mar 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgztn6gb7s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mgpi45x7uc2oSweet news for baseball fans: Bill White, former St. Louis Cardinals All-Star and Gold Glove-winning First Baseman, former NY Yankees broadcaster and National League President, will be given a Lifetime Achievement Award on Hall of Fame Weekend! https://notablog.net/2026/03/10/bill-white-lifetime-achievement-award/10 Mar 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpi45x7uc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mgj3imf7rs2nIn my newest Notablog essay, "The Operation was a Success, But the Patient Died," I explore the Iran War through the lens of the devastating history of US intervention in the region. https://notablog.net/2026/03/07/the-operation-was-a-success-but-the-patient-died/08 Mar 2026 00:28 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgj3imf7rs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mfwevuetgk2tIn my newest essay, I explore Trump’s immigration policies through the lens of his recent State of the Union, as well as those “major combat operations” to topple the Iranian regime. The current moment has too many ominous parallels with other moments in history. https://notablog.net/2026/02/28/two-wrongs-dont-make-a-reich/28 Feb 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwevuetgk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mfg5spijgk2wCHARLIE Against Dialectics A reactionary bill passed by the New Hampshire legislature seeks to prohibit the teaching of "critical theories" and "dialectical worldviews"! That would exclude any book in my own "Dialectics and Liberty Trilogy." See Notablog: https://notablog.net/2026/02/21/charlie-against-dialectics/22 Feb 2026 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfg5spijgk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mdc2avyc522sMy newest Notablog piece: "From Bush to Trump" Trump's presidency has been transformative, in so many awful ways. But it has built on the regrettable legacy of the administration of George W. Bush, whom Trump so often vilified. https://notablog.net/2026/01/25/from-bush-to-trump/26 Jan 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdc2avyc522shttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3md3rp33r622iAyn Rand rejected prohibitions on immigration, not only due to her personal context, but on principle. Check out my Notablog post: "Ayn Rand, Illegal Immigrant": https://notablog.net/2026/01/23/ayn-rand-illegal-immigrant/23 Jan 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3rp33r622ihttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mchosu55ak2fSome folks thought I'd lost my dialectical mind the other day, using ellipsis points to illustrate the universal implications of Trump's comments on the Iranian protests. Context returns! S. E. Cupp on "A Tale of Two Trumps: Iran & Minnesota": https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/15/s-e-cupp-a-tale-of-two-trumps-iran-minnesota-protests/?share=pp6laelsutiwslaonnl115 Jan 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchosu55ak2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mcf7yqgops2mEllipsis points may drop context, but they introduce some interesting implications:14 Jan 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcf7yqgops2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3mbnjurxhlc2oCheck out my newest essay on Notablog: "You Think Our Country's So Innocent?", which discusses the evolution of Trump's foreign policy and the history of US interventionism abroad. https://notablog.net/2026/01/04/you-think-our-countrys-so-innocent/05 Jan 2026 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbnjurxhlc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3lzbiu74oxc2kA fine two-part discussion by David S. D'Amato on Smartphone Culture. It's ironic that "social media" has led to such alienating, anti-social consequences for so many. Even worse is how it's undermined genuinely radical, critical, dialectical thinking & engagement. https://open.substack.com/pub/dsdamato/p/notes-on-smartphone-culture-2?r=u1k01&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false20 Sep 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzbiu74oxc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3lz74bdtnts2cJon Stewart's new "government-approved" version of "The Daily Show" is brilliantly delivered ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GXNJ3V9lzg19 Sep 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz74bdtnts2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3lz3id5sltk2pBack in 1964, Ayn Rand argued that it was the "conservatives" who led the way for the establishment of the FCC and for the overt and covert censorship that would follow in its wake. Today, it is the "conservatives" who are engaged in a brutal assault on free expression. https://notablog.net/2025/09/17/ayn-rand-vs-brendan-carr/18 Sep 2025 04:13 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz3id5sltk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3lyw3jdklik2kMy newest Medium essay, "On Political Violence", discusses the toxic interrelationships between politics and culture, and the Trump administration's attempts to weaponize the murder of Charlie Kirk. https://medium.com/@cms10_7549/on-political-violence-bd7868ae577f16 Sep 2025 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyw3jdklik2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3lyd3qzp6bc2gMy newest essay, “When Hatred for the ‘Woke’ Left Trumps the Love of Liberty,” appears today on Notablog & Medium. It explores how the reactionary right has engaged in a form of top-down imposed cancel culture: https://notablog.net/2025/09/08/when-hatred-for-the-woke-left-trumps-the-love-of-liberty/ https://medium.com/@cms10_7549/when-hatred-for-the-woke-left-trumps-the-love-of-liberty-40d6d13a567d08 Sep 2025 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyd3qzp6bc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsciabarra.bsky.social/post/3lxufwdrazk2vLetters from World War II — Part IV: The Navy Boys On the 80th anniversary of the unofficial end of WW2, my 4-part Medium series concludes with letters from 3 men who fought in the Pacific theater of the war: https://medium.com/@cms10_7549/letters-from-world-war-ii-4-0b4377cf433702 Sep 2025 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:c5mwp2qeyla2swyoajswlcmn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxufwdrazk2v