People are best able to flourish in a culture that values reason and a political system based on the principle of individual rights. My aim as a writer is to produce articles and books advancing those values.

I've covered politics and culture since 1998, writing for the Objective Standard, Complete Colorado, and other publications. I've appeared on CNN and various television and radio programs. I'm also the author of Reclaiming Liberalism and Other Essays on Personal and Economic Freedom and Values of Harry Potter: Lessons for Muggles. Now most of my articles appear at AriArmstrong.com.

I joined Patreon to maintain my independence. I need to follow the evidence and reasoning where I judge they lead. Independent funding from many small donors helps me to free up time for this work in a way that doesn't compromise my autonomy.

My goal is to substantially expand the time I spend writing—and to do that I need your help.

What do you get out of supporting me via Patreon? For starters, hopefully you'll enjoy my work and find it thought-provoking—even when you disagree with it. I also hope you'll enjoy my bonus content exclusively for patrons (see the "rewards").

Mainly, I hope you'll get the satisfaction of supporting work that promotes the crucial values of reason and rights.

One thing that's important to me, and that donor funding helps me achieve, is a web site free from distasteful ads, glaring imagery, distracting pop-up alerts, and the like. Sure, I'll use my site to tastefully promote my books and fundraising efforts. Always I'll strive to respect my readers' time and quality of experience.

Writing books is a major part of my efforts. Currently I'm working on metaethics, where I've made some good progress despite the enormous complexity of the topic. (To tip my hand, I used to agree with Ayn Rand's metaethics but now take a different Aristotelian approach.) Once I get that sorted out, I want to turn to the intricacies of individual rights. I also have some policy-oriented books planned, including a critique of libertarian anarchy and a defense of generally legal abortion.

I deeply appreciate your help pursuing this work. Unlike many writers, I don't draw a regular paycheck from a university, think-tank, or major publication. Nor do I neatly fit in with any major group; I'm not conservative, Progressive, libertarian, or even Objectivist. I'm a liberal of the classical tradition, deeply influenced by such thinkers as Ayn Rand and Ludwig von Mises—but liberals of that sort are a dispersed group. So my path is sometimes lonely.

I'm looking for readers and supporters willing to consider different ideas, challenge popular narratives, and step outside of echo-chambers.

I have a lot of work to do, not only writing articles and working on books, but building up my web site and its audience.

I hope that you'll join me in this work by becoming a Patreon supporter, at whatever level fits your budget. Thank you.