The Houston Objectivism Society is an organization dedicated to spreading the ideas of Ayn Rand and her philosophy of Objectivism in the Houston area.

Note:  due to Hurricane Ike, we rescheduled our September meeting for November 1.  We will be discussing "Applying Ayn Rand's Essays to Our Lives."

Jean Moroney's "Thinking Tactics" workshop will be held on October 18.

HOS will be co-sponsoring (with the Rice Objectivism Club) a lecture at Rice University by Craig Biddle on "The Source and Nature of Rights."

Please RSVP if you would like to attend any of these events.

Club member Warren R. has written an essay on "Philosophical Lessons from Ike."

This workshop will be held on October 18th as we did get enough people to sign up.  If you haven't signed up yet, please let us know as soon as possible (HOS membership is not required, so invite your friends and co-workers!).  More information is available on the Announcements page, at the Thinking Directions website, or in a special interview that Jean Moroney gave to club member Brian Phillips.

NOTE:  If you haven't yet signed up, the price will increase (from $250 to $300) on August 18!

July saw a flurry of healthcare activism by HOS members, largely spurred by a "Congressional Hearing" held by Houston representative Sheila Jackson Lee.  Read all about it on our Healthcare Activism page.

Founding HOS member Brian Phillips has been continuing the fight against zoning in Houston.  We'll be tracking his progress on our page devoted to the topic.

HOS supplies free classroom sets of Ayn Rand's novels to Houston area high schools for teachers who would like to assign the books for classroom study.  We have donated over $10,000 for the program so far, and as a result 1830 books have been donated to local schools.  Over the life cycle of the books, this should result in 18,300 students gaining exposure to Ayn Rand's novels.

The Ayn Rand Institute also conducts an essay contest based on these books, with over $70,000 in scholarship money available for students.  If you are a high school teacher interested in teaching one of Ayn Rand's novels, The Fountainhead or Anthem, please contact us for information about how to receive a free classroom set of books.

Contact us for more information about HOS.