Objectivist who is committed to ideas of his mentor Rand, whom he considers a "once in a millennium genius". Binswanger expressed support for Israel on Glenn Beck and denied global warming in his Forbes column of April 3, 2013. He calls for "absolutely open immigration" in a post on his website. In 1986, Binswanger and John Ridpath participated in a debate on Socialism vs Capitalism against John Judis and Christopher Hitchens. In this debate he argued for the merits of capitalism as compared to socialism from an Objectivist perspective. During the debate, Binswanger stated "Colonialism is the best thing that ever happened to the colonies," and "We view the colonialization of India and the rest of the world [...] as the extending of wealth and civilization to backward regions." Works As author As editor The Objectivist Forum. Vols 1–8, 1980–1987. Notes References External links The Harry Binswanger Letter 20th-century American philosophers 21st-century American philosophers Atheist philosophers American atheism activists Objectivists Objectivism scholars Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Hunter College faculty University of Texas at Austin faculty People from Richmond, Virginia 1944 births Living people Action theorists Philosophers from Texas 20th-century atheists 21st-century atheists Ayn Rand Institute