The New Individualist, April 2008
Volume 3: No. 4
“The purpose of this new isolationism is to play on the American people’s legitimate weariness, confusion, and anger over [the war] in the hope of making the U.S. government afraid to become involved in another foreign war of any kind.”
—Ayn Rand, “The Lessons of Vietnam”
The Voice of Reason
OUR COVER:
The anti-American left is not the only political faction that wishes to shackle U.S. power. So does the isolationist right. To demonstrate this hostililty toward American power, art director David Sims conjures the image of a caged bald eagle, the soaring symbol of our national strength.
Contributors
Editor’s Desk: by Robert James Bidinotto
Speak for Yourself: Letters
PRIVATE I
The War Over Libertarian Foreign Policy
By Roger Donway
CRISS ON BUSINESS
Mississippi Antitrust Blues
By Jack Criss
.:SELF EXPRESSIONS:.
“Waterboarding” Businessmen
By Roger Donway
Talk about “torture”!Anti-capitalist prosecutors are extorting confessions from innocent businessmen by threatening to drown their companies.
The Forbidden O-Word
By Amanda Hall
“Fat Activists” claim that the word “obese” is “hate speech.” Should we pay attention? Fat chance!
.:FREE SPIRIT:.
The Artist’s I: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
By Michael Newberry
An accomplished contemporary artist launches a new TNI column with an appreciation of a magnificent modern sculpture.
.:MAVERICKS:.
Touched By Its Rays by Walter Donway
Reviewed by John Enright
An exciting collection of poetry, written by Walter Donway and newly published by The Atlas Society, leaves poet John Enright absolutely dazzled.
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War by Michael J. Neufeld
Reviewed by Taylor Dinerman
The visionary father of the U.S. space program was also the pragmatic architect of the deadly Nazi missile program.
Montessori, Dewey, and Capitalism by Jerry Kirkpatrick
Reviewed by Marsha Enright
What kind of education is consonant with a free, capitalist society? A new book offers a cornucopia of ideas and an exciting new theory about how we learn.
Gluttony: The Seven Deadly Sins by Francine Prose
Reviewed by Bradley Doucet
Our reviewer sinks his teeth into the second book in a series about “the seven deadly sins.” But does he find the author’s approach palatable?
.:REEL
I Am Legend
Film Review by Robert L. Jones
This apocalyptic tale has been brought to the Big Screen twice before. Now, it’s Will Smith trying to survive mindless zombies—and screenwriters.
Juno
Film Review by Robert L. Jones
A movie about an unplanned pregnancy mercifully resists the temptation to sacrifice the personal for the political, with charming results.
.:SOLILOQUY:.
Libertarians, Objectivists, and “Package Deals”
By Eugene C. Holloway
This month, we feature a guest editorial from The Atlas Society’s director of operations, who addresses recent controversy here by clarifying our unique perspective.