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The New Individualist, Summer 2009   » Fashion Forward An entrepreneur proves matchless taste never goes out of style. (By Amanda Erickson)   » Sidebar: A Celebration of Humanity (By Betsy Fisher)   » The Lightweight Meghan McCain stretches the bounds of the GOP's "big tent". (By Ilana Mercer)   » Sick Bureaucracy Uncle Sam's got an Rx for you, complete with serious side effects. (By David Hogberg)   » Sidebar: Into the Labyrinth (By David Hogberg)   » Sidebar: And $1.1 billion goes to... (By David Hogberg)   » This is Bob Barr In this TNI interview, Bob Barr revisists the campaign, explains why he would've fired Bush's Attorney General, and weighs in on Obama. (By Lance Lamberton)   » Sidebar: Counterpoint: Invitation to a Witch-hunt. (By Roger Donway)   » Obama's Era of Responsibility It's communitarian. It's fascist. And it has a nice ring to it. (By David Kelley)   » Life: Your Adventure in Entrepreneurship Think you own your life? Watch your back. Someone else wants the job. (By David Kelley)   » Choose or Lose How regulation destroys value and independent choice. (By William R Thomas)   » Sidebar: Freedom of Religion and Freedom to Value (By William R Thomas)   » The Servile Citizen Shovel-ready serfs break ground for the National Purpose-Driven Life. (By Ed Hudgins)   » Sidebar: Dependency on Government Soars to Historic High   » Entrepreneurship: Is Life Like That? The pursuit of human happiness is fundamentally a matter of cooperation. (By Roger Donway)   » Sidebar: How Valid an Analogy? (By David Kelley)   » What Happened to Business Prudence? Tough-love prudence needs to replace the doctrine of "corporate social responsibility." (By Robert Bradley, Jr.)   » All in Favor Say I A closer look at Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey's "Conscious Capitalism." (By Laurie Rice)   » Pluck and Luck -Outliers Reviewed (By Roger Donway)   » A Virtual Debate - "Resolved: Unfettered Capitalism Caused the Great Depression" (By Bradley Doucet)   » Huffery and Puffery on the Right - Liberty and Tyranny Reviewed (By Roger Donway)   » The Facts of Life Birds do  it. Bees do it. Even businesspeople do it. (By David Kelley) The New Individualist, Spring 2009   » Restoring Glory: A Renaissance-style Art Studio Creates Modern Magic Our reporter goes to Manhattan to explore a studio where master artists are "putting back a piece of America."   » Sidebar: A Twenty-first Century Plaster Shop   » The Bright Idea Tired of the crass nature of public debate? Yank the cord on the cable news "smackdown," and read this story to find your escape hatch.   » Sidebar: 2009 IQ2US Debate Topics   » PORTFOLIO: Josh von Staudach This innovative photographer's work is as spell-binding as his subject: the steel and glass cupola atop the Berlin Reichstag.   » Tower Cranes: An Appreciation Public eyesore or sign of progress? After reading this piece, you'll be hard-pressed to not wish your city had more cranes.   » Completing the American Revolution The American revolution was more radical than many realize. But David Mayer explains why it wasn't radical enough.   » Sidebar: Mayer's Rx A short interview with the author of "Completing the American Revolution."   » Individual Rights: The Objectivist View What does it mean to have rights? How can you distinguish a pseudo-right from a real right?   » Sidebar: A Harmony of Interests Objectivism holds that your own life is your ultimate value to hold.   » The Fourth Revolution It's time for a revolution, but what kind? Find out what needs to be done away with and what needs to be ushered in.   » Sidebar: Pioneers of Egalitarianism   » Decoding the Credit Crisis Suffering from financial information overload? Let Will de-clutter your mental sock drawer with this incisive analysis.   » The Persecution of KPMG Is there such a thing as a right to violate the rights of others? Find out how government prosecutors claimed such a right, all in the name of justice.   » Sidebar: Business Needs a Civil Liberties Union—Now!   » Atlas Shrugged in Haight-Ashbury: A Memoir Peace, love, and brown rice were in, but the devil's in the details. A former hippie tells her story of crisis and redemption.   » Antitrust Apostate- The Antitrust Religion Reviewed by Eugene C. Holloway   » The Story of I - The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism Reviewed by Roger Donway.   » Not the Matrix, Pal - The Slightest Philosophy Reviewed by Anja Hartleb-Parson   » The Second Life A poem by Edwin Morgan   » A Short Course in Rule-breaking In a world where everything from socializing to sex is becoming bureaucratized, David shows you why rule-breaking can be your best moral option. The New Individualist, Fall 2008   » Contributors   » Speak for Yourself: Letters to the Editor   » Service, No! A Militia, Yes! Senior Editor Roger Donway takes a close look at Obama's promotion of a "civilian national security force."   » Rand Central Station If you doubt Ayn Rand's enduring impact on our culture, stand in the concourse of Grand Central Station and hold a sign bearing her name.   » The Credit Crisis and Moral Hazards Today's crisis in banking and home loans became unavoidable when the federal government initiated policies that obliterated personal self-responsibility.   » Mining Nature's Ultimate Resource Are the world's mineral resources truly limited and in danger of depletion? Those alarmists who make this claim forget about nature's ultimate resource.   » Politics at the Water's Edge Sure, the Republicans made a mess of the Iraq War. But the alternative to neocon foreign policy is not the tired old liberal interventionism of the past.   » What Shall We Do With A Bumptious Sailor? How can society best deal with its creative geniuses who also happen to be complete jerks?   » Seven Deadly Sins: Pride A book that begins with a promising exploration of authentic self-esteem sadly regresses to predictable promotion of racial-identity politics.   » "Othering" Conservatives Young filmmaker Evan Coyne Maloney takes his camera to modern American campuses, and the result is a documentary that skewers the university PC enforcers.   » The Politics of Mutual Plunder As we seek solutions to the soaring costs of oil and gasoline, the last things we need are for government to "prime the pump" of to redistribute wealth. The New Individualist, September 2008   » Shipping Date: August 3, 2008 . The New Individualist, July/August 2008   » Contributors   » Editor's Desk, by Robert James Bidinotto   » Speak for Yourself: Letters to the Editor   » Private I: The Be-Nice-to-Atlas Coalition, by Roger Donway Roger Donway explores the promise and pitfalls of a fascinating new trend: the emerging interest of people on the political left in market-based economics.   » The Columnist vs. the Madrassa , by Alicia Colon When a newspaper columnist denounced plans for a publicly funded Muslim school in New York City, she didn't expect that the Powers That Be would turn against her.   » Succeeding by the Cowboy Code, by Fred Minnick How many black cowboys live in France? No, that's not a riddle. "Cowboy capitalist" Larry Barnes has succeeded on two continents by facing life as an individualist.   » TNI's Interview with Larry Elder, by Robert L. Jones "The Sage of South Central" dominates L.A. talk radio and tops the bestseller lists by using cool reason and blazing wit. Meet Larry Elder - politically incorrect media marvel.   » The Artist's I: William Wray: Plotting Life's Light, by Michael Newberry The work of William Wray demonstrates that a fine painter can craft a story on canvas simply by means of light and color.   » Shall We Not Revenge? (Robert Thurman, Anger, reviewed by Bradley Doucet) You don't need to throw a temper tantrum because of life's frustrations and disappointments. But can you totally free yourself from the bonds of anger?   » Atlas Seen through Many Eyes (Edward Younkins, ed., Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged," reviewed by William Thomas) In three dozen essays, writers and thinkers assess the merits of Ayn Rand's masterpiece. And in his review, Will Thomas assesses the merits of their efforts.   » Soliloquy: A Reply to a Misanthrope, by Robert James Bidinotto A brief, nasty comment by a visitor to Your Editor's blog inadvertently reveals the philosophical and economic premises -- and the soul -- of the radical environmentalist. The New Individualist, May 2008   » Full of Fire and Music and Whatnot ("There Will Be Blood," film review by Robert L. Jones) In this grim, epic fable of a capitalist "robber baron," potent artistry is put in service of a deeply flawed political message.   » You'll Grow Accustomed to Her Face ("Americanizing Shelley," film review by Robert L. Jones) A naive immigrant girl seeks love by becoming superficially attractive -- but finds her soul by learning what it really means to be an American.   » Waiting for Gomorrah ("Offside," film review by Robert L. Jones) "Life" in modern-day Iran -- especially life for its women -- is cinematically skewered with a deft, light-hearted touch in this charming film.   » Soliloquy: Rational Individualism Will Survive, by Robert James Bidinotto Your Editor offers a friendly dissent to views expressed by two conservative writers in this issue -- and explains to you, The Reader, why they are appearing in TNI. The New Individualist, April 2008 The New Individualist March 2008   » Contributors   » Editor's Desk, by Robert James Bidinotto   » Speak for Yourself: Letters to the Editor   » Private I: Reflections of a Tory Individualist, by Roger Donway   » CrIss on BusIness: Are Conservatives Truly "Pro-Business"? by Jack Criss   » The Self-Help Guide to Living in a Free Society, by Gen LaGreca Everyone loves freedom. But do they love self-responsibility?   » The Vince Flynn Interview, by Robert James Bidinotto Meet the politically incorrect author of the nation's hottest political thrillers -- and a new hero for the War on Terrorism who takes no prisoners. Literally.   » Bosch Fawstin: "Infidel" Artist, by Robert L. Jones Cartoons of the prophet Muhammed sent angry Muslims into the streets. Just wait until they see the work of anti-jihadist cartoonist Bosch Fawstin.   » TNI's Interview with Jed Babbin, by James Joyner TNI catches up with an outspoken author who has some choice words for America's enemies and their Western enablers.   » The Anti-American Chorus (Jed Babbin, In the Words of Our Enemies, reviewed by James Joyner) A former U.S. defense official exposes the agenda of America's adversaries in a revealing compilation of their leaders' own statements.   » Shall the Permanent Things Endure? (Charles Dunn, ed., The Future of Conservatism, reviewed by Roger Donway) In this anthology, a host of conservative thinkers weigh their movement's ideas and prospects. But do they really share a common outlook -- in principle?   » A Century of "Liberal Fascism" (Jonah Goldberg, Liberal Fascism, reviewed by Edward B. Driscoll) Liberals love to hurl the epithet "Fascist!" at their opponents. But guess what Jonah Goldberg found when he traced the pedigree of modern liberalism?   » The Green Sickness (Joseph Eptein, Envy, reviewed by Bradley Doucet) It's arguably the most destructive of vices. In a thought-provoking, witty little book, Joseph Epstein dissects a truly deadly sin.   » Something Rotten in Denmark ("Beowulf," film review by Robert L. Jones ) Postmodern Hollywood portrays the hero of the ancient myth -- and the result is uglier than Grendel.   » Soliloquy: How to Judge a Magazine -- or a Politician, by Robert James Bidinotto Last month's critique of Congressman Ron Paul generated predictable protests from some readers. So, what should they expect from TNI -- and from political candidates? The New Individualist Jan/Feb 2008   » Get TNI Now! To receive your own copy of TNI, delivered quarterly, subscribe. The New Individualist, December 2007   » Get TNI Now! To receive your own copy of TNI, delivered quarterly, subscribe. The New Individualist, November 2007   » Get TNI Now! To receive your own copy of TNI, delivered quarterly, subscribe. The New Individualist, October 2007   » Contributors   » Editor's Desk, by Robert James Bidinotto   » Speak for Yourself: Letters   » Private I: Midcentury, by Roger Donway   » An Ayn Rand Centennial (Poem by Walter Donway) An eloquent poetic tribute to the author of Atlas Shrugged, written for her centenary in 2005.   » Ayn Rand's Philosophical Stunt Novel, by William Thomas She aimed to wed abstract philosophy to popular fiction. And in her great "stunt novel," she pulled it off -- brilliantly.   » Rand's Persecuted Minority, by Roger Donway Defying convention, Ayn Rand championed businessmen as martyrs and heroes.   » Atlas Shrugged as Prophecy, by Edward L. Hudgins Move over, Orwell and Huxley. For prophetic accuracy one novel has yours beat.   » The Revolutionary Philosophy of Atlas Shrugged, by Robert James Bidinotto What ideas and themes have made Rand's masterwork so controversial?   » A Philosophy for the 21st Century, by David Kelley Though written a half a century ago, Atlas Shrugged conveys a timeless message.   » Atlas Shrugged as Literature, by Robert James Bidinotto Ignore the critics: Rand was an artistic visionary, and her magnum opus is great literature.   » Falling Short of Perfection (Tara Smith, Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics, reviewed by Shawn Klein) In Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics, an Objectivist philosopher defends moral perfection in a book that's not quite perfect.   » He Takes a Licking but Keeps on Ticking ("Live Free or Die Hard," film review by Robert L. Jones) In Live Free or Die Hard, Bruce Willis's harried New York cop is back -- badder and balder than ever. Yippi ki-yay!   » When Public Broadcasting Promoted Capitalism (Milton Friedman's "Free to Choose," TV review by Edward L. Hudgins) A look back to a time when public television promoted capitalism. Really.   » Soliloquy: "Atlas Shrugged changed my life," by Robert James Bidinotto Do you remember your first time? I mean, your first time reading Atlas Shrugged?