The New Individualist, Summer 2009
Vol. 4, Nos. 6-8
Contributors
Editor's Desk: The New Indulgences by Sherrie Gossett
Speak for Yourself: Letters to the Editor
by Amanda Erickson
A Washington couple finds happiness in a cocktail of philosophy and fashion. Metaphysics never looked so good.
Sidebar: A Celebration of Humanity by Betsy Fisher
by Ilana Mercer
Meghan McCain stretches the bounds of the G.O.P.'s "big tent."
By David Hogberg
Uncle Sam's got an Rx for you, complete with serious side effects.
Sidebar: Into the Labyrinth
Sidebar: And $1.1. billion goes to....
TNI Interview: This is Bob Barr
by Lance Lamberton
Barr revisits his presidential campaign, explains why he would've fired Bush's Attorney General, and weighs in on Obama.
Sidebar: Counterpoint: Invitation to a Witch-hunt by Roger Donway
THEMED SECTION: Who Owns You?
by David Kelley
In Obama's view, we are licensed to manage our lives as a franchise from society.
Life: Your Adventure in Entrepreneurship
by David Kelley
The entrepreneurial spirit is something all of us can and should aspire to.
by William R Thomas
If marriage can be decided in a free-market context, why can't life as a whole?
Sidebar: Freedom of Religion and Freedom to Value
Economic liberty, like freedom of religion, is value-toleration; it makes room for the authentic expression of human choices, whatever their rationale or basis.
by Ed Hudgins
Shovel-ready serfs break ground for the National Purpose-Driven Life.
Sidebar: Dependency on Government Soars to Historic High
Entrepreneurship: Is Life Like That?
by Roger Donway
Entrepreneurs only risk money. In life we risk everything.
Sidebar: How Useful an Analogy? a response by David Kelley
What Happened to Business Prudence?
by Robert L. Bradley, Jr.
Why tough-love prudence has to replace "corporate social responsibility."
by Laurie Rice
The "Good" in Michael Strong's ideal world, is serving anyone except one's self.
BOOK REVIEWS
Pluck and Luck , by Roger Donway
A review of Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
Not Just a Number, by Bradley Doucet
A review of The Numbers Game, by Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot
~A Virtual Debate~
Resolved: That Unfettered Capitalism Caused the Great Depression , by Bradley Doucet
A comparative review of Murray Rothbard's America's Great Depression and John Kenneth Galbraith's The Great Crash: 1929.
Huffery and Puffery on the Right, by Roger Donway
A review of Mark Levin's Liberty and Tyranny
END NOTES
by David Kelley
Birds do it. Bees do it. Even businesspeople do it.