The print edition of the Summer issue of The Objective Standard has been mailed, and the online version has been posted to our website (a few days early). The contents of the Summer issue are:
FEATURES
In Memory of Joshua Lipana (1991–2013)
Craig BiddleThe End of Central Banking, Part II
Richard M. SalsmanThe Is–Altruism Dichotomy
Craig BiddleInterview with Artist Ifat Glassman
Interviewed by Craig BiddleFILM REVIEWS
Lincoln, written by Tony Kushner
Reviewed by Ari ArmstrongDjango Unchained, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino
Reviewed by Ari ArmstrongThe Intouchables, written by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano
Reviewed by Ari ArmstrongThe Sessions, directed by Ben Lewin
Reviewed by Ari ArmstrongBOOK REVIEWS
The DIM Hypothesis: Why the Lights of the West Are Going Out, by Leonard Peikoff
Reviewed by Ari ArmstrongRighteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World, by Andrew Breitbart
Reviewed by Robert BegleyPriceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis, by John C. Goodman
Reviewed by Jared M. RhoadsIsland, by Thomas Perry
Reviewed by Daniel WahlThe Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, by A. J. Jacobs
Reviewed by Daniel WahlThe Truth about Gun Control, by David B. Kopel
Reviewed by Ari ArmstrongAfter the Welfare State, edited by Tom G. Palmer
Reviewed by Ari ArmstrongFROM TOS BLOG
Medical Tourism: A Free Market Alternative to ObamaCare
Howard RoerigDon’t Expand Sales Taxes, Abolish Them
Ari ArmstrongThe Fruits of Capitalism Are All Around Us
Ari ArmstrongMinimum Wage Laws: Economically Harmful Because Immoral
Ari ArmstrongSkunk Works to Deliver “Energy for Everyone”
Howard RoerigLegislation Should be Based on Individual Rights, not Group Averages
Ari ArmstrongContra Joseph Levine, Israel is a Legitimate State (the Only One in the Region)
Joseph EnglandScientists—2, Worms—0
Ross EnglandThomas Friedman Embraces Keystone Extortion
Ari ArmstrongGOP Should Reject Ann Coulter’s Collectivist Approach to Immigration Reform and Embrace Individualism
Michael A. LaFerraraWhat’s Wrong with Stomping on “Jesus”?
Ari ArmstrongErick Erickson and Fellow Republicans Wrongly Pit Same-Sex Marriage against Religious Freedom
Zachary HuffmanItalian Court Persecutes Scientists for “Crime” of Non-Omniscience
Slade MendenhallMelissa Harris-Perry Says Your Kids “Belong to Whole Communities”
Ari ArmstrongHarris-Perry Doubles Down, Promoting “Collective Responsibility”
Ari ArmstrongThe Conflict Over Standardized Testing Is a Consequence of Government-Run Schools
Michael A. LaFerraraNorth Dakotans Building First Oil Refinery in 57 Years
David BiedermanMom Who Regrets Her Children Is Example of Altruism at Work
Heike Larson“There Are no Values” through Islam
Ari ArmstrongObama’s Un-American Call to “Service” and “Duty”
Stephen BourqueDEPARTMENTS
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