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The ebook and html editions of the Summer issue of The Objective Standard have been published. (The audio edition will be posted by May 28.) If you’ve not yet subscribed to the journal, subscribe today for as little as $29 and get instant access to the current issue as well as TOS’s entire nine-year archive.
The contents of the Summer issue are:
FEATURES
U.S. Foreign Policy: What’s the Purpose?
Craig Biddle
Examines the aims of and arguments for “idealism” and “realism,” and presents the case for an alternative foreign policy that may be called “egoism.”
The New Testament Versus the American Revolution
James Valliant
Shows that (contra conservatives’ claims) the impetus for and actions comprising the American Revolution directly contradict Christian scripture.
Lessons of the Armenian Genocide
Andrew Bernstein
Examines the history of and motive behind this underreported atrocity, finding the cause to be a combination of mysticism (Islam) and collectivism (racism).
A Parable for Thomas Piketty
Ari Armstrong
Visit an island of primitive fisherman, where Grok (an innovator) and Pike (an egalitarian) elucidate a fundamental absurdity of modern leftist “economics.”
Bosch Fawstin on Islam and Jihad
Interviewed by Craig Biddle
Fawstin discusses the jihad in Garland, TX, his work as a cartoonist, and what drives him to do what he does. Accompanied by three of Fawstin’s drawings.
Ryan Holiday on Turning Obstacles to Advantages
Interviewed by Kirk Barbera
Marketing strategist Ryan Holiday discusses how to turn obstacles to advantages, which is the theme of his best-selling book, The Obstacle Is the Way.
BOOK REVIEWS
Good to Great, by Jim Collins
Reviewed by Kirk Barbera
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, by Benjamin Franklin
Reviewed Kirk Barbera
The Obstacle Is the Way, by Ryan Holiday
Reviewed by Kirk Barbera
Start with Why, by Simon Sinek
Reviewed by Kirk Barbera
The Story of Art, by E. H. Gombrich
Reviewed by Daniel Wahl
The Artist’s Complete Guide to Figure Drawing, by Anthony Ryder
Reviewed by Daniel Wahl
FILM REVIEWS
A Most Violent Year, directed by J. C. Chandor
Reviewed by Ari Armstrong
Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle
Reviewed by Ari Armstrong
The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum
Reviewed by Ari Armstrong
The Grand Budapest Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson
Reviewed by Ari Armstrong
The Theory of Everything, directed by James Marsh
Reviewed by Ari Armstrong
FROM TOS BLOG
Dr. Avijit Roy: A Man of Reason Murdered by Jihadists
Craig Biddle
Libertarians: “Terrorism Poses No Existential Threat to America”
Craig Biddle
Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Clarion Call for Islamic Reformation
Craig Biddle
Ted Cruz’s Presidential Campaign Launch: Good and Bad
Craig Biddle
Religious Freedom Laws vs. Equal Protection of Rights
Ari Armstrong
Rand Paul’s Presidential Campaign Launch: Good and Bad
Craig Biddle
Gwyneth Paltrow’s SNAP Food Stamp Farce
Ari Armstrong
Marco Rubio’s Presidential Campaign Launch: Good and Bad
Craig Biddle
DEPARTMENTS
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