Winter 2011 • Vol. 6, No. 4

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Politics & Rights

The American Right, the Purpose of Government, and the Future of Liberty

Craig Biddle November 20, 2011 PDF

Identifies the proper role of government; applies this principle to crucial issues of the day, including “entitlement” programs, corporate bailouts, and the Islamist threat; and calls for lovers of liberty to save America by adopting this moral truth as their fundamental political principle.

Politics & Rights

The Assault on Abortion Rights Undermines All Our Liberties

Ari Armstrong, Diana Hsieh November 20, 2011 PDF

Diana Hsieh and Ari Armstrong Surveys the expanding efforts to outlaw abortion in America, examines the facts that give rise to a woman’s right to abortion, and shows why the assault on this right is an assault on all our rights.

Science & Technology

The Patience of Jobs

Daniel Wahl November 20, 2011 PDF

Examines Steve Jobs’s famous impatience, compares it to his less-well-known patience, and finds that in this area, as in so many others, Jobs breaks the mold and is worthy of praise and emulation.

Arts & Culture

An Interview with Still-Life Painter Linda Mann

Craig Biddle November 20, 2011 PDF

Ms. Mann discusses how she became an artist, her favorite painters, her own works and techniques, and the respective roles of the conscious mind and the subconscious in the process of painting.

Arts & Culture

Sanctum Sanctorum: The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Lee Sandstead November 20, 2011 PDF

Discusses the collections and virtues of the NGA, compares it to other museums in America, and concludes that the NGA is the fairest of all.

2011 Essay Contest Winner: “‘Dog Benefits Dog’: The Harmony of Rational Men’s Interests”

Craig Biddle November 20, 2011

Responds to the prompt: In Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand dramatizes the principle that "there are no conflicts of interest among rational men, men who do not desire the unearned . . . men who neither make sacrifices nor accept them." Elucidate and concretize this principle using examples from both Atlas and real life.