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Summer 2012 • Vol. 7, No. 2
Features
History, Politics & Rights
Why Marxism—Evil Laid Bare
Examines key ideas that have driven Marxists and socialists—from Asian and European dictators to American college professors—to enact or advocate an ideology that is historically and philosophically pure evil.
Politics & Rights
How Would Government Be Funded in a Free Society?
Shows why, in a free society, people would voluntarily pay to support a rights-protecting government.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Good Living
Atlas Shrugged and Ayn Rand’s Morality of Egoism
A concise introduction to Ayn Rand's morality of egoism, the heart of her novel Atlas Shrugged.
Politics & Rights
Steve Simpson on Continuing Threats to Corporate Free Speech
Simpson surveys the continuing threats to corporate freedom of speech, discusses the essential elements in the battle to defend it, and sheds much light on the fundamentals of an otherwise nightmarishly complex political mess.
Arts & Culture
Painter Bryan Larsen on His Artwork and Ideas
Mr. Larsen discusses his work, how he became a painter, who and what inspires him, and why his subjects always look so purposeful. Includes ten high-resolution images of his paintings.
Book and Film Reviews
Arts & Culture, Reviews
Review: The Avengers
C. A. Wolski reviews The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon.
Arts & Culture, Reviews
Review: Act of Valor
Andrew Bernstein reviews Act of Valor, directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh.
Arts & Culture, Reviews
Review: Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric
Daniel Wahl reviews Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric, by Ward Farnsworth.
History, Reviews
Review: The Godless Constitution
Hannah Krening reviews The Godless Constitution: A Moral Defense of the Secular State, by Isaac Kramnick and R. Laurence Moore.
