Winter 2017 • Vol. 12, No. 4

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Thirteen Previously Unpublished Letters of Ayn Rand

Michael Berliner November 25, 2017 PDF

Including letters to Sinclair Lewis, Melville Cane, and Joseph McCarthy.

Features

Philosophy, Politics & Rights

A Plea for Voluntaryism

Auberon Herbert November 24, 2017 PDF

Herbert completed this essay only a few days before he died in November 1906. He had intended to circulate the paper for signature by those “in agreement with its general spirit.”

Biographies, History, Politics & Rights

Wilberforce the Abolitionist: Monument to Perseverance

Jon Hersey November 25, 2017 PDF

The story of William Wilberforce is a gift to all who fight for freedom. It’s a reminder of the virtue of perseverance in righting wrongs.

Arts & Culture

Eight Great Poems on Perseverance and Success

Various Authors November 25, 2017 PDF

Including works by Rudyard Kipling, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Henry Van Dyke.

Shorts

Politics & Rights

When the ‘Right to Protest’ Is No Such Thing

Jonathan Townley November 25, 2017 PDF

Do “peaceful protesters” have a right to protest so long as they don’t engage in overtly violent acts? Or can rights be violated in more subtle ways?

History, Politics & Rights

The Federalist Essays Brought the U.S. Constitution to Life

Robert Begley, Carrie-Ann Biondi October 27, 2017 PDF

Today in 1787, Alexander Hamilton published the first of the Federalist essays, which helped secure ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

Politics & Rights

Freedom of Speech Is Freedom to Think

Craig Biddle September 19, 2017

Speech not only follows from thinking; it is integral to thinking. Thus, to limit free speech is to stifle the mind, and to oppose free speech is to oppose human life.