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Winter 2018 • Vol. 13, No. 4
From the Editor, Winter 2018–2019
I hope you enjoy the issue. From all of us at TOS, have a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous new year! Continue »
Cover Article
History, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Public Land’s Collectivist Roots
Some call national parks “America’s best idea.” In truth, public lands of any type are antithetical to what is truly America’s best idea: individual rights.
Features
Economics, Philosophy
The Mind-Based Etymology of ‘Capitalism’
In the case of “socialism,” “communism,” and “fascism,” the words relate clearly and directly to their respective systems. But what about capitalism?
History, Philosophy
The Need for Philosophy in the Islands of the Blessed
Ka‘ahumanu overthrew Hawaii's brutal religion. Tragically, that was not enough. The Hawaiian people, like all people, needed the insights of philosophy.
History, Politics & Rights
Dr. Joseph Warren: Architect of the Revolution
This little-known founder not only articulated the ideas of America's revolution, he was intimately involved in putting those ideas into practice.
Announcements, Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Funds Are Available for Advancing Objectivism: An Interview with Carl Barney
Mr. Barney has provided approximately $4 million in funding to more than sixty ventures so far—and he’s eager to provide more.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Good Living
Objectivism, Career Transitions, and Standing Orders: An Interview with Craig Biddle
Jonathan Townley interviews Craig Biddle about how he discovered Objectivism, how he became a writer, and how he gets things done.
Book Reviews
Reviews, Science & Technology
Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks by Ben Goldacre
Goldacre outs many of the most heinous sources of misleading health-related claims and provides tools to understand and evaluate them.
History, Politics & Rights, Reviews
Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic by Matthew Stewart
Well-read intellectuals, Greek philosophy, and atheism are what made America great. So says Matthew Stewart.
Arts & Culture, Reviews
An Officer and a Spy, by Robert Harris
This riveting fictionalization of a 19th-century French espionage case illustrates the relation between rationality, integrity, and justice.
Reviews, Science & Technology
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal
In Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, Dutch-American primatologist Frans de Waal brings history, philosophy, and science to bear on this pregnant question.
History, Politics & Rights, Reviews, Science & Technology
The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking by Saifedean Ammous
Ammous places Bitcoin in a broad historical context and makes a good case that it has the potential to be the next stage in the evolution of sound money.
