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Fall 2019 • Vol. 14, No. 3
From the Editor, Fall 2019
Check out the Fall 2019 issue of the journal for people of reason—and be sure to share it with friends. Amid the rampant irrationality in today’s culture, this oasis can save souls, even lives. Continue »
Cover Article
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Good Living
How I Avoided the Struggles of Most Young Gay People
In addition to their understanding and support, my parents armed me (perhaps inadvertently) with a powerful tool that helped me to defuse the kinds of worries that often torment young gay people.
Features
Biographies, History, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
John Locke: The Father of Liberalism
Those who built America—the freest and most moral country on earth—stood on the shoulders of John Locke. We who fight for individual rights and freedom today stand on his shoulders, too.
Politics & Rights
The Green New Deal: A Plan to Sink America
As we’ve seen over and over and over throughout history, freedom, not more unchecked government power, is the only way to dramatically increase both the quality and affordability of anything. The Green New Deal would instead entrench unchecked government power even further into American politics.
Arts & Culture, History, Politics & Rights
Washington Crossing the Delaware: A Beacon of the American Spirit
“This is a picture,” reads one description of Emmanuel Leutze‘s masterpiece, “by the sight of which, in this weary and exhausted time, one can recover health and strength. . . . [It] has power to work upon the hearts, and inflame the spirits of all that behold it.”
Arts & Culture, History
The Man Who Electrified Music
Though he never sought the spotlight nor learned to play guitar, Leo Fender’s creations, including the Telecaster, Precision Bass, and Stratocaster, opened the door for countless young players—and for a revolution in music.
History
How John H. Patterson Modernized Industry
John H. Patterson showed the world what so many “greedy industrialists” are made of: an enduring will to remake the world as it could and should be—and on their own terms.
History
The Enigma Code Breakers Who Saved the World
Rejewski, Rózycki, Zygalski, Turing, Knox, and other Bletchley Park code breakers used their brains to defeat the brawn of one of the biggest ideological threats to human life in the 20th century.
Biographies, History
Joan of Arc: Heroine of France, Exemplar of Courage
Joan of Arc refused to live as a helpless bystander in the face of adversity. Instead, she fought for a primitive but admirable conception of freedom.
Arts & Culture
Seven Great Poems on the Glory of Man
Enjoy these poems celebrating the glory of man—including works by Charles Eugene Banks, George Washington Doane, Berton Braley, Quent Cordair, and more.
Shorts
Good Living
Dr. Ruth: Preaching the Goodness of Sex
Dr. Ruth's career has been resolutely committed to human flourishing—a flourishing that includes emotional and sexual fulfillment.
Good Living, Science & Technology
Deriving More Joy from One of Life’s Richest Sources
Thanks to relationship scientists, we have more tools than ever to wring ever more joy from one of life’s richest sources: romantic love.
Arts & Culture
McCartan Delighted in the Sensual World
High above Park Avenue—and in a few scattered museums—McCartan’s art still remains, an expression of delight in the sensual world.
Arts & Culture
John Milton’s Lovers in Paradise
John Milton was a great poet, but he has such a daunting reputation for solemnity that few people read him for pleasure. That’s unfortunate because it deprives potential readers of experience with his brilliant writing.
Arts & Culture
Suffused with Sunlight: The Paintings of John White Alexander
John White Alexander’s paintings demonstrated refined romanticism and a sense of benevolent, sunlit tranquility.
Arts & Culture
Jerry Goldsmith’s Voice of Idealism
The “real challenge” of cinematic music, said Jerry Goldsmith, “is to write a score that works brilliantly in a film, and also has a life of its own.” For half a century, his music bested that challenge.
Arts & Culture
René Marie: A Voice of Independence
“It is personal action that preceded every major advancement in this country. This is the aspect of being American that gives me the greatest sense of pride.” —René Marie
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
Scientific Morality and the Streetlight Effect
Discovering a fact-based, reason-based morality requires shining the light of one’s own mind on the full scope of relevant facts and following the evidence wherever it leads.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
The Argument from Intimidation: A Confession of Intellectual Impotence
People who use this method do so because “they have no arguments, no evidence, no proof, no reason, no ground to stand on.” —Ayn Rand
Arts & Culture
The Battle for Values in American Westerns
Westerns were a medium through which writers and directors explored profound philosophical themes, in which Hollywood articulated ideas in ways it’s seldom attempted since.
Education & Parenting
Alt-Education Is Filling a Void that Colleges Can’t
Thanks to innovators in the fields of education and career development, many viable alternatives to college provide far more bang for the buck.
Politics & Rights, Science & Technology
Entrepreneurs in Space
New frontiers typically have been explored and tamed, not by government entities but by entrepreneurs who, thanks to the profit motive, have found more efficient and sustainable pathways to discovery and innovation. There’s no reason why the final frontier can’t be settled the same way.
Science & Technology
Thanks to Science, Allergies Don’t Have to Keep You Down
Allergy medications enhance the lives of millions of people, and contrary to some “experts,” there’s nothing vain or immoral about them.
Reviews
Arts & Culture, History, Philosophy, Reviews
Socrates: Dramatizing the History of Western Thought
Tim Blake Nelson’s excellent play retells the story of one of the West’s first great philosophers—Socrates.
Good Living, Reviews
Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less by Michael Hyatt
According to Michael Hyatt, the ultimate purpose of productivity is not just to get more things done, but to get the right things done—and he shows how to do so.
Arts & Culture, Reviews
“Pimpernel” Smith (1941)
“The mind of man is bounded only by the universe.” If you do not recognize this quote, you are about to discover one of the most exciting and entertaining examples of Romantic art in movie history.
