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Spring 2019 • Vol. 14, No. 1

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From the Editor, Spring 2019

The Spring 2019 issue of TOS: heroes, intelligent disobedience, liberty, justice, conceptual corrections, free-will poetry, and more! Continue »

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Heroes of Great Literature
February 21, 2019 PDF
What are the characteristics of heroes? And who are the heroes of great literature? This essay examines five exceptional protagonists.

Features

Intelligent Disobedience for Children: A Handbook for Parents and Caregivers
February 21, 2019 PDF
Here’s a powerful tool and mnemonic for teaching children to think for themselves and to disobey adults when that’s the right thing to do.
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Marva Collins, Her Method, and Her ‘Philosophy for Living’
August 30, 2018 PDF
Thousands of students who had been written off as “unteachable” were able to lead meaningful, productive lives because one woman refused to give up on them.

Robert Morris: America’s Financial Atlas
January 26, 2019 PDF
This self-made immigrant helped make the Revolution possible, then laid the foundation for America’s essentially capitalist financial policies.
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Liberty: What Is It? Why Is It Good? On What Does It Depend?
, February 21, 2019 PDF
Here's a brief introduction to Ayn Rand’s views on liberty and how they differ from conventional views.
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Four Fallacies Regarding the Political Spectrum
December 6, 2018 PDF
As long as people conceive of the spectrum in terms of package deals, false alternatives, frozen abstractions, or stolen concepts, their thinking will be discombobulated.
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The Moral Courage of Rosa Parks
November 29, 2018 PDF
By refusing to give in to injustice, Parks sparked not only the Montgomery bus boycott but the American Civil Rights movement as such, which would go on to topple the legal support of racial discrimination in the United States.

Tal Tsfany on the State and Future of the Ayn Rand Institute
February 21, 2019 PDF
Tal Tsfany, president and CEO of ARI, reports on his first eight months at the helm and his plans for the future of the organization.

Seven Poems Celebrating Free Will
February 21, 2019 PDF
Enjoy these poems celebrating free will—including works by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Berton Braley, and Walter Wintle.

Shorts

John Singer Sargent: Master of Elevated Grace
January 11, 2019 PDF
Sargent's legacy will forever be cherished by those who long for an art that expresses life as it could and ought to be.
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Why Conservatives Are Defenseless against Ocasio-Cortez’s Lethal Moral Code
February 13, 2019 PDF
Unlike most who oppose her, Ocasio-Cortez does not promote contradictory political/economic and moral principles.

A New Window on Scriabin
January 17, 2019 PDF
The romantic composers were an eccentric lot, but even so, Alexander Scriabin is in a world of his own.

Why a “Right” to Health Care is a Moral Travesty
December 14, 2018 PDF
Many commentators have pointed out the practical failings of "universal health care." But its proponents regard it as a moral ideal. Why?
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Joseph Conrad: No Faltering, No Shame, No Regret
February 13, 2019 PDF
For all his pessimism, Conrad held that a life of unfaltering conviction is a meaningful one.

Environmentalists’ Marching Orders for Human Extinction
December 21, 2018 PDF
The environmentalist movement has long been fueled by anti-human vitriol and calls for human destruction; now their marching orders have been issued afresh.

Millard Sheets and the Art of Banking
January 27, 2019 PDF
Sheets created a contemporary art appropriate for a lender proud of its part in transforming the California desert into a land of innovation and plenty.
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Minding Your Time: Three Ideas
December 29, 2018 PDF
Here are a few things that have helped me to schedule work, measure time, and leverage its scarcity.

Celebrating Slack Key and the Sweetness of Life
January 24, 2019 PDF
At a time when popular culture too often celebrates life’s negatives, it’s refreshing to witness the flourishing of a musical form that focuses on joy, fun, beauty, and nahenahe.

Book Reviews

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John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty by C. Bradley Thompson
January 24, 2019 PDF
At a time when politicians are unwilling to admit and unable to defend the fact that America is not a democracy, John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty provides much needed clarity.
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A Saturnalia of Bunk: Selections from The Free Lance 1911–1915 by H. L. Mencken
January 24, 2019 PDF
Pro-reason, pro-liberty readers likely will find A Saturnalia of Bunk enlightening and entertaining.
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
December 29, 2018 PDF
After reading Clear’s blog for years, I expected Atomic Habits to be quite useful. But, I was astonished by how useful it is.
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In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park with Maryanne Vollers
December 14, 2018 PDF
Anyone interested in the the nature of dictatorship, the virtue of justice, or the power of persistence will find this book an extraordinary value.
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The Illusion of Determinism: Why Free Will Is Real and Causal by Edwin A. Locke
December 19, 2018 PDF
This book shows that determinists are free to go on questioning the reality of human volition but not free to escape the contradiction inherent in that act.

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: A Strategy for Saving America
February 21, 2019 PDF
Although barbarians are at the gate, all is not lost, argues TOS reader Rich Batey. We can retake the moral high ground and ultimately win.
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