Navigator, March, 2004
Editor's Desk
Feature Story:
Death by Environmentalism by Robert James Bidinotto
What does it mean, in practice, to hold a philosophy that values pristine nature, apart from any use that humans may make of it? The question is urgent because just that is the fundamental premise of the environmental movement, and the consequences are human deaths.
Perspectives:
Essay: The 'Lost' Parts of Ayn Rand's Playboy Interview by Don Hauptman
This month marks the fortieth anniversary of Ayn Rand's influential Playboy interview. Recently, the author acquired the original manuscript materials of the interview. In this article, he reveals the questions and answers that were not published and provides an inside look at how Rand and the magazine's staff collaborated to create this landmark document.
Review: Creeping Collectivism Corrupts a Good Economist by David R. Henderson
Joseph Stiglitz, author of The Roaring Nineties, used to write intelligently on such subjects as taxation and indeed won the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics. Unfortunately, a collectivist morality now infects his work, prompting him to say some remarkably silly things.
Cultural Calender: Michelangelo's David by Roger Donway