The New Individualist, Fall 2006
Volume 9: Nos. 9-10
“If the ‘conservatives’ do not stand for capitalism, they stand for and are nothing; they have no goal, no direction, no political principles, no social ideals, no intellectual values, no leadership to offer anyone.”
—Ayn Rand, “Conservatism: An Obituary”
OUR COVER :
Pity that Grand Old Party elephant. Today, he is torn between the lofty voice of principled individualism, and the siren call of pragmatic compromise. Where is he to turn? That’s the essential question posed in our cover story and in our editorial this issue—and captured in this amusing image from art editor David Sims.
Editor’s Desk by Robert James Bidinotto
Speak For Yourself: Letters to the Editor
FREE SPIRIT:
Empire of Earth: A Poem by Walter Donway
The values of individualism and capitalism are celebrated in this glowing, evocative tribute to the great entrepreneurs who built
OUT OF STEP:
The Vindication of Frank Quattrone
by Roger Donway
A modern business innovator endured years of harassment and persecution at the hands of government regulators. But this time, the good guy won.
SELF EXPRESSIONS:
The
by Edward L. Hudgins
Under George W. Bush, a statist coalition has taken over what used to be the “Grand Old Party.” What will it take to return the party to its individualist roots?
MAVERICKS:
Tom Wolfe: American Iconoclast
Tom Wolfe is a literary success damned by the literati. He’s also an intellectual who (gasp!) loves
Islamic Imperialism: A History by Efraim Karsh
Reviewed by Bruce Thornton
Have terrorist radicals really “hijacked a religion of peace”? Or is violence an inextricable part of the nature and history of Islam?
REEL INDIVIDUALISM:
Film review by Robert L. Jones
The left’s romantic illusions about Fidel and Che are nowhere to be found in Andy Garcia’s tragic saga of the Cuban Revolution’s impact on one
Finally! A hilarious film satire looks at the realm of modern art and has the nerve to declare that the emperor is naked.
SOLILOQUY:
by Robert James Bidinotto
How to dethrone the statists now running the Republican Party? Those digging for answers in ideas from the party’s past are doomed to come up dry.
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