The New Individualist, November 2006
Volume 9: No. 11
"My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.”
—Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
Editor’s Desk by Robert James Bidinotto
SELF EXPRESSIONS:
By Robert James Bidinotto
This year’s anniversary remembrances of the 9/11 atrocity were marred by the paranoid claims of conspiracy theorists. So, who are these fruitcakes? And what makes conspiracy theories so popular, anyway?
OUT OF STEP:
TNI’s Interview with Eduardo Marty
by Edward L. Hudgins
The leader of Junior Achievement in Argentina is spreading Ayn Rand’s ideas about individual liberty by turning Latin American youths into capitalists.
MAVERICKS:
Spoiling for a Fight: The Rise of Eliot Spitzer by Brooke A. Masters
Reviewed by Roger Donway
A new biography details the rise to power of New York’s politically ambitious attorney general. But our reviewer rejects its sympathetic portrait of “America’s Robespierre.”
An Airplane Is Born by Ilana Dover
Reviewed by Marsha Familaro Enright
Precious few children’s books extol real-life heroes. Now, author Ilana Dover has crafted the first in a series that celebrates the inventors and innovators who built America.
REEL INDIVIDUALISM:
Reviewed by Robert L. Jones
Oh no! The Politically Correct zombies of National Public Radio have invaded the cinema. Is there no sanctuary from their life-sucking machinations?
Reviewed by Robert L. Jones and Jennifer Litz
Sci-fi writer Philip Dick’s cautionary tale of the War on Drugs has made it to film. But you may need to pop some uppers to endure the resulting two hours of tedium.
SOLILOQUY:
Corporate Cash for Collectivist Causes
by Robert James Bidinotto
Big Business spends big bucks to buy political influence. Could that bad habit explain why it engages in the suicidal practice of funding its leftist adversaries?
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