Spring 2011 Issue

Editor's Desk
by Sherrie Gossett

Steve Walton is Flying High
by Amanda Erickson
Risk-taking is part of his DNA. A profile of aviation entrepreneur Steve Walton.

Sidebar: Suiting Up
by Amanda Erickson
Steve Walton doesn't just build planes, he flies them too.

The Atlas Shrugged Movie: Interview with Screenwriter Brian Patrick O'Toole
by William R Thomas and David Kelley
All about the making of the Atlas Shrugged movie script.

Sidebar: Interview with Screeplay Advisor David Kelley
by William R Thomas

24/7: Living the Dream
by Daniella Zalcman
A day in the life of French chef and entrepreneur Yoanne Magris.

THEME SECTION: BEYOND BELIEF (Editor: Will Thomas)
Is the world ready for a fully rational outlook? In the struggle between reason and faith, which is winning?

Does Islam Need a Reformation?
by David Kelley
Why the Islamists resemble the early Protestants and why that's not a good thing.

Amongst the Believers
by Hugo Schmidt
Skeptical of skeptics? The author takes us behind the scenes of "The Amazing Meeting" in London.

Toward a Secular Moral Landscape
by Ed Hudgins
Is there finally proof that an objective moral standard exists?

A River Ran Through It
by Sarah Perry
A raging flood destroyed much of Olive Hill, Kentucky, but the rising waters couldn't quench this town's indomitable spirit.

Sidebar: Author's Note: Sarah Perry

First Leap
by William R Thomas
A review of The Logical Leap by David Harriman

Sidebar: The New Open Objectivism
by William R Thomas
An analysis of the controversy that followed in the wake of The Logical Leap.

Sidebar: Is Quantum Mechanics Unworthy?
by David S. Ross
Ross weighs in on author David Harriman's characterization of the theory of quantum mechanics as "strangely empty" and as failing "to provide causal models of subatomic processes.”