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Learning Liberty

She stood on a bank of snow with an outstretched hand and decades of hope. It had snowed for seven straight days and three-foot drifts lined

Jul 26, 2011
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Sarah Perry
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Of Courage Undaunted

In the new year of 1803, America consisted of sixteen states. There were no prairie dogs or grizzly bears. No jackrabbits or bighorn sheep..

May 30, 2011
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Russell La Valle
6 Mins
The Enlightenment Spirit of Edward Jenner

The scourge of smallpox is ancient—Pharaoh Ramses V is thought to have died of the illness in 1157 B.C. Yet smallpox did not become a major

May 30, 2011
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6 Mins
This is Bob Barr

Editor’s Note: Bob Barr’s wide-ranging career has spanned law and politics, and multiple roles, including CIA analyst (1971-1978)..

May 30, 2011
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Lance Lamberton
10 Mins
I Changed Careers After Reading Atlas Shrugged

I changed careers and philosophies after reading Atlas Shrugged. I read it when I was 28 years old. At that time I was asking questions such

Apr 26, 2011
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John Davis
3 Mins
Steve Walton is Flying High

Spring 2011 -- Steve Walton may well owe his big break to a Saudi prince. In 1996, Walton, a former naval officer, took a position on the

Apr 19, 2011
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Amanda Erickson
3 Mins
A River Ran Through It

Spring 2011 -- THE WATER began swallowing Susan Lemaster’s home at 2 a.m. July 22. She was sleeping when her 27-year-old daughter, trembling

Apr 12, 2011
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Sarah Perry
10 Mins
Charles Tomlinson's Wonderful Life

January/February 2005 -- Charles Tomlinson, a long-time supporter of The Atlas Society (publisher of The New Individualist), died Tuesday...

Mar 30, 2011
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William Perry
3 Mins
Roger Donway: A Salute

I cannot take the helm of this magazine without first paying tribute to the helmsman who has steered it so far, and so true..

Mar 30, 2011
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Robert James Bidinotto
5 Mins
Tracey Ross: TV

How many Objectivists are there among television actresses? Well, there is one for sure: Tracey Ross of NBC’s popular soap opera “Passions.

Mar 29, 2011
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John Berlau
7 Mins
Brava Madeleine!

March 2006 -- In March, I was stunned to learn of the unexpected death of a remarkable individualist and friend, Madeleine Pelner Cosman.

Mar 29, 2011
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Robert James Bidinotto
3 Mins
Tom Wolfe: American Iconoclast

Tom Wolfe is one of the most original, honest, and unfettered contemporary observers of American culture alive today. Originator of “the New

Mar 28, 2011
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Marsha Enright
10 Mins
TNI's Interview with "Jihad Watcher" Robert Spencer

The institutionalized discrimination against women and religious minorities, the denial of the freedom of conscience, the deeply rooted

Mar 17, 2011
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Kyrel Zantonavitch
5 Mins
Book Review: The Legacy of an Intellectual Giant

Ludwig von Mises and Ayn Rand share the distinction of being the leading voices for individual freedom and the market economy during the....

Mar 15, 2011
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Edward W. Younkins
9 Mins
Sidebar: David Kelley, Screenplay Advisor

My chief role on this script—as on scripts from previous projects—was to review the script before it was finalized and flag anything

Feb 23, 2011
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4 Mins
Consider the Source: U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara

Earlier, I mentioned that accusation —of “rampant” insider trading—in connection with a sweeping new prosecution that has been launched by

Dec 14, 2010
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5 Mins
Hellhound on His Trail

Hampton was 6 when his hometown snapped. His father worked for the Memphis law firm that represented King when the civil rights leader led..

Dec 13, 2010
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Noah Bunn
10 Mins
The Embattled Life of Moreau de Maupertuis

Those who love the Enlightenment spirit are sometimes tempted to believe that it engendered fraternity among the age's disciples. And to an

Oct 22, 2010
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9 Mins
From Ocean to Ocean

When Ayn Rand created a heroic American dynasty for her novel Atlas Shrugged , she based the family's fortune not on oil, or autos, or

Oct 18, 2010
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Frank Bryan
9 Mins
What Objectivists Can Learn from Young Jim Hill

November 1999 -- Objectivists too often reduce the life and achievement of James J. Hill to a single debating point: He built a

Sep 28, 2010
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8 Mins

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