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Spring 2012Vol. 7, No. 1
Features
In Memory of John David Lewis
Individualism vs. Collectivism: Our Future, Our Choice
Surveys the metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and politics of these two creeds, showing, at each level, that only one of them corresponds to observable reality.
Objectivism vs. Kantianism in The Fountainhead
Examines these opposing philosophies in the story, characters, and theme of Ayn Rand’s great novel.
Interview with Boaz Arad on the Israeli Freedom Movement
Boaz Arad, a founder of and spokesman for the Israeli Freedom Movement, discusses the inception, activities, allies, and successes of the Israeli equivalent of the Tea Party movement.
Interview with Ellen Kenner and Ed Locke on The Selfish Path to Romance: How to Love with Passion and Reason
Drs. Ellen Kenner and Ed Locke discuss their new book The Selfish Path to Romance: How to Love with Passion and Reason, covering ground from how altruism destroys relationships, to why people settle for less-than-ideal partners, to how to ask your lover to experiment sexually.
Film Reviews
Eames: The Architect and the Painter, directed by Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey
Book Reviews
The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist Crisis by Robert R. Reilly
The 7 Principles of Zionism: A Values-Based Approach to Israel Advocacy by Dan Illouz
Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism by Ann Coulter
Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958–1962 by Frank Dikötter
Objective Economics: How Ayn Rand’s Philosophy Changes Everything About Economics by M. Northrup Buechner
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney
Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long by David Rock
The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglas Starr
If I Die in the Service of Science: The Dramatic Stories of Medical Scientists Who Experimented on Themselves by Jon Franklin and John Sutherland, MD
Obit: Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People Who Led Extraordinary Lives by Jim Sheeler
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