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A Rational, Principled Alternative to the Disastrous Ideas of Liberalism and Conservatism

RICHMOND, VA, March 1, 2006—The Objective Standard, a new journal of culture and politics, is available both online and in print. The 130 page premiere issue will be mailed in early March. The editor's inaugural essay, “Introducing The Objective Standard,” is online now and accessible to subscribers and non-subscribers alike. It begins:

“It is widely believed today that our cultural and political alternatives are limited either to the ideas of the secular, relativistic left—or to those of the religious, absolutist right—or to some compromised mixture of the two. In other words, one’s ideas are supposedly either extremely liberal or extremely conservative or somewhere in-between. We at The Objective Standard reject this false alternative and embrace an entirely different view of the world.

“Our view is fully secular and absolutist; it is neither liberal nor conservative nor anywhere in-between. Our philosophy uncompromisingly recognizes and upholds the natural (this-worldly), factual, moral foundations of a fully free, civilized society.

“Culturally, we advocate scientific advancement, productive achievement, objective (as opposed to “progressive” or faith-based) education, romantic art—and, above all, reverence for the faculty that makes all such values possible: reason. Politically, we advocate pure, laissez-faire capitalism--the social system of individual rights and strictly limited government--along with the whole moral and philosophical structure on which it depends. In a word, we advocate Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, and apply its principles to the cultural and political issues of the day.”

Contact: Craig Biddle by or phone (804) 747-1776

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