Volume 1, No. 2: Summer 2006
From the Editor, Summer 2006
With this, the second issue of The Objective Standard, I am pleased to announce that Dr. John David Lewis has joined our staff as contributing editor.
The 19th-Century Atomic War
Author’s note: This lecture was delivered at the Objectivist Summer Conference of 2003. It has been edited for publication here.
Getting More Enjoyment from Art You Love
In Manhattan’s Union Square, a 150-year-old equestrian sculpture of George Washington presides over throngs of students, commuters, shoppers, and protesters. Few glance at it, much less scrutinize it. Yet although I’ve passed through Union Square thousands of times, I always pause to view it, and it always makes me smile.
William Tecumseh Sherman and the Moral Impetus for Victory
Author’s Note: This is the first of three articles for The Objective Standard dealing with military history and its lessons for the modern day. The articles are adapted from my book in progress, Nothing Less than Victory: Military Offense and the Lessons of History
Teaching Values in the Classroom
Let me take you on a brief journey through the history of American education.
Religion vs. Free Speech
In the midst of the Cartoon Jihad, much has been said in defense of the right to free speech, especially by those on the religious right (such as Jeff Jacoby and Michelle Malkin). This effort is remarkable because, on the premises of religion, the Islamic militants are correct: There is no right to free speech.