Volume 5, No. 4: Winter 2010

Announcements

From the Editor, Winter 2010

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November 20, 2010
From the Editor, Winter 2010

Merry Christmas readers! And welcome to the Winter 2010 issue of The Objective Standard.

Arts & Culture

Review: Repotting Harry Potter, by James W. Thomas

November 20, 2010
Review: Repotting Harry Potter, by James W. Thomas

Repotting Harry Potter: A Professor's Book-by-Book Guide for the Serious Re-Reader, by James W. Thomas. Allentown, PA: Zossima Press, 2009. 376 pp. $18.99 (paperback).

Economics

Review: The Dhandho Investor, by Mohnish Pabrai

November 20, 2010
Review: The Dhandho Investor, by Mohnish Pabrai

The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns, by Mohnish Pabrai. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2007. 208 pp. $27.95 (hardcover).

Education & Parenting

Review: Waiting for “Superman,” directed by Davis Guggenheim

November 20, 2010
Review: Waiting for “Superman,” directed by Davis Guggenheim

Waiting for “Superman”, directed by Davis Guggenheim

Economics

An Interview with Andrew Schiff about Fishing Nets, Hut Gluts, and other Economic Matters

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November 20, 2010
An Interview with Andrew Schiff about Fishing Nets, Hut Gluts, and other Economic Matters

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Andrew Schiff, communications director of Euro Pacific Capital and coauthor, with his brother, Peter Schiff, of the recent book How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes. —Craig Biddle

Politics & Rights

Review: How Barack Obama is Endangering our National Sovereignty, by John R. Bolton

November 20, 2010
Review: How Barack Obama is Endangering our National Sovereignty, by John R. Bolton

How Barack Obama is Endangering our National Sovereignty by John R. Bolton. New York: Encounter Books, 2010. 48 pp. $5.99 (paperback).

Politics & Rights

Essay Contest Winner

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November 20, 2010
Essay Contest Winner

Editor’s note: Ms. Sloan is the first-place winner among twenty-eight entrants in the first annual TOS essay contest. She won a cash prize of $2,000 and publication of her essay in the journal. The topic for the contest was “The Moral Foundation of Capitalism.” Ms. Sloan’s essay has been edited only for typos and to conform to

Arts & Culture

Review: Burzynski: The Movie, directed by Eric Merola

November 20, 2010
Review: Burzynski: The Movie, directed by Eric Merola

Burzynski: The Movie, written and Directed by Eric Merola. Released by MEROLA (2010). 1 hour, 45 minutes. MPAA: Unrated.