Volume 7, No. 2: Summer 2012

Politics & Rights

From the Editor, Summer 2012

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May 20, 2012
From the Editor, Summer 2012

Welcome to the Summer 2012 issue of The Objective Standard.

Announcements

Review: Act of Valor

May 20, 2012
Review: Act of Valor

Act of Valor, directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh. Written by Kurt Johnstad. Starring Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera. Released by Relativity Media (2012). Rated Rated R for strong violence, including

Arts & Culture

Painter Bryan Larsen on His Artwork and Ideas

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May 20, 2012
Painter Bryan Larsen on His Artwork and Ideas

I recently had the great pleasure of speaking with Bryan Larsen about his work, how he became a painter, who and what inspires him, and why his subjects always look so beautifully purposeful. Mr. Larsen’s work can be seen and purchased through the Quent Cordair Fine Art

Politics & Rights

Review: The Godless Constitution

May 20, 2012
Review: The Godless Constitution

The Godless Constitution: A Moral Defense of the Secular State, by Isaac Kramnick and R. Laurence Moore. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. 210 pp. $15.95 (paperback).

Arts & Culture

Review: The Avengers

May 20, 2012
Review: The Avengers

The Avengers, written and directed by Joss Whedon. Released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2012). Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, and a mild drug reference. Running time: 143 minutes.

Politics & Rights

Steve Simpson on Continuing Threats to Corporate Free Speech

May 20, 2012
Steve Simpson on Continuing Threats to Corporate Free Speech

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Steve Simpson, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice. Among Mr. Simpson’s many accomplishments, he authored a friend-of-the-court brief in the landmark case Citizens United v. FEC, served as lead counsel in

Arts & Culture

Review: Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric

May 20, 2012
Review: Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric

Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric, by Ward Farnsworth. Boston: David R. Godine, 2010. 256 pp. $27.95 (hardcover).