The New Individualist, March 2007
Volume 10: No. 3
“Objectivists are not ‘conservatives.’ We are radicals for capitalism; we are fighting for that philosophical base which capitalism did not have and without which it was doomed to perish. . . .”
—Ayn Rand, “Choose Your Issues”
The Objectivist Newsletter, January 1962
OUR COVER
The conservative movement is officially dead. I wonder if most of the people whose names appear on that tombstone even got the memo? Well, I’m sure they’ll hear the news now, thanks to the ghoulish creativity of art director David Sims. But please, Messrs. Buckley, Kristol, Weyrich, et al.: Try not to get angry at David. As the fellows at Monty Python would say: “He’s a cruel man—but fair.”
Editor’s Desk by Robert James Bidinotto
Speak for Yourself: Letters to the Editor
PRIVATE I: Opinion by Roger Donway
SENTINEL: Intelligence report by Scott Wheeler
SELF-EXPRESSIONS:
Up from Conservatism
By Robert James Bidinotto
Your Editor leads a guided tour through the chaotic, crumbling conservative landscape. The scenery isn’t pretty, but you get to meet some really weird people
Dr. Hudgins’s 12-Step Cure for Big-Government Conservatism
By Dr. Edward L. Hudgins
Step #1: Admit that you have an addiction. Step #2. . . .
OUT OF STEP:
Freedom's Filmmakers
By Edward L. Hudgins
Meet the feisty, award-winning documentary producers who are defending capitalism and freedom. Watch your rearview mirror, Michael Moore.
MAVERICKS:
Crunchy Cons by Rod Dreher
Reviewed by Alec Mouhibian
Is he a cultural conservative? Is he a countercultural liberal? Is there a difference?
On Truth by Harry G. Frankfurt; Fear of Knowledge by Paul Boghossian
Reviewed by Roger Donway
Two slim yet challenging books speak volumes in defense of objectivity.
The God Delusion
by Richard Dawkins
Reviewed by Hugo Schmidt
Ultimate Fighting 1: Richard Dawkins vs. God. Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets.
REEL INDIVIDUALISM:
Rocky Balboa
Film Review by Robert L. Jones
The Italian Stallion returns to the ring for his last bout—and it’s a knockout.
The Pursuit of Happyness
Film review by Robert L. Jones
Chris Gardner’s “Cinderella” story is as inspiring as Rocky Balboa’s. Better yet, it’s true.
SOLILOQUY:
Atlas Shrugs in Venezuela
By Robert James Bidinotto
Marxist thug Hugo Chavez’s nationalization binge is causing a “brain drain” in Venezuela. Why, it’s like something right out of a novel. . . .