The New Individualist Jan/Feb 2008
Volume 3: No. 1-2
“Above all, do not join the wrong ideological groups or movements, in order to ‘do something.’”
—Ayn Rand, “What Can One Do?”
Philosophy: Who Needs It?
OUR COVER:
The last time Stephen “Vodkapundit” Green wrote a feature story for us (March 2006), art director David Sims showcased it with a garish 1950’s sci-fi cover filled with giant ants and flying saucers. Now Steve returns with another feature –and David marks the occasion with another garish sci-fi cover: a spoof of a movie poster for The Abominable Dr. Phibes. Is David in a creative rut? Or is it simply that Congressman Ron Paul, M.D., deserves a creepy parody cover? The answers, respectively, are “no” and “yes.”
Contributors
Editor’s Desk: by Robert James Bidinotto
Speak for Yourself: Letters to the Editor
PRIVATE I
Econophobia: The Irrational Fear of Makers and Marketers
By Roger Donway
CRISS ON BUSINESS
Keeping the Antennae Up
By Jack Criss
CRISS ON BUSINESS
Are Conservatives Truly Pro-Business?
By Jack Criss
.: SELF-EXPRESSIONS:.
Another Gadfly, Swatted
By Roger Donway
Nobel prize-winning scientist James Watson had a long and celebrated career. Until the left learned he held Politically Incorrect ideas.
Public Nudity –Exposed!
By Amanda Hall
Should there be any limits to public displays of the human body and sexuality?
.: OUT OF STEP:.
The Abominable Dr. Paul
by Stephen Green
Congressman Ron Paul proclaims that he is the most principled candidate running for president. But what, exactly, are those princples?
.:MAVERICKS:.
The Jonkheer’s Wife by John F. Landrum
Reviewed by John Enright
A fine new novel set in occupied
.:REEL INDIVIDUALISM:.
Film Review by Robert L. Jones
A new Western defies the reigning
We Own the Night
Film Review by Robert L. Jones
Want to see yet another film about crooked cops? Well, this isn’t one of them. In fact, the men in blue are the heroes, and the crooks, are, well, crooks. No kidding.
The Seven Classic Documentaries Series: In Search of the Trojan War by Michael Wood.
Reviewed by Edward L. Hudgins
Homer’s Iliad says that Helen of Troy’s face launched a thousand ships. Was her story historically true? This classic documentary series unearthed the facts.
.:SELF-SATISFACTIONS:.
Bioshock
Videogame review by Patrick Stephens
You know that Atlas Shrugged is influential when it inspires a hugely popular new video game. But does the game really get Ayn Rand’s ideas right?
.: SOLILOQUY:.
By Robert James Bidinotto
A host of new films maligning
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