A Journal for Western Man-- Issue IX
View resposes of commendation, criticism, and outright ludicrousness on this posting of recent Comment Forum entries.
Tracing the origins of the fork and its historical utility in the United States, Harry Roolaart contests the traditional zig-zag method employed on American silverware and suggests that the European practice is a simpler and wiser alternative.
An honest politician, a president opposing tariffs and protectionism, a public servant advocating individual responsibility; these, in the pressure-group world of today resemble oxymorons. But they are not. Dr. Gary M. Galles explores the ideology of a United States President whom today's politicians should strive to emulate.
G. Stolyarov II examines the discoveries and methodology of a physician and anatomist whose works became a cornerstone in the development of modern medicine.
Edmund Daleford evaluates an early novel written by TRA's Editor-in-Chief prior to his introduction to Objectivist philosophy.
Michael Miller shares original, profound, and atheistic thoughts on the true meaning and origins of Christmas as a materialistic and humanistic holiday.
Dr. Stephen Yates discusses the faults of those intellectuals who criticize and seek to tear down the capitalist system without understanding its properties and benevolent effects.
Read this brief, straightforward guide by Michael Miller to earning intellectual allies and spreading thoughts that will save Western civilization.
Dr. Gary Hull reminds us of the virtues of intellectual activity and wealth creation that Thanksgiving is meant to celebrate, as well as the fact that wealth is an individual accomplishment, not a deterministic acquisition or a heavenly "bounty".
The right to vote does not give majorities the right to wantonly infringe upon the unalienable liberties of the only sovereign unit of a truly free society, the individual, writes Alex Epstein.
This poem, written by G. Stolyarov II on Christmas Eve of 2002, demonstrates, without the myths, the spirits, and the altruism, the genuine pride that should flow within the thoughts of a human being upon this occasion.
A man is condemned to die for having discovered a scientific breakthrough... Read this tale by G. Stolyarov II of a hypothetical prodigy's conflict with a primeval collective.
Bruce Walker addresses pivotal dilemmas that the liberals have ignored and that Reason shall have to resolve following the orthodoxy's decline.
G. Stolyarov II provides moral ammunition to counter Democrat Charles Rangel's recent proposal to reinstitute conscription. Learn why a free country and the draft are never reconcilable.
