In the Age Before Cable Television, when my life was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short on preprogrammed entertainment choices, I spent rainy Saturday afternoons watching old movies on the UHF channel. (If you don’t remember UHF, ask your father.) It was either sports, sports, sports, sports, or PBS, or old movies. So I went for the old movies—and quickly discovered that I wanted to be a suave Englishman who made American movies with beautiful women.

Mar 30, 2011

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How many Objectivists are there among television actresses? Well, there is one for sure: Tracey Ross of NBC’s popular soap opera “Passions.

Mar 29, 2011

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Johannes Berlau

7 Mins

We in the West may argue over whether Islamist terrorists hate us for what we do or for what we are. But if we pay attention to what they...

Mar 29, 2011

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Bruce S. Thornton

10 Mins

Young children are captivated by stories of imaginary heroes and heroines whose struggles and successes are set in mythical lands or

Mar 29, 2011

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Marsha Enright

5 Mins

Of course, I also blog in my pajamas. Or in jeans and a sweater. Sometimes after a business lunch, I blog in a suit. I’ve blogged in London

Mar 29, 2011

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Steve Green

4 Mins

March 2006 -- In March, I was stunned to learn of the unexpected death of a remarkable individualist and friend, Madeleine Pelner Cosman.

Mar 29, 2011

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Bob J. Bidinotto

3 Mins

April/May 2005 -- An unrecognized threat to the liberty and prosperity of each American has spread throughout the country, taking root in

Mar 29, 2011

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Michael Shaw und Edward Hudgins

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Summer 2006 -- Malcolm Gladwell's Blink stayed on the bestseller list for months. It defends the merits of making major decisions quickly...

Mar 29, 2011

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Tony Mirvish

6 Mins

Immigration has become the most politically and emotionally charged domestic issue in the United States—which is ironic, given that this

Mar 29, 2011

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Eddie Hudgins

12 Mins

Everybody remembers exactly where he was on September 11, 2001. I was taking a photojournalism course at the Defense Information School at

Mar 29, 2011

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Bob L. Jones

6 Mins

What do we know about what makes creative genius possible? Can we say anything new about the awesome creative ability of an Aristotle...

Mar 29, 2011

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Walter Donway

10 Mins

March 2006 --Charles R. Morris, The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.P. Morgan Invented the American

Mar 29, 2011

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5 Mins

Deep within every nonfiction writer lie the seeds of a budding novelist. At least, I know that’s true for me. I’ve dabbled continually in...

Mar 29, 2011

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Bob J. Bidinotto

2 Mins

March 2006 -- “I’m going to kill you. It will make the world a better place.” “I appreciate your attempt at altruism, but it wouldn’t make

Mar 29, 2011

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Steve Green

6 Mins

Many Americans consider the issues of immigration and globalization principally from an economic perspective. And that perspective is....

Mar 29, 2011

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Eddie Hudgins

4 Mins

November 2006 -- A Scanner Darkly. Starring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Rory Cochrane, Winona Ryder. Based on the nove

Mar 29, 2011

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Bob L. Jones

4 Mins

In this independently released sleeper, consummate actor’s actor Anthony Hopkins brings a deceptively diminutive, real-life hero—legendary

Mar 29, 2011

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Bob L. Jones

4 Mins

Regrettably, these somber remembrances and thoughtful reflections were marred by the loud, incendiary claims of conspiracy theorists.

Mar 29, 2011

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Bob J. Bidinotto

6 Mins

Tom Wolfe is one of the most original, honest, and unfettered contemporary observers of American culture alive today. Originator of “the New

Mar 28, 2011

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Marsha Enright

10 Mins

Among the virtues we promote at The New Individualist are the courage, independence, integrity, and vision of creative producers in all walk

Mar 28, 2011

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Walter Donway

7 Mins