Summer 2009 -- In 1897, during the twilight of the Aesthetic Movement, the Reverend Emory Lyon wrote The Art of Living. At the beginning of
Summer 2009 -- In 1897, during the twilight of the Aesthetic Movement, the Reverend Emory Lyon wrote The Art of Living. At the beginning of
Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants: money will not give him a code of values, if he's evaded
July/August 2008 -- I maintain an online blog (http://bidinotto.journalspace.com) that allows me to comment (and sometimes to rant) about
February 2002 -- The virtue of selfishness has become a tough sell. Before September 11, one could score points for egoism by elaborating
Tower cranes are ubiquitous here in Washington, D.C. They often dominate the skyline, especially on the eastern side of town where the arc
September 2007 -- Every culture and its institutions are the living embodiments of certain fundamental ideas about man and his place in the
September/October 2002 -- BOOK REVIEW: Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism . By Joshua Muravchik. (San Francisco, Calif...
I have always disliked that weird hybrid of fact and fiction known as the "docudrama." An inherently dishonest contrivance, it jumbles actua
The essence of what makes fantasy popular is that it takes the reader out of his normal life into an extraordinary, value-laden, and highly
Soft America lives off the productivity, creativity, and competence of Hard America, and we have the luxury of keeping part of our society S
Those who love Ayn Rand 's novels have searched, with little result, for works that are similar to Rand's in both ideas and essential
April 2004 -- Editor's Note: Charles Murray is the W.H. Brady Scholar in Culture and Freedom at the American Enterprise Institute in Washi..
It seems that SMARTS Software , developed in part by Professor Mike Aitken , has now been sold to 150 brokers worldwide who use “its...
It seems that Stanley Kurtz has an interesting book coming out this fall: Radical-in-Chief . Even before publication, it is provoking some
May 2002-- On December 2, 2001, Enron Corporation filed for bankruptcy. With the company's assets then estimated at $62 billion, it was the
AIG. Was Joe Cassano of AIG “the man who crashed the world” as Michael Lewis proclaimed , and as other anti-capitalists such as Gretchen
Muhammad Yunus, who founded Bangladesh's Grameen Bank in 1983, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his promotion of micro-financing, and..
America is on the verge of a major economic and political crisis. Accordingly, it is a time for a transformative vision of society, a vision
In its heyday, the instant book was an invaluable resource. Appearing shortly after a major news event, the tome would give a complete news
If socialism were a respectable affiliation, Progressives would probably call themselves “democratic socialists.”But socialism died as a....