Commentaries:

Enron's Lessons for Capitalism
The multiple failures brought to light by Enron’s collapse offer a salutary lesson to pro-capitalists: free markets do not automatically produce justice, nobility, excellence.

Robert Nozick and the Good Fight
Robert Nozick used the flawed methods of analytic philosophy to defend the classical-liberal state. But his book Anarchy, State, and Utopia is nonetheless a genuine classic in the literature of freedom.

The Culture of Responsibility
In his powerful State of the Union address, President Bush gave voice to the two deepest truths of a free society: that the essential function of its government is to provide security, and that it depends on a culture of responsibility.

Articles:

The Dying of the Light
After September 11, many Americans began to think more seriously about their own mortality. Richard Speer decided to find out how Objectivists in particular faced the issue.

The Decline of the East
In What Went Wrong? Bernard Lewis—the leading American scholar of Islam—recounts Muslims' desperate quest, over the last three hundred years, to discover the causes of their civilization's decline.

Logbook: TAS Releases Audio Recording of Anthem

Other Logbook items:
Edward Hudgins Joins TOC Staff to Open Washington Office
David Mayer Puts Lincoln on Trial
Encouraging Local Activism in California
Seminars for Students
Soundings

Suggested Readings on the Middle East