Navigator, May, 2003

Editor's Desk

In This Issue

Ideas and Issues:

Objectivity as a Weapon by William Thomas
As sophisticated weapons were assaulting the Baathist regime in Baghdad, so was a simple one: the truth. The coalition's program of "embedding" hundreds of reporters within its fighting units helped to convince open-minded people everywhere that the American and British governments were not afraid to have their claims and their enemies' claims judged by independent eyewitnesses.

Feature Story:

Power to the Purchasers! Interview with Frances B. Smith
Consumer Alert is a free-market group that believes consumers will benefit more from a market economy than from government regulation. In an exclusive Navigator interview, Consumer Alert executive director Fran Smith explains how her organization champions pro-choice consumerism to a skeptical Washington bureaucracy.

Perspectives:

The Enlightenment Spirit of Edward Jenner by Roger Donway

Of Courage Undaunted by Russell La Valle

Soundings

Logbook:

Kelley Speaks in Arizona
Last March, TOC executive director David Kelley traveled to Arizona to speak to the local Objectivist club about what America should stand for. While there, he also addressed a philosophy class taught by David Schmidtz at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

July 3 Dinner to Honor TOC's Sponsors
The elegant tradition continues on the evening of Thursday, July 3, at the center's eleventh annual Sponsors Dinner, which will take place at the Bay Tower in Boston