The Fall 2010 issue (Vol. 5, No. 3) features the following articles and reviews:

• The Ground Zero Mosque, the Spread of Islam, and How America Should Deal with Such Efforts, by Craig Biddle

• A Prescription for America's Health Care Ills, by Stella Daily Zawistowski

• An Interview with John Allison about Pro-Capitalism Programs in American Universities

• The British Industrial Revolution: A Tribute to Freedom and Human Potential, by Michael Dahlen

• The Curious Life of Richard Feynman, by Daniel Wahl

• Herman Boerhaave: The Nearly Forgotten Father of Modern Medicine, by Richard G. Parker

• A Civilized Society: The Necessary Conditions, by Craig Biddle

• The Flaw of Averages (Sam L. Savage), reviewed by David H. Mirman

• Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea (C. Bradley Thompson with Yaron Brook), reviewed by Burgess Laughlin

• The Passion of Ayn Rand's Critics (James Valliant), reviewed by Roderick Fitts

• How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes (Peter D. Schiff and Andrew J. Schiff), reviewed by Daniel Wahl

• Nothing Less than Victory (John David Lewis), reviewed by Daniel Wahl

The Objective Standard is a quarterly journal of culture and politics written from an Objectivist perspective (Objectivism being Ayn Rand's philosophy of reason, egoism, and laissez-faire capitalism). The journal is based on the idea that for every human concern -- from personal matters to foreign policy, from the sciences to the arts, from education to legislation -- there are demonstrably objective standards by reference to which we can assess what is true or false, good or bad, right or wrong. The purpose of the journal is to analyze and evaluate ideas, trends, events, and policies accordingly.

We maintain that the standards of both knowledge and value derive from the facts of reality; that truth is discovered only by means of reason (i.e., through observation and logic); that the factual requirements of man's life on earth determine his moral values; that the selfish pursuit of one's own life-serving goals is virtuous; and that individual rights are moral principles defining the fundamental requirements of a civilized society.

We stand opposed to the notion that the standards of knowledge and value are not factual but subjective (feeling-based) or other-worldly (faith-based); that truth is ultimately dictated by majority opinion or a "supernatural" being's will; that democratic consensus or "God's word" determines what is moral; that sacrifice for "the common good" or in obedience to "God's commands" is virtuous; and that rights are social conventions or "divine decrees."

In stark contrast to these philosophic approaches, ours is a philosophy of reality, reason, egoism, and laissez-faire capitalism.

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