VOLUME I
October 11, 1971
- CREDIBILITY POLARIZATION
The tactics of obliterating dissent on fundamental principles.
October 25, 1971
- “THE MORATORIUM ON BRAINS” Nixon’s wage—price freeze.
- “THE MORATORIUM ON BRAINS” – Part II
November 22, 1971
- DON’T LET IT GO
The American sense of life, as the basis of hope for this country’s future. - DON’T LET IT GO – Part II
December 20, 1971
- THE DISFRANCHISEMENT OF THE RIGHT
The smear campaign against William H. Rehnquist.
January 3, 1972
- “WHAT CAN ONE DO?”
The role of the individual in the philosophical re-education of the country.
January 17, 1972
- THE STIMULUS…
An analysis of B.F. Skinner’s Beyond Freedom and Dignity. - THE STIMULUS… – Part II
February 14, 1972
- …AND THE RESPONSE
The anti-rational state of today’s culture, as demonstrated by the respectful reviews of Skinner’s book. - …AND THE RESPONSE – Part II
March 13, 1972
- TAX-CREDITS FOR EDUCATION
A proposal to break up the government ‘s monopoly in education.
March 27, 1972
- THE SHANGHAI GESTURE
Nixon’s philosophical defeat in China. - THE SHANGHAI GESTURE Part II
- THE SHANGHAI GESTURE Part III
May 8, 1972
- THE ESTABLISHING OF AN ESTABLISHMENT
The government’s stranglehold on today’s culture: grants to the social sciences.
May 22, 1972
- THE ESTABLISHING OF AN ESTABLISHMENT – Part II
June 5, 1972
- “FAIRNESS DOCTRINE” FOR EDUCATION
A proposal to combat the entrenched conformity in government-financed universities.
- “FAIRNESS DOCTRINE” FOR EDUCATION – Part II
July 3, 1972
- THE DEAD END
The explicit statism of McGovern’s program.
July 17, 1972
- REPRESENTATION WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION
The preferential quota system in politics.
July 31, 1972
- A PREVIEW
The New Left takeover of the Democratic National Convention and Platform.
August 14, 1972
- A PREVIEW – Part II
August 28, 1972
- A PREVIEW – Part III
March 13, 1972
- AN OPEN LETTER TO BORIS SPASSKY
The metaphysical lessons of chess.
September 25, 1972
- HOW TO READ (AND NOT TO WRITE)
The modern methods of non—communication.
VOLUME II
October 9, 1972
- A NATION’S UNITY
Statism as the destroyer of national unity: of the McGovern campaign. an analysis - A NATION’S UNITY – Part II
- A NATION’S UNITY – Part III
November 20, 1972
- THE AMERICAN SPIRIT
The Nixon landslide: a nation’s rebellion against statism.
December 4, 1972
- ALTRUISM, PRAGMATISM, AND BRUTALITY by Leonard Peikoff
The amoralist consequences of the ethics of self—sacrifice. - ALTRUISM, PRAGMATISM, AND BRUTALITY – Part II
January 1, 1973
- “TO DREAM THE NON-COMMERCIAL DREAM”
Public TV as the road to a private, tax-supported aristocracy.
January 15, 1973
- EPITAPH FOR A CULTURE
The rejection of progress: the of the Apollo program
January 29, 1973
- AN UNTITLED LETTER
Rawl’s theory of justice: the egalitarian revolt against human Intelligence.
February 12, 1973
- AN UNTITLED LETTER – Part II
February 26, 1973
- AN UNTITLED LETTER Part III
March 12, 1973
- THE METAPHYSICAL VERSUS THE MAN-MADE
An analysis of what is or is not open to change. - THE METAPHYSICAL VERSUS THE MAN-MADE – Part II
April 9, 1973
- BROTHERS, YOU ASKED FOR IT
Pragmatism as the basic cause of Watergate. - BROTHERS, YOU ASKED FOR IT: Part II
May 7, 1973
- THE MISSING LINK
The anti—conceptual mentality of tribalism. - THE MISSING LINK Part II
June 4, 1973
- SELFISHNESS WITHOUT A SELF
The non-conforming tribalist.
June 18, 1973
- THE PRINCIPALS…
The accused and the accusers in the Senate Watergate hearings. - THE PRINCIPALS… – Part II
July 16, 1973
- … AND THE PRINCIPLES
The lesson of the hearings: Watergate as an illustration of the nature of a mixed economy.
July 30, 1973
- PERRY MASON FINALLY LOSES
A review of “The New Perry Mason.”
August 13, 1973
- CENSORSHIP: LOCAL AND EXPRESS
The present Supreme Court’s rulings on obscenity. - CENSORSHIP: LOCAL EXPRESS Part II
September 10, 1973
- CENSORSHIP: LOCAL AND EXPRESS – Part III
September 24, 1973
- THOUGHT CONTROL – Part I
The Supreme Court’s decision in the Roth case.
VOLUME III
October 8, 1973
- THOUGHT CONTROL – Part II
The Supreme Court’s decision in the case, and its consequences.
October 22, 1973
- THOUGHT CONTROL – Part III
November 5, 1973
- THE ENERGY CRISIS
Government controls as the strangler of our energy supply, material, and spiritual.
November 19, 1973
- THE ENERGY CRISIS – Part II
December 3, 1973
- AMERICA’S PHILOSOPHIC ORIGIN by Leonard Peikoff
America’s essence: the nation of the Enlightenment. - AMERICA’S PHILOSOPHIC ORIGIN – Part II
December 31, 1973
- PHILOSOPHY: WHO NEEDS IT
The answer is you. - PHILOSOPHY: WHO NEEDS IT – Part II
January 28, 1974
- PHILOSOPHICAL DETECTION
How to check your premises and discover those of your opponents. - PHILOSOPHICAL DETECTION – Part II
February 25, 1974
- “IDEAS V. GOODS”
The intellectual emptiness of conservatism: a conservative economist’s attack on freedom of the press.
March 11, 1974
- MORAL INFLATION
The morality of altruism as the major source of this country’s demoralization.
March 25, 1974
- MORAL INFLATION – Part II
April 8, 1974
- MORAL INFLATION – Part III
April 22, 1974
- IDEAS V. MEN by Ayn Rand
A follow—up of the discussion begun in “Ideas v. Goods.”
May 6, 1974
- PRAGMATISM VERSUS AMERICA by Leonard Peikoff
The philosophy of James and Dewey as the antithesis of this country’s founding principles.
May 20, 1974
- PRAGMATISM VERSUS AMERICA – Part II
June 3, 1974
- EGALITARIANISM AND INFLATION
A metaphysical approach to economics: the cause, the mechanism, and the moral meaning of inflation.
July 1, 1974
- EGALITARIANISM AND INFLATION – Part II
July 15, 1974
- EGALITARIANISM AND INFLATION Part III
July 15, 1974
- THE INVERTED MORAL PRIORITIES
The crucial — and unappreciated function of wealth in an industrial economy.
July 29, 1974
- HUNGER AND FREEDOM
“Freedom is what the have—nots, have not.”
August 12, 1974
- CASHING IN ON HUNGER
The campaign to push the U.S. into assuming the burden of feeding the whole world.
August 26, 1974
- THE LESSONS OF VIETNAM
The worldwide bankruptcy of the political Right. - THE LESSONS OF VIETNAM – Part II
September 23, 1974
- FROM “FUTURE FILE”
Previously unpublished excerpts cut (for lack of space) from Ayn Rand’s earlier articles.
VOLUME IV
October 1975
- FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH
November-December 1975
- A LAST SURVEY – Part I
January-February 1976
- A LAST SURVEY – Part II