I want to elaborate some on a point I made to introduce my editorial: that there is no general cultural awareness, in intellectual circles or in the media, of the incredible technological advancement going on. I'm thinking specifically of the computer industry. Because of my day
In 1906, Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, the Food and Drug Act was passed, and the FDA was born. Founded on the premise that consumers can't distinguish between a bottle of cough medicine and poison--or between a scientific drug study and an advertisement for a
My roommates drove to Boston last night to see a preview screening of Serenity, the movie based on Joss Whedon's TV series Firefly. Here at The Undercurrent HQ, we guard our Firefly DVDs with an unholy zeal. If you haven't heard of it, it's a plotty,
According to a recent poll, 80% of Americans think it their patriotic duty to give preference to American-made products. But "Buy American" is wholly un-American in both its economics and its philosophy. America's distinction among all the nations of the world is that it enshrined political
Despite fierce competition with finals, over 9,500 copies of issue 2 of TU are shipping to twelve cities across eleven states. It will be distributed at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Tufts University, New York University, Sarah Lawrence College, St. John's College, the University of
Every week there are technological breakthroughs and innovations in crucial fields of production, such as computers and medicine. But you'd never know it reading the headlines of most major news outlets. Even where productiveness is covered to some extent, for example, in technology news, new
A sneak preview of The Undercurrent Vol. 1, Issue 2 is now available under the "current issue" column. Check back on Wednesday for the final PDF.Want to distribute copies of The Undercurrent where you live? Place an order for newsprint copies of Issue 2 now
Any American who has glanced at a newspaper in the past two years knows that the liberals are unhappy about George W. Bush's war in Iraq. Editorials continue to cite our failure to discover weapons of mass destruction, as well as the greater hostility and more
February 2nd marked the hundredth anniversary of the birth of one of America's most controversial and inspiring writers, Ayn Rand. She continues to be wildly popular among the young: some 14,000 high school students per year submit entries to essay contests on her novels and, in
Dan Norton writes in: The application deadline for admission to the 2005-06 academic year at the Objectivist Academic Center, a department of the Ayn Rand Institute, is April 18, 2005. Please visit aynrand.org/academic for more information about the OAC. The application form is available at: aynrand.org/education_academic_uapp.