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Art & Fiction
THE MOST OF P.G. WODEHOUSE by P.G. Wodehouse \| June 2, 2001 "If art is man's spiritual nourishment, then the luminous comic fiction of P.G. Wodehouse is spiritual champagne." (->)
THE CODE OF THE WOOSTERS by P.G. Wodehouse \| June 1, 2001 More "spiritual champagne" from P.G. Wodehouse.(->)

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Education & Parenting
THE LANGUAGE POLICE by Diane Ravitch \| August 1, 2003 "A fascinating and comprehensive account of how the educational value of school books is being sacrificed for the sake of an ideological agenda."(->)
ANOTHER PLANET by Elinor Burkett \| June 1, 2002 "The underlying message of Burkett's book is that American education is filled with dangerous contradictions...."(->)

History & Science
JOHN ADAMS AND THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY by C. Bradley Thompson \| November 1, 2003 "Thompson provides the best and most comprehensive study of Adams's thought available today."(->)
DARWIN by Michael White and John Gribbin \| October 1, 2003 "Paints a portrait of Darwin in which his prodigious intellect and virtues of character are amply evident."(->)

Images
RWT at 9/12 Tea Party \| September 13, 2009 (->)
Chains You Can Believe In (18x24 portrait) \| September 5, 2009 Chains You Can Believe In (18x24 portrait)(->)

Miscellaneous
Volume 20, Number 2 Electronic Edition \| October 28, 2008 TIA Volume 20, Number 2 Electronic Edition(->)
Another New Print Issue \| October 16, 2008 The print issues of TIA Daily are back onto something like a monthly schedule, and another one should be going into the mail about now. See the description below of articles in the latest issue, and scroll down to the bottom for a preview of the contents of the next issue after that. The cover of this issue isn't up on our Website yet, so consider this a kind of sneak peak.�RWT (->)

Movies & Music
QUEEN CHRISTINA \| January 3, 2004 "Queen Christina is a literate, intelligent film that explores the conflict of duty vs. happiness with poignancy, style, and surprising explicitness." (->)
YES, MINISTER \| January 2, 2004 "Those looking for political satire that is funny, biting, philosophical, and surprisingly fresh�should not miss the exploits of Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby."(->)

Philosophy & Ayn Rand
BIOETHICS BIBLIOGRAPHY by Alex Epstein \| July 1, 2003 Five books that reveal the current state of the field of "bioethics."(->)
LOVING LIFE by Craig Biddle \| July 1, 2002 "The author performs effectively the difficult task of taking abstract moral principles and concretizing them for intelligent individuls who have little or no prior knowledge of philosophy."(->)

Politics & Economics
JOHN ADAMS AND THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY by C. Bradley Thompson \| November 1, 2003 "Thompson provides the best and most comprehensive study of Adams's thought available today."(->)
THE BLACK BOOK OF COMMUNISM by Stephane Courtois, et al. \| September 1, 2003 "A dispassionate and encyclopedic accounting of Communism's heinous crimes against mankind."(->)

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Our new groundbreaking has begun. Tracinski.com is moving to a new location, which is under construction. Please check back soon.�Sherri Tracinski, 7/20/11(->)

Antique Suitcase and Vase | March 3, 2006
oil, 2005, 18 by 28-� inches, $9,000

Purchase this painting now through our online store.

"These fine details and contrasts of texture surround us in the world everyday, in the objects of our everyday lives. It is the invaluable skill of the still-life painter to highlight those contrasts, to heighten our awareness of them, and to show us all of the beauty the objects in this world have to offer."

�Sherri Tracinski, TIA Daily, March 3(->)

TIA Daily

Iran's Act of War | October 11, 2011

The Islamic Republic of Iran has been at war with the United States for decades, but after the embassy takeover in 1979, it was an indirect war fought against us by Iranian proxies in places like Lebanon and Iraq. Now, emboldened by years of a weak, appeasing American response, Iran has progressed to the next step: waging open, direct war against the United States.

That is the significance of the announcement today that federal investigators have discovered an Iranian-directed terrorist plot against Washington, DC.

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Iran's Act of War | October 11, 2011
The Islamic Republic of Iran has been at war with the United States for decades, but after the embassy takeover in 1979, it was an indirect war fought against us by Iranian proxies in places like Lebanon and Iraq.

Now, emboldened by years of a weak, appeasing American response, Iran has progressed to the next step: waging open, direct war against the United States.

That is the significance of the announcement today that federal investigators have discovered an Iranian-directed terrorist plot against Washington, DC.(->)

Atlas Is Shrugging | April 26, 2011
The producers of the new movie version of Atlas Shrugged struggled over how directly they should attempt to tie the story to current events. It turns out they needn't have worried, because events have a way of catching up with the story all on their own.(->)

Weekly Weblinks
A Day of Western Surrender \| April 15, 2004 The US negotiates with pro-theocracy militias in Iraq, Britain calls for "help" from Iran, and Israeli plans to pull out of Gaza, making this a day of self-inflicted losses in the War on Terrorism. Top News Stories � Iraqi Denounces US Appeasement of Islamists � Send a Theocrat to Stop a Theocrat? � The Contemptible 9/11 Commission � Taxes Aren't for Little People � Leftist Talk Radio Stumbles at Start � Bush Policies Aid the Enemy Feature Article � Israel's New Lebanon Surrender(->)
Iraq Bombings Aim at Voting Plan \| February 12, 2004 New al-Qaeda bombings are intended to intimidate the UN from running Iraqi elections. Why? Because the terrorists know the UN has a long record of cowardice in Iraq. In contrast, this report highlights the courage and resolve of Iraqi policemen.(->)

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3/11 and 11/2: Vote to Reject a Truce with Terror \| November 2, 2004 Osama bin Laden has clarified this election in a way the candidates could not. He has made it clear that this election is about whether we will vote for a truce with terrorism--or whether we will vote to endure long enough to win the war.(->)
The Washington Conundrum: Why We Can't Afford a Leader Who Will Say Anything to Get Elected \| October 18, 2004 Kerry fails the test that I call "The Washington Conundrum." The Washington Conundrum is named, not after Washington, DC, but after George Washington. It is my term for the basic dilemma of political science: the only person who can be trusted to wield the power of the chief executive is a person who doesn't want that power. The only person qualified to be president of the United States is a man like George Washington, a man with no lust for power, who serves in office reluctantly and gives up power willingly.(->)

In This Month's Print Issue What's in this month's print issue of The Intellectual Activist.
May 2010 \| June 15, 2010 � From the Cave to the Moon � What Went Right? Part 5 The Summit and the Foundation � Transforming a Concept (->)
April 2009 \| August 27, 2009 � Counter-Revolution The Return of the Old Left � Tracinski's Law of Bailouts A Brief History of the Stimulus Depression � What Went Right? Part 4: The Metaphysics of "Normal Life" (->)

Editorial Cartoons Editorial cartoons by Allen Forkum and John Cox.
Extreme Prejudice \| February 12, 2004 (->)
News Fallout \| November 18, 2003 (->)