The New Individualist, July, 2005

EDITOR’S DESK 
 
In This Issue by Robert James Bidinotto
 
 
FEATURE ARTICLES 
 
Multiculturalism and Its Discontents by Bruce S. Thornton
The London terrorist bombings by radical Muslims revealed much more than the crisis posed by alien cultures transplanted into Western societies. It also exposed the dead end of “multiculturalism”— its complete incompatibility with cultural assimilation, social harmony, and the values of individualism. 
 
The Means and Ends of Islamists by Edward L. Hudgins
Since 9/11, many observers have said that while the terrorist means of radical Islamists are abhorrent, their goals are understandable, even admirable. But can means and ends truly be separated? Or are the ugly means that Islamists employ simply a reflection of equally ugly philosophical ends?
 
 
PERSPECTIVES 
 
Monk, the television series reviewed by Robert L. Jones
He’s not your typically cool, tough-guy private eye. In fact, he’s a quirky, cerebral neurotic. But for millions of viewers, the endearing Adrian Monk has become a weekly obsession. 
 
The New New Left reviewed by Robert Huberty
Something has happened to the noisy, scruffy young collectivists of the 1960s. They’ve grown up, cleaned up…and gotten themselves comfy jobs on the public payroll. Meet the new New Left: not bomb-throwers, but tax-eaters. 
 
What Archibald Leach Taught Me About Individual Style by Stephen Green
Everyone on the Blogosphere knows that “Vodkapundit” Steve Green enjoys sophisticated music, elegant dining, and adult beverages. So where did he learn how to become such a classy individualist? Why, by shamelessly imitating Cary Grant, of course. 
 
Roger Donway: A Tribute by Robert James Bidinotto