RoR: Forum

Ok, just who are these apostates who voted for options other than The Free Radical?

;-)

MH

Post 1

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 10:47am

Navigator is no longer being published. The current Objectivist Center magazine is The New Individualist.

Bill

Post 2

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 11:28am

MH,

I think it is informative to know what people here may read other than the FR. In fact, it might be better to have a poll that doesn't include the FR. How about a poll of rival sites to SOLO as well?

It gives us an idea of what other things SOLOists may want to read apart from SOLO.

Post 3

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 11:42am

Mr. Perry,
Can you tell us a bit about it? Who are the contributors? Are the subjects and/or style
pretty much the same as Navigator with only a name change?
Is it possible to obtain a sample copy so that one can decide whether to subscribe?
Will any excess funds (one wishes, eh?) be used to fund other TOC activities than
keeping the publication going?

(Edited by Jeff Perren on 5/10, 11:43am)

(Edited by Jeff Perren on 5/10, 11:45am)

Post 4

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 12:30pm

Jeff Perren asks me several questions.

1. There will be new contributors. We are still looking for some of them. We will be recruiting them from the think tank world in D.C. and other places.

2. Some of the subjects will be same and some will be different. The focus will be on the concept of "new individualism." Ed Hudgins wrote a piece about it in the first issue. Here is a link.
http://www.objectivistcenter.org/text/ehudgins_new-individualism.asp?navigator

3. Send me a SOLO mail with your address and I will be happy to send you a sample copy. Or you can read the articles at the bottom of our main page. You'll miss out on the pictures though. http://www.objectivistcenter.org

4. Excess funds would be an interesting problem. I suspect we'd use them for the magazine first, and after that apply them to other programs.

Bill

Post 5

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 1:55pm

I voted other, because I am reading a German edition of a local libertarian magazine, called "Eigent�mlich Frei" (which is of course hard to translate... "singularily free", but it doesn't hit the theme.. perhaps "free and property" would be a good translation). Never had the time to check out any of the others, but by the looks at least the Reason and Free Radical look fine.

(Edited by Max on 5/10, 1:55pm)

Post 6

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 3:32pm

I am an apostate, I apologize. I read Reason and Reason's blog, Hit and Run, about 30 times a day. I spend almost as much time there as I do here. It really is hilarious though, if you're not reading Hit and Run you are missing out.

Post 7

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 8:34pm

Have to include myself in the Reason group too, as have had that mag from its inception almost.... so, despite late reservations, keep getting it
.

Post 8

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 10:55am

Clearly, many of you aren't aware that Navigator (now The New Individualist) has one special feature that makes it incomparably better than all the other journals combined.

Me.

Post 9

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 11:50am

Sorry Robert, but actually it's The Free Radical that has one special feature that makes it better than all the others put together - balls.

MH

PS increased traffic is welcome at The MH Blog ;-)

Post 10

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 12:09pm

"Balls"!! Exactly!! Bless you, MH! And a pox on those namby-pamby purveyors of weasel-piss! :-)

Linz

Post 11

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 4:37pm

I have not read the Free Radical so I cannot vote for it. I will subscribe and am looking forward to reading the Free Radical.

Liberty is where I first learned about Ayn Rand and Objectivism. At present it is my favorite magazine.

Post 12

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 5:06pm

[Bobster] Navigator has..one special feature ...Me.

What do you mean it has you? Nude centerfold? In which case I'll pass.

Post 13

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 9:45pm

Phil, I am an occasional contributor of peerless prose to the TOC magazine. Just check out such ballsy, morally uncompromising work as "Death By Environmentalism," or such gloriously inspirational offerings as "The Ten Best Films -- Objectively Speaking," and it will become clear at once why Free Radical and other magazines simply can't hold a candle to The New Individualist.

And per your comment -- and just to shut down the rumor mill: No, I am not in negotations with TOC regarding doing a nude centerfold. So eat your hearts out.

Post 14

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 10:06pm

Damn Robert B. And I was just about to pony up for a subscription.

Post 15

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 10:24pm

I've found with all of these publications, they tend to be hit or miss. My first issue of Free Radical was fantastic, the second very good, and the most recent was OK. Most of it has to do with whether the content is of interest to me, I expect that each issue will always differ in that regard.

There is one area in particular where the Free Rad could improve: aesthetics. No, not articles about aesthetics, but the overall look and feel of the magazine itself. Four color printing and higher quality design would work wonders on it methinks. Yeah, I know, you probably operate on a tight budget, but this chap would be willing to pay a little more for the added value.

Post 16

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 11:15pm

{Bobinoto) " just to shut down the rumor mill: No, I am not in negotations with TOC regarding doing a nude centerfold. "

Oh, okay. So then it's gonna be Donway after all...

Post 17

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 11:24pm

"I've found with all of these publications, they tend to be hit or miss."

It's -incredibly- difficult to do a publication of ideas, issue after issue, month after month, year after year..

You, contributors, freshness of topics have to guard against running out of gas, running out of topics after you hit double digits in number of issues. Tendency is to -seriously- underestimate the time and resources it takes to grow a periodical. Easier in some ways to write a book.

I ran one, "Classics Review" in the 80s. And it was tiny. Annual marketing budget of $75 :-). Never again without lots and lots of top quality help. I never was able to get more than 350 subscribers.

I have enormous sympathy for anyone trying to get anywhere near the pinnacle achieved by the old Objectivist, the best 'small magazine' that ever was. And that is why it went from 0 to 20K in less than a decade.

Post 18

Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 1:28am

Linz,

"Balls"!! Exactly!! Bless you, MH! And a pox on those namby-pamby purveyors of weasel-piss! :-)

You're welcome Linz...I'm surprised how few posts here are actually pro-The Free Rad :-\

Robert,

Just check out such ballsy, morally uncompromising work as "Death By Environmentalism," or such gloriously inspirational offerings as "The Ten Best Films -- Objectively Speaking," and it will become clear at once why Free Radical and other magazines simply can't hold a candle to The New Individualist.

I don't doubt for one second that your work is ballsy, morally uncompromising and inspirational...but so is every single serious article in The Free Radical.

MH

Post 19

Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 1:34am