[First American magazine with a Mohammad cartoon on the cover!] In this issue, we’ve reprinted two of the now-infamous Danish newspaper cartoons depicting the Muhammad. We do so not to gratuitously offend Muslims; we do so because a vital principle is at stake—a principle that easily trumps any considerations of ill manners or hurt feelings. It is the founding principle of America: individual rights. For us, it is the pre-eminent concern for any publication or journalist: the right to speak and express oneself freely. The editors of this magazine are Objectivists. As advocates of reason, we reject religion and the...