American Indians should refuse to be regarded as a race of helpless victims entitled to a collective apology from their fellow citizens.
Thomas A. Bowden
Thomas A. Bowden, author of The Enemies of Christopher Columbus, is a writer for the Ayn Rand Institute in Irvine, CA. The Institute promotes Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Thomas A. Bowden practices law in Baltimore, Maryland.
Assisted Suicide: A Moral Right
In the end, only the Supreme Court can thwart the designs of conservatives who, by injecting religion into the bloodstream of American law, seek to assist in our own national suicide.
Supreme Court Should Uphold Rights, Not Majority Sentiment in Ten Commandments Cases
Judicial review, properly conceived, is merely one method among many by which judges resolve legal conflicts.
Columbus Day: The Cure for 9/11
On Columbus Day, in sum, we celebrate Western civilization with the utter certainty that it is good according to an objective standard: man’s life. America therefore deserves to prevail against the religious totalitarians who would destroy industrial civilization and re…
Assisted Suicide: A Moral Right
If a doctor is willing to assist in the suicide, based on an objective assessment of his patient’s mental and physical state, and on objective evidence of his patient’s consent, the law should not stand in his way.
The Joy of Football: The Super Bowl Offers a Too-Rare Celebration of Goal-Achievement
Ultimately, sporting events like football’s Super Bowl offer a microcosmic vision of what “real life” could, and should, be like.
The Lure of Baseball
In a world of life-and-death conflicts, spectator sports give us a “time-out”–an opportunity to relax and celebrate human skill, dedication, and success in a spirit of simple joy.
Assisted Suicide: A Moral Right
There is no rational, secular basis upon which the government can properly prevent any individual from choosing to end his own life.
Shame on Casey Martin: Calling for the Government Takeover of Golf
The Americans with Disabilities Act must be repealed–and why Casey Martin deserves to lose his case.
Blacklists Are Not Censorship
There is no such thing as “private censorship.” It is only when government uses its coercive powers to inhibit speech that censorship occurs.
Compulsory Service for High School Students
Mandatory community service for high school students presents a clear moral issue: By what right do we treat our sons and daughters as beasts of burden?
A Supreme Court Overview: Our Pragmatic Court Does Not Protect Individual Rights
The Supreme Court was designed to protect these sacred rights against incursion by government. If Congress or any state enacted a law that infringed upon rights, the Court, under the power of judicial review, was to strike it down. The Court was to be the individual’s l…
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