Thomas Bowden
Thomas A. Bowden is an attorney and writer for the Ayn Rand Institute in Irvine, CA. The Institute promotes the ideas of Ayn Rand, the best-selling author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead and originator of the philosophy of Objectivism.
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Articles by Thomas Bowden
October 27, 2009
More than a century ago, America celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus´s voyage of discovery by hosting an enormous world´s fair on the shores of Lake Michigan. This "World´s Columbian Exposition" featured statues of the great explorer, replicas of his three ship...
February 27, 2009
General Motors, having sucked up $9.4 billion of taxpayer cash since Christmas, now desperately craves the remaining $4 billion authorized by President Bush for disbursement in February.
And come March, once that new money has disappeared down the Detroit drain hole, renewed pleas for aid will un...
November 07, 2008
Venezuela, Russia, and other countries that nationalize natural resources are violating private property rights.
For years, the Canadian operator of a huge Venezuelan gold project known as Las Cristinas has been seeking an environmental permit to start digging. Well, Crystallex International Cor...
May 07, 2008
In a speech from New Orleans last week, Republican presidential candidate John McCain lashed out at the Bush administration for its response to Hurricane Katrina. McCain's remarks, which appeared calculated to make disaster relief a key campaign issue, revived harsh memories of the savage storm that...
November 05, 2007
This month marks the tenth anniversary of Oregon’s pathbreaking assisted-suicide law. But despite legislative proposals in California and elsewhere, Oregon remains the only state to have provided clear procedures by which doctors can help end their dying patients’ pain and suffering while protec...
October 11, 2007
On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the New World, opening a sea route to vast uncharted territories that awaited the spread of Western civilization. Centuries later, the ensuing cultural migration culminated in the birth and explosive growth of the greatest nation in history: the U...
June 01, 2007
Here's a quiz: During the eight years Dr. Jack Kevorkian languished in a Michigan prison, how many state legislatures reformed their laws against physician-assisted suicide? Answer: none. Oregon remains the only state to have provided clear procedures by which doctors can end their dying patients' p...
January 31, 2007
The Super Bowl Offers a Too-Rare Celebration of Goal-Achievement.
As half the nation eagerly awaits the kickoff of the Super Bowl, the other half looks on in wonderment at what could be so enthralling about grown men running up and down a field carrying an oblong ball.
Football fans who ca...
January 29, 2006
Sports give us a look at heroes in action.
As half the nation eagerly awaits the kickoff of the Super Bowl, the other half looks on in wonderment at what could be so enthralling about grown men running up and down a field carrying an oblong ball.
Football fans who cannot articulate why they feel...
January 17, 2006
In upholding Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law, the Supreme Court reached the right result for the wrong reasons.
Since 1997 Oregon physicians have been permitted by statute to help their patients commit suicide. On Tuesday the Supreme Court upheld this controversial law, reaching the right ...
October 06, 2005
Columbus Day's celebration of Western Civilization reminds Americans why they deserve to win the war
On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the New World, opening a sea route to vast uncharted territories that awaited the spread of Western civilization. Centuries later, the ensuing ...
October 03, 2005
The Supreme Court should rise above legal technicalities and affirm the individual’s right to commit suicide.
Since 1994 Oregon physicians have been permitted by statute to help their patients commit suicide. The federal government’s challenge to that law will be argued on Wednesday before the S...