Navigator, March, 2003

Free Minds and Free Militaries by William Thomas
A spate of proposals to revive the draft has recently emerged from the Left and the Right. William Thomas analyses these schemes as manifestations of the ongoing collectivist attempt to destroy America's individualist society.

Articles:

Doctors Shrug by Edward Hudgins
In Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand imagined a monstrous world in which the political regime makes it easy and legal for the rapacious and the envious to steal from the productive. Not surprisingly, many producers go on strike. This nightmare scenario is now breaking out across the United States. The victims are physicians.

Perspectives:

Essentials of Objectivism: What Is the Objectivist View of Libertarianism? by David Kelley and William Thomas
William Thomas and David Kelley provide an answer to this frequently asked question in Navigator's new feature: "The Essentials of Objectivism."

Cultural Calendar:

The Productive Genius of Johann Sebastian Bach by William Thomas
Bach mastered the conventional forms of music, then used their untapped possibilities to create works never surpassed before or since. Today's composers, rather than seeking to shock audiences, should take a lesson from the master.

The Message of Alexander Graham Bell by Roger Donway
By hard work and hard thinking, Bell won the most profitable patent ever issued in America. Unfortunately, some historians have twisted his story to suggest that the rewards of invention under capitalism are a matter of luck.

Logbook: Summer Seminar for Students

Other Logbook items:
Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind
At the Center
Whither Libertarianism?
TOC's Public Advocate in Action
Soundings

Suggested Readings on Libertarianism