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Letters to the Editor: September 2005 (September 22, 2005)
UN Reforms Worse Than Doing Nothing; Red Star Over Hollywood; War on Terrorism Has Yet to be Waged; Republicans and High Gas Prices

Ayn Rand Institute's "In Moral Defense Of Israel" Released By Candian Government (October 4, 2002)
"It is not a proper function of government, whether Canada's or America's," said Dr. Brook, "to censor intellectual material--and this is especially true at a time when we are at war to preserve our freedoms, including our freedom of speech."

Interview with Nicholas Provenzo (May 28, 2000)
Capitalism Magazine Interviews Nicholas "Nick" Provenzo of the Center for the Moral Defense of Capitalism

Duke Freshman Lives Threatened for Defending Western Civilization (April 4, 1999)
"I would have enjoyed having a rational discussion about the issue and merits of cultural relativism with my critics," Szoka said. "Instead, I've been subjected to the type of threats one might find in an uncivilized, Third World backwater. I understand their anger -- they've lost the argument, so they lash out. My critics, in fact, are proving my point about the superiority of Western Civilization and its tradition of rational discourse. What disturbs me most about this is that, in the same week as a tragedy like the massacre of 15 students in Littleton, Colorado, anyone could actually claim that a death threat is just an upset student's way of ‘blowing off steam'."

The Ayn Rand Institute's Anthem and Fountainhead Contest Winners Selected (September 1, 1998)
Thirty-five thousand dollars in prize money has been awarded to 47 winners of this year's Fountainhead and Anthem essay contests. More than 7,200 students entered the contests; the seventh annual Anthem contest received more than 3,900 entries from freshmen and sophomore students, and more than 3,300 juniors and seniors entered the fourteenth annual Fountainhead contest.