ARI Mentioned On NPR For Columbus Day

[A.West]

This AM (10/11/04) at 7AM I was listening to NPR's "Morning Edition" show on the train, and they kicked off the show by stating it was Columbus Day and said something to the effect that the Ayn Rand Institute suggested we proudly celebrate Columbus day and Western values rather than focus on guilt over native Americans. It was a pretty good one-sentence summary of the ARI position, I think.

I checked the Morning Edition show at NPR.org but couldn't find that part on the replay, so I can't get the exact quote. The announcer pronounced "Ayn Rand" properly, so someone on the production staff must have exerted some effort to make that opening ten seconds of the show work.