Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, and the Tea Party Protests

My friend Paul Hsieh wrote a great two-page (short) article titled "Ayn Rand the Tea-Party Protests". Like countless other articles in the past few months -- including articles in just about any major newspaper or business magazine -- he begins by noting the resurgence in interest in (and sales of) Ayn Rand's epic novel Atlas Shrugged. But then what sets Paul's writeup a part from most of the others is his accurate attention to Rand's ideas and philosophy. Many other recent articles either only cover the book sales increase aspect of the story, or mangle (intentionally or not) Rand's views in ways great or small. So if you don't read any other similar such articles, please do read Paul's two-parter here.