Ron’s a nut, but I like Rand.
No, he isn't.
There, don't you feel like we accomplished something here? :{)
In a bit of literary criticism, Paul writes:
“In “Crime and Punishment,” Dostoyevsky puts to the narrative the common nineteenth-century belief that if there were no God, all would be permissible. Dostoyevsky’s protagonist Raskolnikov acts out on that premise by killing a woman yet justifying it in his mind. He convinces himself that he will do some good with the ill-gotten proceeds and that the end justifies the means. The greatness of the book is that you can see and feel his fear leading up to the act, and you see and feel the relentless gnaw of his conscience eat away at him as he discovers that theory cannot ultimately trump conscience.”
It seems Rand goes out of his way to distance himself politically from his father, realizing Dad is a bit of a kook.