[blam]

I read Atlas Shrugged while living in New Orleans in 1965. It is still one of the most influencial books in my life.

I began my career in chip-making in San Jose in 1967.

Another book you should read is Witness by Whittaker Chambers.
(Nothing to do with Ayn Rand)

[Daveinyork]

I’d like to know where devotees of Ayn Rand hold sway. I can’t think of any.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Interesting combination of books: Atlas Shrugged and Witness.

I too was a big fan of both books, but the following review got me rethinking my fling with Ayn...

Whittaker Chamber's Review of Atlas Shrugged

[Mr. Jeeves]

Paul Ryan, is so committed a Randian...

Could have fooled me.

[Art in Idaho]

From the article: "Her novel The Fountainhead is one of the few works of fiction that Donald Trump likes and she has long been the darling of the US right. But only now do her devotees hold sway around the world."

I read The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged during summers in college. Had a profound effect on me. Amazing reads.

When we were at Epcot, found this on the wall of the American Exhibit, "The American Adventure.":

Another Ayn Rand quote:

I've always had this vision of someone like Trump running for President. Someone like Hank Reardon or Howard Roark. Then I would lapse in despair thinking they would never run for office. Then I would rebound and say, "But if someone is going to really make change in our Federal government, really confront the fraud, waste, abuse and the administrative state, it would have to be someone like Reardon or Roark." Voila', here we are. .

The takers, elites and administrative state will do everything in their power to fight him, as we are witnessing daily.

President Trump needs our daily support and prayers. Fight on!

[whodathunkit]

Link already posted earlier.

[Uncle Miltie]

George Orwell:
Homage to Catalonia
1984
Animal Farm

Svetlana Alexievich:
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Milton Friedman:
Free to Choose