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Hmmm, yes. There is a tendency among those for whom serious thought about ideas is not a habit to conclude that because a thinker is correct (or agrees with what one views as correct) about several important points, their entire system must be correct and their insights about all matters must be of value. Such is the case of Objectivists, as the Randites call themselves.

There is surely a meaness in Rand, most evident in Atlas Shrugged perhaps, that makes one wonder. Her views on altruism are best seen as a caricature of the Marxist critique of the Protestant ethic. And, her personal life and the whole imbroglio with the Brandens and her husband reminds one of Rousseau's despicable abandonment of his children to orphanages.

Well, read early, read often, and read critically!

And, her personal life and the whole imbroglio with the Brandens and her husband reminds one of Rousseau's despicable abandonment of his children to orphanages.

Your encouragement to read criticallly is sound at all times.

But the difference with this imbroglio and Rousseau is that this involved consenting adults.

And Ms. Rand's personal failings do not represent a failing of her philosophy.

"Such is the case of Objectivists, as the Randites call themselves."

What about the non-Randite Objectivists? Your over generalizations belie a point of view which you apparently don't 'critically' examine.