Ayn Rand: A shit-stain for the ages

Many unpleasant things have been said about Ayn Rand and her “Objectivist” cult; almost all of them deserved:  Nietzsche for the semi-literate with a dash of Plato thrown-in for extra dickishness.  Let us put aside her loquacious driveling and ham-handed, overbearing prose for a moment.  She was a woman who surrounded herself with sycophants, even holding [...]