Ayn Rand at 100.
| Publisher | Reason Foundation |
| Publication | Reason |
| Subject | Humanities |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0048-6906 |
| Issues per Year | 11 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Published | 2005-06-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Dennis Anthony |
| Author | n/a | Baron Bond |
| Author | n/a | John Kannarr |
| Author | n/a | J. Henry Phillips |
| Author | n/a | Peter Skurkiss |
The most laudatory adjective that reason is willing to apply to Ayn Rand is "relevant." Relevant?!
No more than 10 percent of Cathy Young's condescending article ("Ayn Rand at 100," March) describes what Rand successfully accomplished in her years as a philosopher and novelist. Instead, readers apparently needed to be told in detail about the oddity of Rand's persona, whom she slept with, the fundamentalist piety of her followers, and her lack of enthusiasm for writing on such subjects as charity, children, and community.
If a libertarian were to reflect on reason...
[This journal article is 990 words long]
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