The Volokh Conspiracy hosted an amusing discussion of this article. It shows that our progress still has its discontents.

Apologia

I know it does not matter if I seem
To all the world a fool because my hand
Has wrought no thing of worth; because I stand
When others march, and when they toil I dream;
Because I treasure more the smallest beam
Of sun or starlight than the high command
Of gods or nations; do not understand
How things are greater of a lesser gleam.

I shall confess myself a fool indeed,
And be as much a fool as I may be,
And hoard the light imprisoned in a song
Against the day of darkness and of need
That comes to others as it comes to me
When none may know me right, or prove me wrong

from:
Interludes In Chaos by John Kingston Fineran

a really good read. And by and large, it was definitely favourable!

It also identified that constant theme: people being apologetic for holding views such as ours. It's disgusting that altruists are automatically given the moral high ground. This is what we have to counter. We have to make people question the commonly held belief that altruism is the good.

To paraphrase Voltaire: "men will not be free until the last politician is strangled with the guts of the last priest."

what girly man rich New Zealander was that? ..gosh...what a disgrace, when even the Rich are scared of their own shadows!

I gather there is a television play tomorrow night where a rich person gets a lesson in altruism...(and learns his lesson about poor people!)

By NYT standards that's a eulogy!

Funny how Atlas has been so guilty a secret for so many. One of NZ's richest men had The Virtue of Selfishness but said he'd never display it on his bookshelf where folk might see it. And he always emphasised the altruistic benefits of capitalism! Needless to say, his official hero is Hayek.

James, why don't you write a letter to the ed of the NYT? The author of PARC is sure to get published I would think.

"She is said to have seduced her most serious reader, Nathaniel Branden..."

Will someone please tell me why the affairs of other authors aren't mentioned like this? Some were real dogs. Even some of the gals. Given the word-limitations on the piece, is this reasonable? And, in any event, this is not even a fair description of the account in Mr. Branden's memoirs.

Well, this was not the hatchet job I had expected from the NYT.
Other than the (NYT) requisite apology on the first page, for their applause
on the second- I rather enjoyed it.

For a little lagniappe:
The John Galt Corporation mentioned in the article is one of my partners corporations. One of his partners is a huge Rand fan and they named others after Dagny, Roark etc..