Ayn Rand's defenders
Hub Blog initially missed this
WSJ ode to Ayn Rand. Tech Ticker's
Henry Blodget and Aaron Task make sensible mincemeat of it. Check out the video to the left. ... The two also make me think I've been a bit too harsh on Obama's economic-stimulus package. He's staking out admirable centrist ground. It's his fellow Democrats -- and their barely disguised non-economic-stimulus aspirations -- that have me worried.
Michael Barone has similar thoughts. ... BTW: Past Hub Blog rants on Ayn Rand can be found
here and
here. Whittaker Chambers's classic National Review takedown of Rand, and Atlas Shrugged, can be found
here. Next up for WSJ editorial writers: A coming-of-age ode to Catcher in the Rye?