I read Atlas Shrugged in 1972. I then read all of her books and The Objectivist newsletters. I found none of the hatred of the common non-rational man in her writings this article portrays. I found only that we should seek out the rational to the best of our abilities and correct errors as they become known. Also that we should try to rationally arrange values so as to not give up a higher value if a choice had to be made. Yes, I also came away with a pride in my country as visualized by our founding fathers, and a deep worry about the way this country is evolving now. And thus the Libertarian party's original platform made a lot of sense, until they lost their way and changed the platform in an effort to grow more inclusive and more effective, but reason can not be compromised. It is this love of a country founded on Howard Roarke's "Hands Off" rule for government which now activates the Tea-party goers and makes Ron Paul the national figure he's become. Her novel, Atlas Shrugged, portrays the U.S. undergoing the process now in progress, giving the reasons for the decay which are now becoming visible and giving the solution, if we'll only heed it. Thomas Jefferson, for all his flaws, just as Ayn Rand, with all of her's, speak the same language. A re-reading of the Anti-Federalist papers and the writing of Thomas Jefferson as well as Ayn Rand, and then acting on them will do this country good, if Liberty is your idea of good. This article concentrates on character flaws and sees only an all too human life, full ofand self delusions, and misses the dreams, the ideals, the passion for the rational, the free, the just. It misses Ayn Rand all together.