•Follow the leader? 
Thomas Watson, Canadian Business Online They want to send off Sir Alan as heroic defender of a noble system and question whether a mere mortal can fill his armour. Taking a real look at the man's legacy is more work, but slaying mythology is worth the effort. After all, some of his market interventions have seriously messed things up, which is surprising for a disciple of Ayn Rand. 07:10 PM    View blog reactions

• •Got brains? 
Bob Parks, American Daily Ayn Rand Institute senior fellow Dr. Onkar Ghate wrote a rather confusing piece on Eco-terrorists. After reading it, I wasn’t sure if he warned against them or admired them. 07:09 PM    View blog reactions

• •The libertarian’s legitimate litmus lessons 
Garry Reed, Free-Market News Network Humor.Randian Behaviorial Anthropology – Investigates the difference between being an Objectivist and being an Aynrandian. 07:07 PM    View blog reactions

•Greenspan and Bernanke: Day of transition 
AccountingWEB Greenspan has been a strong opponent of government regulation that stems from his being a disciple of libertarian sage Ayn Rand. 07:04 PM    View blog reactions

•The inside scoop 
CBS News Quote of the Day.“Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.” - Ayn Rand  10:03 PM    View blog reactions

•It is unwise to say “no” to chairman Al 
Daniel Gross, Slate Even casual readers of the business press, or People, know all about Greenspan's hobbies (tennis), his youthful passions (the saxophone, Ayn Rand), and his love life. 09:07 PM    View blog reactions

• •Thanks, Mr Greenspan 
Martin Walker, United Press International Critics grumbled that he was a gold bug, an old-fashioned believer in the gold standard, and a disciple of the high priestess of free markets and of unbridled capitalism, the novelist Ayn Rand. Again this was true, and Greenspan recently confided that he still re-reads her "Atlas Shrugs" every few years. 09:05 PM    View blog reactions

• •No cash for condemners 
Jeff A. Taylor, Reason Online On a new policy of BB&T Bank not to lend money for projects that use land taken with eminent domain.Far from being a cheap PR stunt for the bank, the new policy is a continuation of the application of its Randian corporate ethics. 08:55 PM    View blog reactions

•Pros give Greenspan a lot of credit 
Randi F. Marshall, Newsday (New York) Though known for past associations with author Ayn Rand and libertarian views, he has since supported both President Bill Clinton's tax increases and President George W. Bush's tax cuts. 08:53 PM    View blog reactions

•Greenspan oversaw Fed with instinctual understanding of markets 
William Neikirk, San Jose Mercury News [Bill] Clinton had nothing but praise for Greenspan during his presidency as Greenspan, a disciple of conservative author Ayn Rand, helped educate him about respecting the bond market. 08:49 PM    View blog reactions

•The Greenspan Era: Legendary central banker Alan Greenspan retires on Tuesday after 18 years of insp 
Finfacts Ireland A devout believer in free markets and at one time a disciple of Ayn Rand, the libertarian philosopher, Mr. Greenspan - who studied at New York University - served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Gerald R. Ford 08:45 PM    View blog reactions

•Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism 
Donald T. Critchlow, New York Times Book Review "First Chapter" book excerpt.Without belying the importance of intellectuals such as Friedrich von Hayek, Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, Ayn Rand, William F. Buckley, Jr., or Russell Kirk, grassroots activists were reading books such as Barry Goldwater's best-seller The Conscience of a Conservative (1960), John A. Stormer's None Dare Call It Treason (1964), Phyllis Schlafly's A Choice Not an Echo (1964), and eye-witness reports by ex-communists. 11:14 AM    View blog reactions

•Going postal 
Evan Gillespie, South Bend Tribune (IN) On "The Art of the Stamp," an exhibition at the Midwest Museum of American Art.Other subjects run the gamut from Wilson McLean's stylized homage to "Oklahoma!" and Nicholas Gaetano's art deco Ayn Rand tribute to James Gurney's carefully rendered dinosaurs. 11:11 AM    View blog reactions

•Alan Greenspan’s legacy won’t be known for years 
Jay Hancock, Baltimore Sun The former disciple of the libertarian author Ayn Rand became what he once would have despised: a central economic planner, a government employee who thinks he's smarter than the markets, a price-fixer. 11:08 AM    View blog reactions

•Taking his leave 
Sudeep Reddy, Dallas Morning News James Galbraith, an economist at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, said Mr. Greenspan should have used his regulatory authority, raising margin requirements to limit how much investors could borrow to fuel the bubble. "He's an old objectivist and just very unwilling to say, 'I'm in charge,' " Mr. Galbraith said. 11:07 AM    View blog reactions

• •Greenspan legacy—long expansions, short recessions 
Tom Abate, San Francisco Chronicle The 1989 Current Biography Yearbook says that Greenspan's friendship with Rand lasted until her death in 1982, and that it was Rand who urged the then-private economist to dip his toe into public affairs as an economic adviser to Republican presidents Nixon and Ford. 11:03 AM    View blog reactions

• •Greenspan’s time line 
Karen Yourish, Journal Star (Lincoln, NE) 1952: Meets Ayn Rand, founder of “objectivism.” 10:55 AM    View blog reactions

•Greenspan, giant-size impact 
Denver Post Editorial.An admirer of the fiercely laissez-faire writer Ayn Rand, he would become the most skillful "fine tuner" of the American economy in the nation's history. 10:54 AM    View blog reactions

•His legacy will outlast detractors, supporters 
Mark Davis, Kansas City Star (MO) Greenspan became an acolyte of author-philosopher Ayn Rand and still marvels at the work of free markets. 10:52 AM    View blog reactions

•Nanny dearest 
Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com Review of The Accidental, a novel by Ali Smith.Interesting methods — at times — but terribly pat purposes. The purposes swell up didactically as Amber moves between the ferociously canny and driftily uncanny. (Ayn Rand dips a toe into García Márquez waters). They cut off the novel's breath, and the reader's. 10:47 AM    View blog reactions

•Greenspan era is coming to a close 
Eric Heisler, Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) In the 1950s he met and became a disciple of the libertarian philosopher Ayn Rand, and he later served as an economic adviser to Richard Nixon. 10:43 AM    View blog reactions

•Notes on the New Discourse 
John Massengale, New Urban Observer We’re trained in architecture school to develop our own positions and fight for them in the world (the Howard Roark disease). But after many years of working in different camps, traditional architects of all stripes and colors are coming together. That requires some tolerance for the opinions of others if the movement is going to continue to grow. 09:07 AM    View blog reactions

• •Cinematical interview: Mark Cuban 
Ryan Stewart, Cinematical I read somewhere that you are fond of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. The last film adaptation of that book was in 1949. Is it time for an updating? 11:21 PM    View blog reactions

• •The legendary Greenspan has left a rich legacy 
Malcolm Moore, The Telegraph (London) For someone who grasped the importance of computers early on, and who was a fan of Ayn Rand, it is appropriate that he will be remembered as the public embodiment of the power of American capitalism in the age of technology, when it swept all before it. 11:17 PM    View blog reactions

•Duality of mind and body 
Sulav Chowdhury, The Independent (Bangladesh) Howard Roark (the main protagonist of Ayn Rand's Fountainhead) was told that in his way he was an intensely religious man and with wonder he acknowledged the truth. 11:31 PM    View blog reactions