• • • Sanford’s essay on Ayn Rand reveals much about her—and him 
Tom Baxter, Southern Political Report Altruism  |Atlas Shrugged  |Capitalism  |Egoism  |Personal life  | [Rand’s] visionary architects and captains of industry have none of the idiosyncrasies of a real Frank Gehry or Bill Gates. They are instead square-jawed stick figures, wandering through her novels from one long-winded polemic to the next. Businessmen, from Alan Greenspan to Ted Turner to Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, have expressed admiration for her books, but it’s not because they’re really like her idealized characters. It’s because they’d like to be.     Share on Facebook