tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post7737279234506132279..comments2023-11-05T03:48:31.411-05:00Comments on James Maxey - Jawbone of an Ass: A few thoughts on Ayn RandJames Maxeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-49119915711960282952012-08-30T08:19:17.690-04:002012-08-30T08:19:17.690-04:00When I listen to a lot of the commentary, I get th...When I listen to a lot of the commentary, I get the sense that a lot of people who talk about Rand haven't really read Atlas Shrugged. I consider myself a fairly proficient reader, but I struggled to get through the book. The book so often devolves into preachy monologues that run for page after page. The climax of the book, John Galt's speech, runs for fifty pages! About 2/3 of the book James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-48939909549883929312012-08-29T23:04:31.160-04:002012-08-29T23:04:31.160-04:00I've never read Ayn Rand, so should probably j...I've never read Ayn Rand, so should probably just shut up on the subject, but when you noted how the GOP has picked and chosen the bits and pieces of her work to venerate, it reminded me of how I've thought that the left has used the very same method to demonize her.<br /><br />I suspect that on neither side is there any understanding of her work, and that her name and her work has merelyrastronomicalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475251545087211066noreply@blogger.com