Anne C. Heller and the World She Made

Ayn Rand and the World She Made
By Anne C. Heller

Hoo-ha! That Ayn Rand was one wacky broad!

Too many miserable Russian winters left the young proletariat Ayn shouting "NYET!" and she fled to America before you could say "borscht." Ayn hit Hollywood soon after and got a job schlepping for C.B. DeMille, wrote a couple books and BAM! she started Scientology.

Just. Like. That.

OK. None of that is really true. I'm still trying to digest this book. Rand remains a love/hate beacon for folks with overlapping interests in philosophy, politics and economics. This isn't the hagiography that Rand's contemporary cultists may have hoped for. It is a great read for those thinkers still on the fence about Rand - or those inclined to take their icons warts and all.

And Anne C. Heller is quite the babe. She kicked ass on the Daily Show. I fell in love and we were married soon after. I'm enrolling in architecting school soon.

Click here to read the humorless Rand folks grumblings about Heller's spot on the Daily Show.