Patia Stephens

“There is a fundamental conviction which some people never acquire, some hold only in their youth, and a few hold to the end of their days — the conviction that ideas matter.”� –Ayn Rand

In the past couple of days, my story, “Ayn Rand, Hypocrite? Legendary opponent of “welfare state” received Social Security and . . . → Read More: Ideas Matter: More on Ayn Rand

I’ve pitched the following article to 10 publications since May, including the Huffington Post on Nov. 30, without any luck. Today HuffPo published an article on the subject, “Ayn Rand and the VIP-DIPers,” by Michael Ford. Perhaps it’s just coincidence. To be fair, I didn’t realize that Scott McConnell’s book, “100 Voices: An Oral . . . → Read More: Ayn Rand Received Social Security, Medicare