Sarah Rolph

Ninth Doctor, you got the wrong impression from PMH's post. Not surprisingly, since the first part of his first sentence got truncated when it became the headline. He was trying to point to my review--it is indeed a negative review, of, yes, a pointlessly trashy book. I noticed the book in the new book section of my library and was alarmed once I saw what it is. It's worse than the usual drivel about Ayn Rand (although similar to it in tone); Weiss is attacking both Rand and the Tea Party. In fact, he attacks the founding virtues of our country! He says we "must choose between Ayn Rand and our heritage." He has a sick view that altruism is what made this country great. It's a complete misunderstanding (or worse) of why Rand's work is having a resurgence, and a dangerous book because it comes across as fairly reasonable. Weiss goes to great lengths to seem reasonable. Before I wrote my review at Amazon, the most popular review of Ayn Rand Nation (as evidence by helpful votes) was a cheerleading positive one by someone who thinks Weiss is correct. The most helpful negative review was terrible, its headline is "worth reading for the pros and cons" -- of Objectivism! (Which it certainly is not.) Now my review pops up as the most helpful negative review in the side-by-side, and comes first overall in the reviews. So that was the point of writing the review and telling a few people about it--to make sure that unsuspecting readers aren't given the wrong impression by all the positive reviews. If the book isn't being read much--great! Glad to hear it! Let us hope nobody else checks it out from my library, either!