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10 Pop Monstrosities That Almost Destroyed Our Culture in 2011

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. December 30, 2011.

Here are the worst TV shows, movies, and songs of 2011.

3 Fatal Flaws in Ayn Rand's Perverse 'Moral Philosophy'

Catherine Burke, AlterNet. May 17, 2011.

Ayn Rand lived in a world of fiction, and it shows in her social analysis.

Why Ayn Rand and Her Legion of Followers Are Hopelessly Wrong

Paul Rosenberg, AlterNet. April 25, 2011.

The entire story of America's 19th-century railroad boom was the exact opposite of what Rand's ideology imagines.

Ayn Rand Movie Fails in Free Market (Despite Tea Party Hype)

Mark Howard, News Corpse. April 21, 2011.

The reviews of "Atlas Shrugged" have been merciless. And despite a major push by Tea Party networks, Ayn Rand's paean to ego-centrism has not drawn audiences.

The Truth About GOP Hero Ayn Rand

ThinkProgressApril 20, 2011.

The philosophy that Rand laid out in her novels and essays was a frightful concoction of hyper-egotism, power-worship and anarcho-capitalism.

Yes, the Latest Right-Wing Paean to Sociopath Ayn Rand Is Really, Really Awful

Brad Reed, AlterNet. April 18, 2011.

Take Lisa Simpson and combine her with Gordon Gekko and the obnoxious child-android from “Small Wonder,” and you get the perfect Rand hero.

Like Glenn Beck, Ayn Rand Peddled Garbage As Truth -- Why Did America Buy It?

Corey Robin, The Nation. June 7, 2010.

Rand was mediocre. But she had a preternatural ability to translate her sense of self into reality.

The 10 Most Harmful Novels for Aspiring Writers

Crawford Kilian, The Tyee. May 21, 2010.

Some novels can be more hazard than inspiration. Here are 10 novels that can have a disastrous effect on future writers.

Ayn Rand, Hugely Popular Author and Inspiration to Right-Wing Leaders, Was a Big Admirer of Serial Killer

Mark Ames, AlterNet. February 26, 2010.

Her works are treated as gospel by right-wing powerhouses like Alan Greenspan and Clarence Thomas, but Ayn Rand found early inspiration in 1920's murderer William Hickman.

Right-Wingers Believe Ayn Rand's Every Word, But They Forget She Wrote Fiction

Colin Greer, New World Foundation. October 10, 2009.

The cult of Rand is resurgent -- two new biographies and maybe even a new film, are in the works. But her economic ideas were pure fairy tales.