Ayn Rand never had children. She reportedly had an abortion early on in her adulthood, according to the fantastic book Goddess of the Market by Jennifer Burns, and was a firm proponent of abortion rights throughout her career. Her views on gender were controversial, as her books often had scenes that bordered on rape, with violent sex scenes galore. Despite having a childish philosophy, children were nowhere to be seen in Rand's novels. 

Thanks to Mike Maiello of Dagblog, I got hooked up with The Daily, the new iPad app, to write some op-ed articles. Since I'm in the familiar environment of Seattle right now, the topic become a familiar one - public education. I hope you like it.

Aspergering out with a friend, who recently suffered an awful car accident and has as a result re-evaluated his life drastically, the discussion came around to overpopulation. This somehow got around to how China is a critically organized society, while the United States was basically formed under agrarian conditions to be as disorganized as efficiently possible.

There's much that can be disputed about that analysis but I think people of all stripes can agree that freedom was foremost in the minds of America's founders, far above unity, equality or even community.