Donald L. Luskin: Remembering the Real Ayn Rand - WSJ.com

Tomorrow's release of the movie version of 'Atlas Shrugged' is focusing attention on Ayn Rand's 1957 opus and the free-market ideas it espouses. Book sales for 'Atlas' have always been brisk—and all the more so in the past few years, as actual events have mirrored Rand's nightmare vision of economic collapse amid massive government expansion. Conservatives are now hailing Rand as a tea party Nostradamus, hence the timing of the movie's premiere on tax day."