Challenges to books by Bill O'Reilly, Ayn Rand, Dean Koontz: What did the school board do? Katherine Kokal, Palm Beach Post. Updated Wed, July 17, 2024 at 11:27 PM UTC. 4 min read.

Rand’s success brought her thousands of fan letters. One of them, from Nathan Blumenthal, a 19-year-old freshman at UCLA, changed the 45-year-old novelist’s life.

Rand’s personal story and extensive intellectual contributions to the cause of liberty are worthy of respect and critical engagement. A version of this editorial was published in these pages in ...