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Closing the Achievement Gap: An Obama Signature Program?
Harold A. McDougall, Huffington Post
Alan Greenspan |
Atheism |
Egoism |
Paul Ryan |
Personal life |
[T]here is a significant gap between our concern for those who are close to us and those who are not, and that doesn't just affect the youth. (Some trace this back to the influence of Ayn Rand on conservative political and economic figures such as Ronald Reagan and Alan Greenspan. More recently, Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan has declared himself a follower of her teachings, apparently ignoring her atheism and focusing instead on her philosophy of enlightened selfishness.)
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