• • • President Obama Says Ayn Rand Is For Teens Who Are ‘Feeling Misunderstood’ 
Huffington Post Atlas Shrugged  |The Fountainhead  |Individualism  |Paul Ryan  | It’s probably safe to say that Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead aren’t on President Barack Obama’s nightstand. In an interview in the current issue of Rolling Stone, Obama told historian Douglas Brinkley that author Ayn Rand, whom GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan once credited as inspiring him to get involved in public service, is for teens who are “feeling misunderstood.”   Published: 2012-10-25