• • Rash Report: Ron Paul finally gets noticed for being ignored 
John Rash, Star-Tribune (Minneapolis) Atlas Shrugged  | On a freezing day in February 2008, just before the Republican presidential caucuses, those doing the “Minnesota hunch” between buildings at the University of Minnesota saw the question scrawled in sidewalk chalk: “Who is Ron Paul?” The rhetorical political question evoked “Who is John Galt?” -- the opening sentence of “Atlas Shrugged,” the Ayn Rand novel that’s an ideological and cultural compass point for many Republicans sharing Tea Party disdain for big government.   Published: 2011-08-26