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Atheism  |Ayn Rand Institute  |Atlas Shrugged  |Capitalism  |Individualism  |Personal life  | I am a father and a philosopher. This is not necessarily an unusual combination, but it does give me a range of interests that spans two rather distinctive worlds. I am interested in the family, its challenges and rewards, its hard work and its joyful celebrations. As a philosopher, I am interested in an array of ideas that range from the reasonable to the ridiculous, from the inspirational to the absurd.I was reminded of this dual interest recently when I watched two radically dissimilar DVDs, one featuring the novelist philosopher, Ayn Rand, the other, extended footage of our extended family.  There could hardly be a greater contrast, with respect to life values, than what appeared in these two videos.