AYN RAND DIDN’T WRITE THE RETURN OF THE PRIMITIVE AS A HOW-TO GUIDE:

● Shot:

In the chapters on the 1950s, I make the point that the whole idea that American life was characterised by conformity and mediocrity was just nonsense. The 1950s were the high point of American popular culture, when most people are listening to symphonies and buying thoughtful books. It’s an extraordinary period of intellectual life among the middle class. I am a child of the 1950s, and the people I grew up around all had wonderful paperbacks. They would read Thomas Mann and Andre Schwarz-Bart (The Last of the Just). The idea that people were just marching along like penguins was just bizarre.

— The Revolt Against the Masses — Fred Siegel on the long history of liberal elitism, Spiked, February 2018.

● Chaser: Twitter Loses Its Collective Mind Over ‘Lady Doritos’ That Don’t Actually Exist.

— Headline, PJ Media.com today.