In The Rand

How horrifying to see Richard Perle on Newsnight, even if only by satellite, with no suggestion that our shores had been subjected to his foul footsteps' pollution.

But then came Newsnight Review, with Andrew Roberts, no less, expressing his reservations about Atlas Shrugged, opining that "you can't sack all the government employees" and "you can't abolish income tax".

After the renunciation and denunciation of Ayn Rand, here's to that of Leo Strauss.