Who is John Galt?

Book Review:

Who moves the world and what would happen if they stopped?

If you are in the mood to read something challenging, I recommend my favorite book, Atlas Shrugged. This book is amazing on a number of levels and you need to get started on it now because it is super long (over a thousand pages) and the movie, based on the novel, is scheduled to come out later this year.

As an English major and now a law student, I do a good amount of reading. Nothing I have ever read has influenced the way I think about the world to the same extent as Atlas Shrugged.

Atlas Shrugged is a mystery, a love story, an economic, political and moral philosophy and so much more all wrapped up in one, very long novel. It was written in 1957 by Russian Immigrant, Ayn Rand, but, in my opinion, it is just as relevant to today's society. It is the type of book that is hard to set down. Rand clearly articulates concepts you always thought about but could never piece together coherently. In short, I think it is brilliant.

Rand's philosophy, which the book sets forward, is known as Objectivism and it has quite a following, including some pretty famous faces such as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and financial guru Alan Greenspan.

I don't mean to suggest that everyone who reads this book will love it. Those on the far left and far right of the political spectrum may take issue with some of Ms. Rand's ideas. If you fall into that camp but you are willing to explore ideas you don't agree with instead of ignoring them.... consider reading it anyway.