Right, because capitalism in the Congo, in Asia and on these shores has been a benevolent god utterly free of violence against the most vulnerable.

Hey! That's not Kristen Bell!

If she loved the free market, there were many private insurance options being furnished to her by her swashbuckling capitalist heroes. That even she relied on these programs shows Objectivism's profound misunderstanding of how society works.

Republicans loved gun control when it focused on taking firearms away from black people.

"And while Newt probed Clinton's marital strife/
He was in a hotel cheating on his wife . . ."

"I've got a magic train engine and you can't have it!"

You should have heard me laugh at this.

It's the petulant teenager fantasy of "boy, you're going to miss me when I'm gone!" Narratively stupid, as you said, and not at all clear that it's a negative. Rand's vision of wealth never really considered that much private wealth is inherited and much public wealth improves society and benefits everyone.

"And I call this one the 'Adam Smith Pin Factory.'"

Ayn Rand gleefully accepted Social Security and Medicare benefits. I want to set this fact to music and sing it at the Heritage Foundation's next open mic night.

1) Most people are nice to interviewers. The real pricks stand out because they're rare.

"I meant that as a sadly-wise statement on the cost of our militarized society in the deaths or brutalization of our young!"

Also: 62 discs? Couldn't new storage technology trim that down to, say, 31?

Yeah — I'm sure he wouldn't have been back for a 1986 Episode VII.

Well . . . strictly speaking, Star Wars started as a remake of Saturday morning serials.

He chose . . . poorly.

Agreed. The idea of the Force as an insidious god was totally unexpected and fascinating. Doubly so from a character who had clearly lost her faith.

I . . . I think it's going to be Knights of the Old Republic.

"OK. Now, look for a carpenter's sequel."

Great Random Roles, Will. Just the thought of it made this white person smile.