Successful Businessman Thinks Hack Philosopher Ayn Rand...

...who glorifies successful businessmen is an important philosopher.  Big surprise! 

UPDATE:  Yikes, Craig Biddle, a card-carrying member of the Rand cult, has (apparently without irony) explained why "Leiter & co." (i.e., 99.9% of all philosophers, who are in Rand-speak "subjectivists") don't take Ayn Rand seriously:  it is because Rand is only for those "willing to think for themselves rather than follow the herd, and who are not embarrassed by clear, straightforward arguments, which characterize Rand’s work."  Yes, that must be it.   And for a fine example of "clear, straightforward" argument, do compare Mr. Biddle's gloss on what I said with the actual content of the article. 

HOW RANDIANS THINK:  I received the following e-mail from a random member of the cult protesting my comments about Rand, and including this penetrating observation:  "As to Hume and Kant, they are the reason for  the most horrible atrocities committed by man.  The idea that reality is unknowable is false, and to promote otherwise is dishonest."