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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.com194WHO IS JOHN GALT? 1957–1968people who are puzzled by organized society.” His censure was mingledwith anxiety about Rand’s influence, for Vidal recalled that in his campaignfor the House of Representatives she was the one writer “peopleknew and talked about.” 11 Having been earlier scored by leading conservativethinkers, Rand now took a drubbing at the hands of establishmentliberals. Newsweek, the New Republic, America, and the ChristianCentury all piled on, publishing harshly negative reviews of For the NewIntellectual.The reaction to Rand fell neatly into a pattern established yearsbefore. Since the advent of Joseph McCarthy, Wisconsin’s famously anti-Communist senator, liberals had trouble treating conservative ideas aslegitimate. A prominent 1955 volume, The Radical Right, set the toneby treating libertarianism and anti-Communism as psychological syndromes,an expression of paranoia or status anxiety. 12 Accordingly liberalcommentators derided Rand and her following as a fringe element withlittle to contribute to the nation’s intellectual life. But Rand’s popularityappeared impervious to attack by the most esteemed members of theestablishment. The more the guardians of respectability criticized Rand,the more irresistible she became to conservatives who loved thumbingtheir noses at the ascendant liberal order. 13Accustomed by now to negative press, Rand plunged forward withtwo new projects in 1962: The Objectivist Newsletter and a syndicatedcolumn for the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper column lasted barelya year, when it was canceled by mutual agreement. Rand found it difficultto meet the column’s weekly deadline. Its frequency did, however,encourage her to explore a range of topics that might otherwise haveescaped her comment. The Times column inspired some of her firstwriting on American popular culture, an interest of hers since arrivingin Hollywood. She wrote a touching obituary of Marilyn Monroe,calling her an “eager child” who projected “glowing innocent sexuality. . . uncorrupted by guilt.” 14 According to Rand, Monroe’s suicide signifieda hatred of values that was the dominant style of the century. Thetheme of America’s bankrupt culture was becoming ever more prominentin her writing, fed by her new interest in modern philosophy andthe lingering trauma of Atlas Shrugged’s reception.Unlike NBI, which was wholly owned by Nathan, The ObjectivistNewsletter was a joint undertaking between Ayn and Nathan. The two