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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.comIT USUALLY BEGINS WITH AYN RAND 275suffered, rationality was still her only guide and source of wisdom, individualismher favored theme. “Well, I told you so,” she sighed. “I havebeen telling you so since We the Living, which was published in 1936.” 70Rand had one last word of warning to issue. Referring to the upcomingRepublican primaries she wrote, “I urge you, as emphatically asI can, not to support the candidacy of Ronald Reagan.” Reagan was aconservative in “the worst sense of the word,” she told her readers. 71 Notonly did he support a mixed economy, a compromise between laissezfaireand government controls, but his opposition to abortion demonstrateda dangerous disregard for individual rights. Reagan representedthe triumph of all the political trends on the right Rand had foughtthroughout her long career. He blended libertarianism with religion,submerging a rational defense of capitalism under altruistic ethics. Hisposition on abortion was the clearest indicator that he did not understandthe free society he claimed to defend. Like Willkie and Eisenhowerbefore him, Reagan was a false friend, a conservative who would destroythe very principles he claimed to uphold.Although Rand would never appreciate their efforts, her politicalbeliefs were shared by the Libertarian Party, who worked vigorouslyto provide an alternative to the majority party stars Reagan, Ford, andCarter. But like Rand, the Libertarian Party was subject to sudden politicalenthusiasms and dashed hopes. Party activists vacillated between agenuine belief that they could create immediate political change anda more realistic understanding that their campaigns were little morethan public relations events. After a disappointing showing in the 1976election several Party leaders swung back to the Randian position thateducation must precede action. In partnership with the Koch brothers,wealthy libertarians who had bankrolled most of the campaign, PartyChair Ed Crane started the Cato Institute, dedicated to spreading libertarianideas. Born from the early libertarian ethos of education, Catononetheless became deeply involved in policy and politics. From thestart it strove for respectability among the intellectual elite, publishingInquiry, a magazine that offered serious, well-researched, and quietlylibertarian articles for an educated readership. As the years passed Catowould develop into a true player within the beltway think-tank world.Along with Reason magazine, Cato injected a consistent libertarian voiceinto national political debates. The institute relocated to Washington,