atlas shrugged

High-end yoga retailer lululemon athletica has been offering tote bags emblazoned with the phrase "Who is John Galt?" Apparently, the answer is: Someone yoga practitioners are ready to boycott. Seems Ayn Rand's selfish Objectivism doesn't mix well with lululemon's customer base.

Ayn Rand's most famous novel may soon become a movie. However, objectivists, libertarians and assorted Rand fans might want to hold off on taking their victory lap: Chances are good that this Atlas will leave audiences shrugging.

"She's back!" screams the cover of Reason, the magazine "For Free Minds and Free Markets," featuring a photo of right-wing icon Ayn Rand looking suspiciously like the Bride of Frankenstein. (Seriously. Did you ever see the two of them together? I didn't think so.) Like Frankenstein's monster,...