To Dr. Leonard Peikoff and his writings and especially his Analytic Synthetic Dichotomy article that single handedly uncrooked well over half of my 17 years worth of American-Public-Education-induced, intellectually twisted, psycho-epistemology.

To Dr. Nathaniel Branden and his Books and Intensives that saved me.

And finally, To (the thirtysomethings) Me who restarted his development to volitional self-regulation with this (his) virginal LTE (Letter-To-the-Editor) from a February past:

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Dear Editor The Minneapolis Star:

I read with interest the article Struggle expected before U.S. gets National Health Insurance in the February 7 edition of your paper.

I am reminded how easy, how struggle-less, life would be if it were not for those selfish few, whoever they are, who insist on fighting for their rights at the expense of society's right to be taken care of by the federal government.

I just do not understand why some people think individuals have rights that supersede those of society. Where in god's name did they ever get such a notion. I thought everyone accepted, as universal truth, that like the sun, by its nature, is the base and source of energy on earth, so society, by its nature, is the base and source of mans rights on earth.

I will go so far as to grant to that troublemaking, selfish minority that this country was founded on the love for individual rights. But then, he has to