PURPOSE. I intend to ask questions and offer tentative answers. I welcome criticism from fellow, i.e., those individuals who are (1) studying Ayn Rand's, including her; and (2) agree with every element studied.here means identifying errors, raising questions, and offering better answers. The learning process is a long spiral. Making progress matters.SCOPE. My questions arise in philosophy; philosophy of history; history of philosophy; history of ideas; cultural history; intellectual history; socio-intellectual history; the arts of studying and writing history; and the reading and writing of serious fiction having historical or philosophical themes.