Yahoo, what do you think of Objectivism?

I think I haven't researched it yet, so 'I can't say.

I could tell you but I'd never get my opinion of Rand past Yahoo's censor bot

Yes and no, it's not an either or world

Look it up on Wikipedia. Rand is a second rate novelist and such a bad philosopher that no modern anthology of philosophy mentions her (not even a mention). Objectivism is not a philosophy, it's a body of opinion built upon elitism and exaggerated Western style individualism.

Objectivism requires a dedication to logic that many Rand-ians on the right do not possess.  You are "in for a penny AND in for a pound" -- meaning that if you aren't an agnostic or an atheist you are going to encounter some severe blind alleys.

This review gives a critique of "Existence exists":  https://maverickphilosopher.typepad.com/maverick_p...

"If the One is not, nothing is."--Plato

Quine's "similar" formula "To be is to be the value of a variable" indicates why Rand's "existence exists" drew forth Hook's critique that her writing is "the way philosophy is written in the Soviet Union."

‘There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.’ John Rogers