This quote gives away the author of this article--"The lotus flower floats on the surface of the water, blooms in the glorious sunlight and air; but its roots are down deep underwater, in the slime of rotting leaves. It cannot be otherwise."

People like this have found their lives made more complicated by design, and they seek to determine that it is only the youth who find Rand's philosophy a good one. They profess that life is so much more complicated than Rand makes it. This is a person who has learned to speak in shades of gray instead of the black and white world of facts.