I'm sure this has deep significance, but I don't know what it is...

Barack Obama and Helen Thomas were both born on August 4.

Ayn Rand is sitting up in her grave and counting the royalties

Sales of Atlas Shrugged for the first seven weeks of 2009 have tripled over the same period last year.

Via Instapundit, who credits the Obama team for this economic good news.

(I credit Roy, who stamped his little septuagenerian feet and said he was old enough to have his very own copy and not have to borrow mine, dammit. So I got him one for his birthday this week.)