Man, I've /tried/ to read A.S. a few times but it's such an interminable deathmarch.  I've had people recommend that I just jump to the (60pp?) Galt speech and do that if nothing else.  Maybe I will.  

Objectivist / Libertarian types might also enjoy Stephan Molineaux's FDR: 
https://www.freedomainradio.com/
He's not in either of those camps but I think there's plenty of "paint transfer" from bumping up against them...  