Walter E. Williams subs for Rush

I didn't see a Rush thread today ... Walter E. Williams hosted for Rush today, and had Thomas Sowell on as a guest. It was GREAT! My question: was anyone listening when the caller asked Walter about Romney? Just as he was answering the caller, I got interrupted and didn't get to hear!

I love Walter E., and I love Thomas Sowell. It doesn't get any better than hearing the two of them talk politics with each other!

Thanks for the report. I agree 100 percent — both are great thinkers. After many years of reading Free Republic, I have concluded that Thomas Sowell is probaby THE most respected and admired conservative among FReepers. Says as much for FR as it does for Sowell, who tops my list of wise conservative thinkers.

Sowell, who tops my list of wise conservative thinkers

He's near the top for me too, but I list him (and Williams) among the greats of history, as well.

There's a black college student who works part-time where I work and we sometimes get into interesting discussions (he's a liberal). I once asked him if he ever read any black conservative commentators and he didn't know there were any! He asked me to name ONE! LOL! I started listing Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Larry Elder, Herman Cain and J.C. Watts. He was incredulous.

What I realised, however, was that if I listed conservative thinkers I admired without regard to race, that black conservatives would be over-represented! I wonder why that is?

What I realised, however, was that if I listed conservative thinkers I admired without regard to race, that black conservatives would be over-represented! I wonder why that is?

I've noted the same thing. Other black conservatives who reflect the very version of limited government conservatism as taught to me by my dear and wise dad MUCH much much better than ANY other pundit (Rush and Levin being exceptions -- their opinions have always been consistent with conservative principle) include Star Parker, Deroy Murdoch, and Ken Hamblin. I, too, realized that blacks were WAY overrepresented, and came to the conclusion that perhaps something in their American experience instilled the true principles of conservatism in a way that was totally absent among the likes of Hannity, Coulter, Ingraham, Krauthhammer, Kirstol, Savage, etc.

Have you ever heard Larry Elder's dad, or heard Larry talk about him? I swear, his ideas and thinking sounded EXACTLY like my dad, a business owner, restaurateur (for awhile, anyway ... Larry's dad was a restaurant owner), and self-employed entrepreneur. Larry's dad had a lot deeper "tan" than my whitey Norther European pop does, but other than that ... pretty much the same.

Find that student a copy of Dr. Sowell’s book about his own life and give it to him. He might find it highly instructive.

Yes. Hopefully, he took my advise about all of them. I'll have to ask next time I see him.

Star Parker, Deroy Murdoch, and Ken Hamblin

Star Parker is one I forgot to list - she is truly inspiring. Deroy Murdoch and Ken Hamblin are new to me. I'll have to look them up.

Have you ever heard Larry Elder's dad, or heard Larry talk about him?

Unfortunately, no. Larry is not on regularly in St. Louis so I only get to hear him when he subs on another show (and on the web).

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