[Joe Bonforte]

I have a half dozen Sowell books, but I did not realize he was that old. I thought he was in his fifties, not his seventies.

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[Tax-chick]

Greatest living American thinker BTTT!

Bad news about his age, though ... he'd better be exercising and drinking plenty of red wine, because there's no substitute for Sowell.

[kylaka]

I have one of his latest works "Economics" which has a fairly current picture of him. I would have guessed him to be in his late 50's too.

[RJL]

I have a half dozen Sowell books, but I did not realize he was that old. I thought he was in his fifties, not his seventies.

I too thought Thomas was in his fifties. Here’s to a long continued stream of good writing from Thomas.