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Crusades Versus Caution (Thomas Sowell)
GOPUSA ^ | November 13, 2007 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 11/12/2007 7:51:01 PM PST by jazusamo

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1 posted on 11/12/2007 7:51:03 PM PST by jazusamo
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2 posted on 11/12/2007 7:53:10 PM PST by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.com)
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I guess that’s one thing to be said for having kids late in life, as did Dr. Sowell.

Keeps old age from getting boring.


3 posted on 11/12/2007 7:54:57 PM PST by sinanju
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I thought the author was talking about a Templar Crusade.


4 posted on 11/12/2007 7:55:40 PM PST by wastedyears (One Marine vs. 550 consultants. Sounds like good odds to me.)
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To: jazusamo

Dr. Thomas Sowell for president.


5 posted on 11/12/2007 7:57:16 PM PST by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rear view mirror.)
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ping


6 posted on 11/12/2007 8:03:01 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: jazusamo
And here I thought this was a posyt about our war with Islam.



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7 posted on 11/12/2007 8:30:56 PM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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8 posted on 11/12/2007 8:31:39 PM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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Hah! So did I when I saw the column title. Thanks for your post and the links.


9 posted on 11/12/2007 8:35:14 PM PST by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.com)
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Smart guy, that Dr. Sowell. Maybe they talk late because they have nothing to say. Kids with a lot of energy, they gave them an extra gym class. ‘Course way back when, they worked the farm before coming to school.


10 posted on 11/12/2007 8:48:55 PM PST by Eagles6
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Exactly...I’ve known a few adults over many years that had little to say but when they did speak it paid to listen, they were usually right.


11 posted on 11/12/2007 8:54:47 PM PST by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: jazusamo
Like me, my oldest son did not speak until he was almost 2 1/2, but he was reading by age four. Also like me, he was content to play by himself for hours on end. I agree, since the 1990’s many children have been misdiagnosed with the popular syndromes of the day.
12 posted on 11/12/2007 9:14:27 PM PST by Irish Queen (Nevada Gal)
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To: jazusamo

I hope that medicine finds some hints on Autism soon.

That said, TS raises some excellent points.

Thanks for the ping.


13 posted on 11/12/2007 9:16:20 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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I’ll never forget a lady teacher my son had in the third grade, she was about ready to retire. My son was a slow learner and we talked to her about it. She said not to worry, he would do fine and improve as the years passed. To this day I don’t know how she knew it but he became a straight A student all through high school and had a 3.7 something GPA in college.


14 posted on 11/12/2007 9:30:07 PM PST by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.com)
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I’m so glad to hear that your son is doing well. I taught school for many years. Third and fourth graders were some of my favorite students. The desire to do well, and supportive parents are key ingredients to student success. God bless you both.


15 posted on 11/12/2007 9:49:10 PM PST by Irish Queen (Nevada Gal)
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To: Irish Queen
that sort of thng has been happening forever.

My uncle was 'diagnosed' as 'retarded' as a boy and almost sent to 'special' school. He went on to become chairman of medicine at Northwestern - actually he was just extremely shy.

3 doctors in a row said I needed spinal surgery when I was young to 'correct' my inward pointing feet. The fourth realized that my shoes were just too tight.

Thank God I come from a family who didn't believe 'experts'

16 posted on 11/12/2007 10:05:58 PM PST by dougd
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Dr. Sowell’s children were born in the 1970’s and are adults now. Iirc, the son who motivated Dr. Sowell’s interest in autism misdiagnosis is a computer programmer now.


17 posted on 11/13/2007 4:29:52 AM PST by Tax-chick ("How inscrutable are His judgments and how unsearchable His ways!")
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I heard Dr. Sowell on G Gordon Liddy's radio program before our youngest son was born, and remembered him talking about autism and how it is often misdiagnosed. So, a few years later when our son was not talking at age 3, I got his book and read it. After a normal hearing test, we went to a speech therapist who thought she saw "autistic tendencies" - whatever that is. I knew my son was not autistic, I've seen real autistic kids and he wasn't like them at all.

We ended up in Nashville seeing Dr. Camarata. He told us our son is NOT autistic. They gave us things to do to help him and with their help and continued evaluations over the next couple years our son overcame his language delay and is now doing very well.

18 posted on 11/13/2007 4:42:55 AM PST by Mrs. P (I am most seriously displeased. - Lady Catherine de Bourg)
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I agree with Dr. Sowell about 90 to 95% of the time. So I get the funny feeling that when we disagree, he’s right and I’m wrong!

Our son was a late talker. I got Sowell’s book from the library hoping against hope that he didn’t have autism, but he definitely does. (PDD-NOS, mid level autism.)

It should be possible for people of average intelligence to diagnose autism. In most cases it is not that tricky. But Dr. Sowell is right about the risk of “false positives.” We are praying for breakthroughs for those working in this field...


19 posted on 11/13/2007 5:48:00 AM PST by guitarist
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I know Dr. Sowell has a child diagnosed as autistic many years ago. Does this article intend to say that that diagnosis was incorrect? Or perhaps he’s speaking out for other parents with misdiagnosed children.


20 posted on 11/13/2007 7:13:45 AM PST by American Quilter (The urge to save humanity is nearly always a cover for the urge to rule. - H. L. Mencken)
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