It’s really painful to see Mona Charen and Thomas Sowell on that list. I have deep respect for them both.
Whatever the respect is for, they clearly are not familiar with or acquainted to drive-by America and what’s been happening to real-live people out here.
You can’t think big “Ivory Tower” thoughts and have them mean anything if you have no real experience with the subject matter (people) that mattered the most.