Thanks, Dr. Sowell.
Bon Voyage to a great Pegleg!
Former Marine.
Thanks to Dr. Sowell. I enjoyed the intellect displayed in his columns.
Thomas Sowell is/has been a great voice in the wilderness, helping keep the faith in our Constitutional Republic and most of its people.
In case you missed this: ol’ Thomas is finally hanging ‘em up.
I'll read your grocery list ...
None of us always agree with everyone and the 2016 elections certainly caused the herd to migrate. That said, we should always seek out people who make us challenge our own thoughts. Thomas Sowell was a jewel in that regard.
his photography is fantastic.
It’s like America the Beautiful captured on film.
I’ve been reading Dr. Sowell’s columns for more than 30 years. What a run he’s had. His books will be valuable for generations to come.
A towering intellect, his commentary on current issues will be missed. I’ll still go back to see what he said, just like I sometimes do with WFB.
He was among the people I really respected who did not like the choice of Trump for President. I think I know what he meant, same with Dennis Prager, but heroes come in funny packages sometimes. I was surprised that neither man nor any other wise conservative people I respect who shared that opinion (not “NeverTrump” but Yuck, Trump) didn’t see that. We could only have been saved by someone wealthy enough to protect his family from threat, and someone who believed in himself and had others believe in him TO A VERY LARGE EXTENT. Trump has the necessary ego, from accomplishment and hard work. It’s not an arrogance based in desperate insecurity like, say, Obama.
Couldn’t Sowell see that only such a man, unpalatable perhaps, could break our biparty oligarchy? And it is clear in his life that Trump has been a quiet supporter of African American middle class, and was extremely unbiased against black contestants on his show.
With that whine above said, I do want to wish Dr. Sowell a long and healthy retirement and thank him for his columns and books, from which I personally learned a very great deal. Thus he has been my professor too. I don’t know how many parking lots I was stuck in when he was on the radio with Walter Williams. There was NO WAY I was getting out of the car and missing one drop of that wisdom.
Will miss this man’s insight and commentary.
Great. Now all I need is for Walt Williams to retire.
:-\
An intellectual AND a man of common sense. Not always found jointly in academia. His work will be read when many others will sit on the shelf.
His photographs are very good. My husband is a serious-hobbyist photographer (i.e., spends a lot of money on stuff), and he is really enjoying them.
In the NeverTrump issue of NR, Sowell likened Trump to Hitler. He spoke into a microphone! In front of cheering crowds! And he said that, once in office, he was GOING TO DO THINGS! (As everyone understands, promising to DO THINGS was proof that Trump was going to destroy the Constitution and declare himself dictator.) I was a Sowell fan for forty years, but he utterly disgraced himself in 2016.
Bttt.
5.56mm
Dr. Sowell, thanks for all the times you made me think. Thanks especially for “The Vision of the Anointed.” May you have a long, happy retirement.