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Thomas Sowell Retires. A great warrior of the conservative cause puts down his pen.
« on: January 04, 2017, 04:27:15 am »
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Re: Thomas Sowell Retires. A great warrior of the conservative cause puts down his pen.
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2017, 08:19:59 am »
Dr. Sowell is in his 80s, so I guess it's time.  But his voice of reason will be missed. 
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Re: Thomas Sowell Retires. A great warrior of the conservative cause puts down his pen.
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2017, 11:07:25 am »
BTTT for the morning crew.
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Re: Thomas Sowell Retires. A great warrior of the conservative cause puts down his pen.
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2017, 11:50:30 am »
He will be missed.  I hope he enjoys his retirement and stays healthy for many more years.
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Re: Thomas Sowell Retires. A great warrior of the conservative cause puts down his pen.
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2017, 07:14:26 pm »
I'm surprised there is so little interest in this. That's too bad.
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« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2017, 07:19:17 pm »
I read about this a few days ago. Makes me sad.  Hopefully, we will live to see another such brilliant columnist. (Not looking so good in these days of fake news...)
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Re: Thomas Sowell Retires. A great warrior of the conservative cause puts down his pen.
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2017, 09:12:34 pm »
Quote from: DB on January 04, 2017, 07:14:26 pm
I'm surprised there is so little interest in this. That's too bad.

A lack of posts doesn't necessarily mean a lack of interest, @DB.  This was posted more than a week after the announcement, so there had been plenty of time to digest the news already.
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Re: Thomas Sowell Retires. A great warrior of the conservative cause puts down his pen.
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2017, 09:51:49 pm »
I've often said in the past it's too bad  Walter Williams or Thomas Sowell wasn't our first black president
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Re: Thomas Sowell Retires. A great warrior of the conservative cause puts down his pen.
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2017, 10:54:11 pm »
Quote from: DB on January 04, 2017, 04:27:15 am
Sad news.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/tom-sowell-a-fearless-contrarian-puts-down-the-pen-1483488426
May The Almighty Bless him with a happy retirement, good health, and long life (and the occasional urge to write op-eds).  :laugh:
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Re: Thomas Sowell Retires. A great warrior of the conservative cause puts down his pen.
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2017, 07:38:45 am »
I remember T Sowell with Milton Freeman when they debated socialist during the showings of Free to choose.

Brilliant Principled man. Vision of the ANointed is my favorite book by Thomas Sowell, hope he is healthy and has many good years to come.
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Re: Thomas Sowell Retires. A great warrior of the conservative cause puts down his pen.
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2017, 04:04:39 pm »
Quote from: Leto on January 05, 2017, 07:38:45 am
I remember T Sowell with Milton Freeman when they debated socialist during the showings of Free to choose.

Brilliant Principled man. Vision of the ANointed is my favorite book by Thomas Sowell, hope he is healthy and has many good years to come.
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A good man indeed.  He always had a knack for putting together reasonable arguments - voices of reason are in short supply these days.

As a side note, most people won't remember that Free To Choose was a show on PBS.  There was a time in this country when PBS made a concerted effort to ensure their array of shows covered the whole spectrum of views.  They did so because as recipients of taxpayer dollars they were obligated to be fair and balanced. 
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