A New Look at Thomas Sowell, 'Great Black Intellectual' Ignored by Left
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🗓️ 5 February 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Thomas Sowell is considered by many to be one of the most influential and brilliant minds of the past half-century. He is most famous for his work as an economist, but is also a bestselling author, syndicated columnist, historian, and academic.
Yet he hasn't received much recognition. "When people talk about the great black intellectuals today, you hear names like Henry Louis Gates at Harvard or Cornel West ... or today you hear Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ibram X. Kendi," says Jason Riley, a journalist, scholar, and member of The Wall Street Journal's editorial board.
"But in my view, Tom has written circles around those guys and is much broader in subjects that he's covered as well as much deeper and his analysis is much more rigorous than those guys'," Riley says.
A new documentary, “Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World,” tells the story of Sowell’s life and how his logic and intellect have impacted society.
Riley, who narrates the film, joins the show to discuss the documentary and the personal impact Sowell has had on his own life.
You can watch the full-length documentary here or by visiting SowellFilm.com.
Plus, John Cooper, associate director of The Heritage Foundation’s Institute Communications and a big football fan, joins us to talk about what we can expect to see during Super Bowl LV this weekend.
We also cover these stories:
- Democrats urge President Joe Biden to cancel up to $50,000 in debt for student loan borrowers.
- Biden addresses the National Prayer Breakfast.
- Former Vice President Mike Pence is joining The Heritage Foundation as a distinguished fellow.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday, February 6th, I'm Kate Trinco. |
| 0:10.2 | And I'm Virginia Allen. Thomas Sol is considered by many to be one of the most influential |
| 0:16.2 | and brilliant minds of our day. He is most famous for his work as an economist but has also |
| 0:21.4 | made major contributions in a number of other fields. Today, Jason Riley, a journalist, |
| 0:27.2 | scholar, and a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board joins the show to discuss |
| 0:32.2 | a brand new documentary he narrated on the life and legacy of Thomas Sol. The film is called |
| 0:38.7 | Thomas Sol Common Sense in a senseless world. Plus, John Cooper, director of Heritage's |
| 0:44.7 | Institute Communications, and a big NFL fan joins me to talk about what we can expect |
| 0:50.3 | to see during Super Bowl 55 this weekend. |
| 0:54.1 | And don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or |
| 0:58.6 | if I start rating on Apple podcasts, and please encourage others to subscribe. Now onto |
| 1:04.3 | our top news. |
| 1:12.9 | Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to cancel up to $50,000 of debt for student loan |
| 1:19.1 | borrowers, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, Senator Elizabeth Warren, |
| 1:25.2 | Democrat of Massachusetts, and Representative Ayanna Presley, Democrat of Massachusetts. |
| 1:30.7 | On Thursday, reintroduced a resolution which would give the Department of Education the |
| 1:35.9 | opportunity to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student debt and calls on the president to |
| 1:42.4 | administratively cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt for federal student loan |
| 1:48.2 | borrowers. Schumer said in a statement that student loan debt is weighing down millions |
| 1:53.5 | of families in New York and across this country during a time of historic and overlapping |
| 1:59.3 | crises, which are disproportionately impacting communities of color. We must do everything |
| 2:04.9 | in our power to deliver real relief to the American people, lift up our struggling economy |
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