Paulie J. 57 quote, Thomas Sol brings tears to my eyes. He is simply brilliant. David Snow quote,

Thomas Sol is the kind of man I aspire to be. Close quote. Those are just a couple of tweets from

the thousands that I have received tweets, comments in response to interviews with Thomas Sol over the

years. To explain the great man, Jason Riley author of the new book Maverick, a biography of

Thomas Sol. Jason Riley on Uncommon Knowledge Now. Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge. I'm Peter Robinson.

Jason Riley grew up in Buffalo, New York, earning a bachelor's degree from the state

University of New York at Buffalo, and then getting his start in journalism at the Buffalo news.

This upstate New York boy salutes that upstate New York boy, Jason. In 1994, Mr. Riley joined the

staff of the Wall Street Journal as a copy reader. Today, Mr. Riley is a columnist for the Wall Street

Journal and and a member of the journal's editorial board. Not many people have made that kind of

climb at the Wall Street Journal. A fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Mr. Riley is the author of

a number of books. Please stop helping us. How liberals make it harder for blacks to succeed, published in

2014 is one of those books. And Faults Black Power, published in 2017 is another. Earlier this year,

Mr. Riley narrated a new documentary, Thomas Sol, Common Sense, in a senseless world.

Jason Riley's newest book, published just this month, Maverick, a biography of Thomas Sol. Jason,

welcome. Thank you for having me, Peter. First question. Thomas Sol, economist, educator, author,

fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford, now in his 90s and still writing. Let's begin with

a handful of the thousands of tweets and YouTube comments that have been posted in response to interviews

with Thomas Sol on this program on common knowledge. Chris Quinton, even through the chaos of

medical school, your interviews with him, his books on audible and his many writings have allowed

me to stay sane. SJ777, Thomas Sol played a massive role in turning my life around. I'm Swedish.

So the indoctrination of self-pity was deeply rooted. Today, I am working toward a future. I feel

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