School of Sowell

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News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

About once a year, we get a visit from the master himself, the great Thomas Sowell. This year’s session is on the occasion of the publication of his new book, Charter Schools And Their Enemies and more importantly, his 90th(!) birthday on June 30th. We talk about the success of charter schools despite the teacher’s union and America’s worst mayor doing everything they can to undermine them. Source

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0:00.0	Now what the hell are we doing?
0:02.0	I have a dream.
0:03.0	This nation will rise up.
0:06.0	Live out the true meaning of its dream.
0:10.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created.
0:16.0	Yes, I think there is a better chance that Donald Trump does not run for re-election,
0:22.8	then he's re-elected.
0:24.0	There's no chance he's going to be re-elected.
0:26.3	I'm the president and you're fake news.
0:30.0	Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall.
0:40.0	It's the Ricochet podcast with Peter Robinson and Rob Long.
0:42.9	I'm James Lallix and I need say no more than this.
0:45.3	Today, Tom Sol.
0:49.9	I can hear you. Welcome everybody.
0:56.0	James Lylex here in Minneapolis, Peter and Robert, scattered about the country wherever they happen
0:59.1	to be and why would we want to flap our gums when we got a great guest?
1:02.1	We're going to go right to him.
1:03.2	Tom Sol, the Rosenmilton Friedman Senior Fellow
1:06.1	of Public Policy at the Hoover Institution
1:07.7	at Stanford University.
1:09.1	He's got a new book.
1:10.0	It's Charter Schools and their enemies.
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