Top 5 of 2021 Day 3: New Look at Thomas Sowell, 'Great Black Intellectual' Ignored by Left (Repeat)

Published: Dec. 29, 2021, 8 a.m.

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Top 5 of 2021 Day 3: During this Christmas season, we\'re sharing some of our favorite interviews of the year to allow our team to take time off for the holidays.


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\\u2019t received much recognition. \\u201cWhen people talk about the great black intellectuals today, you hear names like Henry Louis Gates at Harvard or Cornel West \\u2026 or today you hear Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ibram X. Kendi,\\u201d says Jason Riley, a journalist, scholar, and member of The Wall Street Journal\\u2019s editorial board.

\\u201cBut in my view, Tom has written circles around those guys and is much broader in subjects that he\\u2019s covered as well as much deeper and his analysis is much more rigorous than those guys\\u2019,\\u201d Riley says.

A new documentary, \\u201cThomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World,\\u201d tells the story of Sowell\\u2019s 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.

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