Political Culture with Thomas Sowell: Chapter 4 of 5 (video)

Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson via National Review Online ^ | 11/3/11 | Thomas Sowell

[Huntress]

Thomas Sowell discusses the American Pastime, and talks about the difference between politics and baseball.

http://tv.nationalreview.com/uncommonknowledge/post/?q=ZDRjOTFkMGU0MjI5OTZiOWFkYWU3ZDg4ZTQ5YjVjMmQ=

[Huntress]

Ping!

[jazusamo]

Thanks, Huntress. :)

*PING*
Thomas Sowell

[savagesusie]

Thanks for posting this...Love Sowell and early baseball history!

[Paperdoll]

for later

[Tucker39]

Huntress,
I don’t want to miss the 5th of the 5. Please ping me with it when you post it. I’ll be off my puter for a day or two and it will probably be long gone until I get back.
Thanks.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

BUMP! Lovin’ this! :)

[mc5cents]

I’m not a baseball fanatic or historian but I really enjoyed Sowell’s debunking of the so-called “dead ball” of the early 20th century. Also why the Babe was so good at hitting home runs, because he had been a pitcher and nobody cared how he swung the bat and he sort of invented that uppercut swing that was frowned upon in those days. Very interesting.

[savagesusie]

Sowell has always been brilliant. I used to have Giants baseball season tickets....but I was never a baseball fanatic :) Just love some baseball history- particularly the age of the Babe! All history is extremely interesting.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

All five parts in one:

http://www.hoover.org/multimedia/uncommon-knowledge/98376

[jazusamo]

Thanks, cIc. Link saved.