Alice in Liberal Land (Thomas Sowell)

Creators Syndicate ^ | November 22, 2011 | Thomas Sowell

[jazusamo]

*PING*
Thomas Sowell

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[Jim Scott]

In a little over 700 words, Dr. Sowell explains the fallacy of liberalism. Well done.

[WayneS]

I’d vote for Thomas Sowell for president.

[Sans-Culotte]

One of his best-ever columns.

[jazusamo]

Agreed. Every point he made about liberals is dead on the money. I’m sure he could go on but for space, maybe this will be one of his multi-part columns.

[GeronL]

The government should mandate that people buy a house. That would solve the homeless program.

[Travis McGee]

[Our man in washington]

In San Francisco, which is Liberal Land personified, there have been attempts to ban the circumcision of newborn baby boys. Fortunately, that was nipped in the bud.

Interesting choice of words.

[jazusamo]

I’d bet money it wasn’t an accident, he does that every now and then. :-)

[caddie]

Sowell should get the Nobel Prize in Economics for his elegant thinking and writing.

If some elected official is out there and wants to nominate him, I and many others believe it would be a good idea.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Sowell should get the Nobel Prize in Economics for his elegant thinking and writing.

khanacademy.org Seems like it should be a model for something very like that. In it, a guy named Salman Khan (not the actor) creates 10-minute lectures for free, self-motivated study. You want to learn math? khanacadamy.org will teach you.

There's not a reason in the world that Sowell couldn't do the same thing in Economics.

[Mama Shawna]

I have used the Khan academy numerous times to educate/brush up on my math, so as to help my sons. INVALUABLE...and so are Dr. Sowells books. I wish it were MANDATORY that all high school seniors had to read ‘Basic Economics’ and ‘Intellectuals and Society’.

[ME-262]

Obama got his!

[rockinqsranch]

Thanks for the ping to another great read from Dr. Sowell jaz.

[PA Engineer]

Thanks for the ping. Nicely sums up the madness of foisting irrational ideology on reality. BTTT.

[Still Thinking]

Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the world envisioned by today's liberals is that it is a world where other people just passively accept whatever "change" liberals impose.

The world of reality is not nearly as lovely as the world of Liberal Land. No wonder so many people want to go there.

These two statements are in contradiction. Liberal Land, according to the definition given, would be hell. No one that matters, no one who can think, that is, no one but a liberal, would EVER want to go there. Reality is vastly superior, because liberal schemes often (occasionally) get thwarted before they're imposed upon those of us who create wealth rather than prevent or destroy it.

[golux]

I keep giving away my copies of Sowell’s books and having to buy more.

[dcwusmc]

My hero, my hero, my HERO. (By the way, did you know he’s a MARINE who served in Korea???) MY HERO!!!!

[mc5cents]

Sowell should get the Nobel Prize in Economics for his elegant thinking and writing.

It should have happened but has not. Why? He is a conservative BLACK MAN. That just does not fit the narrative.