Common Sense in a Senseless World 

   A documentary is streaming on YouTube, with Thomas Sowell, during Black History Month. 

   Over his 60-year career, Sowell has chosen reality over theory regardless of whom reality might offend. He never accommodates the times. 

   His honesty is rare these days. He says, "If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled as a radical 50 years ago, a liberal 25 years ago, and a racist today." 

   Sowell grew up in the South, and in his early 20s he was a Marxist. No one convinced him those ideas are harmful to the black community. It was his own experience in the U.S. Department of Labor. Working for the government, he saw nothing but mischief in the welfare system and policies rooted in identity politics. 

   When asked what changed his mind about liberalism, he answers, "Facts." 

   He loses patience with sweeping visions, such as how to improve society. He says, "There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs."  

   Our nation desperately needs truth tellers. Shouldn't everybody?

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