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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. Then Ricochet’s Senior Supreme Court and Legal Analyst John Yoo joins to break down last week’s curious DACA and Bostock decisions. Finally, some thoughts on statues.
We’re off next week for the holiday. Stay safe everyone!
Music from this week’s show: Sweet Soul Music by Arthur Conley
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“Conservative” Justices almost always flip because Michael Malice is 100% correct.
Excellent point!!!
But shouldn’t a Libertarian still adhere to original meaning, context, and intent?
It’s so obvious they weren’t thinking about any of this back then.
What a disappointment to not have the James Lileks Member Post of the Week”! I mean Tom Sowell and John Yoo were great, but I live for the MPOTW.
Ethnic America is a good recommendation; it’s literally for everyone.
Wear a mask, too, or else chiseled Mask Enforcement Beach Cops (MEBC) will come a-knockin’.
We had one picked out, just ran out of time.
I’m so grateful to Dr. Sowell for taking time for this podcast for this reason: For the past week or so, after I happened to read something on Success Academy, I was wishing I knew what he thought about these schools. The podcast is like a question/prayer answered.
Ordered “Charter Schools and Their Enemies”.
Late Happy Birthday to you, Dr Sowell.
One of the best podcasts ever. Sowell’s comment on pessimism was great, too.
@roblong says that when he hears people around with older New York accents such as Dr Sowell, he thinks things will be okay. But if those people are all in Dr Sowell’s age group, maybe Rob shouldn’t be so confident.