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Frank_in_Spokane
Frank_in_Spokane
7 years ago

Doug, I don’t read much Sowell anymore, but when I do, I still generally tend to agree with him. In addition to countless of his columns, I’ve also read a couple of his books (on economics and immigration). I got turned on to him back in my “dittohead” days — when I discovered Rush Limbaugh in the early ’90s, early on in his meteoric rise to 500+ stations. We took Rush up on his advertisements for the Conservative Chronicle, a weekly compendium of syndicated conservative pundits, one of whom was Sowell. FF about 10 years. At one of Credenda /… Read more »

John Callaghan
John Callaghan
7 years ago

I can’t say with certainty, but it seems likely that Thomas Sowell is Catholic.

Non-Catholics tend not to use the term, “two thousand year old church”. It is also possible that, ten years ago, Wilson and/or Wilkins did not consider Catholics to be Christians.

Sowell wrote for Crisis magazine for a year – including this prescient article from five years ago warning that Republicans who want to win elections should avoid the mushy middle.

Frank_in_Spokane
Frank_in_Spokane
7 years ago
Reply to  John Callaghan

Well, this doesn’t sound like someone who opposes or is antagonistic toward Christianity — even the Protestant stream (and even if the images on those Christmas cards were snowflakes or Santa):

As someone who does not keep track of my friends’ religions, I have undoubtedly over the years sent out Christmas cards to people who were Jewish or non-religious. Yet none has protested or seemed to be traumatized. ~ Thomas Sowell, “Merry You-Know-What,” December 20, 2005

John Callaghan
John Callaghan
7 years ago

It is likely that Wilson or Wilkins was using a definition of “Christian” that limited the use of the word only to a person who can point to his positive, public profession of the principal Protestant principles of Sola Fide and Sola Scriptura.

Dunsworth
Dunsworth
7 years ago

Are you sure it was Sowell and not Walter Williams in question? I don’t have specific references or even quotes, but I have a vague recollection of Williams getting in some digs at religious faith in that typical agnostic libertarian way that some unbelieving conservatives have.

Frank_in_Spokane
Frank_in_Spokane
7 years ago
Reply to  Dunsworth

COULD be, but I really thought it was Sowell. I can’t even recall the subject of that particular History Conference.

40 ACRES & A KARDASHIAN
40 ACRES & A KARDASHIAN
7 years ago

Doug, do you have any plans to review Jesus, Feminist by Sarah Bessey, a book calling for churches to start ordaining women (among other things)? It has a foreword by Rachel Held Evans, so it’s right in your wheelhouse. Plus, it’s gotten a powerful recommendation from your favorite Reformed hip hop artist, Propaganda. He rarely endorses books, but he tweeted that Jesus, Feminist is a “great book.” https://twitter.com/prophiphop/status/758345930588426240?lang=en You’re a big fan of his. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma0RMs6sILU In fact, both you and your son were so impressd with Prop that your son made him the star of his short movie, The Hound… Read more »

John Callaghan
John Callaghan
7 years ago

Thomas Sowell is retiring as a columnist. Here is his last syndicated column and a farewell note.