Thomas Sowell Provides Truth In A World Dominated By Elitist Deception

"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good."  Thomas Sowell

We're beginning a new series that will feature people who have modeled accountability in action. Thomas Sowell is one of the best examples, and for too many, the least known. Part of the reason for the lack of exposure to his life story, his teaching and the wisdom derived from over 40 books he has written, is that he has spent a lifetime seeking truth, sharing truth, and calling out the purveyors of falsehoods.

Thomas Sowell was one of the original "cancelled" characters, long before it became a thing. He didn't blindly follow the rhetoric of appointed position holders. He didn't hold back in suggesting that the supposed cures of our nation's ills were in fact causing those conditions to fester and grow.

He had the audacity to suggest that government "programs" heavily funded and of course, overly staffed with highly compensated appointees from tax payer dollars didn't really help those for whom the whole thing was supposed to help. In fact, most were abject failures that only served to keep people locked into repeating lifestyles of reliance on government stipends. And kept those appointees well-paid and reliably willing to trade their votes for continued paychecks.

The people featured in this series will come from different backgrounds and periods of history. But they'll all share some common character traits. They will have taken responsibility for their own lives. They won't blame their environment. They won't blame their upbringing. They won't blame the devil nor will they lay their woes on whoever happens to be the sitting president. They will own their mistakes.

They will be honest. They will be courageously compassionate as they call out injustice wherever it comes from. In many cases they will pay a heavy price for that bold honesty.

In every case they will be an example of what an accountable citizen of America should be and do. All of that describes Thomas Sowell.

Thomas Sowell wasn't shy about casting a bright light on the myths about education in America. In my state we just dropped from number 41 to number 44 on the list of educational success. Thomas Sowell pointed directly at the problem and offered a solution.

Jason Riley is a successful author and columnist. We're including a link to a very strong page he wrote titled, "The Continuing Importance of Thomas Sowell." Here is part of that column. 

"Sowell would often be asked how it felt to go against the grain of so many other blacks. He would inevitably correct the premise of the question. 'You don’t mean I go against the grain of most blacks,' he would respond. 'You mean I go against the grain of most black intellectuals, most black elites. But black intellectuals don’t represent most blacks any more than white intellectuals represent most whites.” 

Who Is Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell, like many "twenty-somethings" embraced the theory of Marxism when he was of that age bracket. But as he gained knowledge and life experience he realized the gap between theory and practicality. He owned up to his past beliefs and how he had seen those beliefs to be misguided. He accepted the responsibility to think at a higher level.

He lived the life best described as the American opportunity. Nowhere in the documents that formed our nation is there a stated guarantee of success. Only an opportunity. Growing up he faced tough times. He had setbacks, but he also was accountable for his own success or failure. And how he succeeded! A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University. A Masters degree in economics from Columbia and a PhD from the University of Chicago.

He would become a prominent economist as well as an expert in the history of economics at a worldwide level. Along with his many books, he was also a syndicated writer for over 100 newspapers.

Jason Riley writes about Thomas Sowell, "When I think about his scholarship, that’s what comes to mind: intellectual integrity, analytical rigor, respect for evidence, skepticism toward the kind of fashionable thinking that comes and goes. And then there’s the clarity. Column after column, book after book, written in plain English for general public consumption."

As I write this, Thomas Sowell is 94 years old. Along with all his accomplishments, he is a voice of reason, sometimes a lonely voice, speaking truth against a cascade of elitism that controls the mainstream media and influences the thoughts of those who don't ask questions.

Take some time to learn more about Thomas Sowell. You won't agree with all of his positions. That's the great thing about asking questions. We gain more personal insight. We also get some unique perspective that differs from what we hear pounded into our brains by the elitist agenda that needs a constant flow of tax dollars to survive.

Being accountable means accepting responsibility for our actions and our inactions. It means standing up for truth even if it might get us "cancelled." It takes courage to be the voice of reason, the voice of truth, and the voice of consistency.

There is plenty of room in that group. Thomas Sowell provided a clear road map for us to follow.

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