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Spooky23
Sowell is an interesting figure and thinker. It’s unfortunate that he was used for a time as a prop by figures like Rush Limbaugh.
techbio
That figures like Rush Limbaugh and their level of influence exist, as well as on the opposite of the media political spectrum, as self-fulfilling visions of the world, is one of the tragedies referenced in the article as revealed in Sowell's extensive research and (>50 books) publication.

Number of books and number of readers are not well correlated, news at 11.

tomcam
What makes a figure like Rush Limbaugh a tragedy?
techbio
That is not at all what I wrote. Apologies that my run-on sentence was difficult for you to parse.
tomcam
Still can’t parse upon reinspection but am interested in understanding what you were getting at? Could not connect Limbaugh’s influence to any “tragedies” in the article even after rereading.
techbio
CTRL-F, "visions"
mat7447
Rush Limbaugh exist, as well as on the opposite of the media political spectrum

Rush is a commie? On all the spectrums?

mat7447
Opposite to media spectrum? What is opposite to media?
techbio
Too late to edit the comment. If I had written "...opposite end of..." it might have been clearer.

I did not mean the opposite of a political spectrum, but since you raise the question, I am very optimistic that it exists.

mat7447
Well you could have been even more clearer than that, by not using double speek.
techbio
Interesting that neither one of us seems to know what the other is talking about.
techbio
These sound like extremely confused questions. My apologies.
tomcam
How was he used as a prop? That’s amazingly condescending so I’m sure you have accurate links backing you up.
[dead] Proven
What a great man. Also Walter Williams, mentioned in the article.
atlgator
I wish Sowell was more plainspoken. His writing is so dense, each sentence packed with meaning. Difficult for the average bear to follow.