I was barely aware of Glenn Loury and had never heard him speak. Until now.
Bari, the title for your podcast, "Honestly", and the name of your substack blog -- "Common Sense" (an echo of Thomas Payne, whose "Common Sense" inspired the American Revolution in 1776) -- both ring clear and true. By amplifying the voice of Gle…
I was barely aware of Glenn Loury and had never heard him speak. Until now.
Bari, the title for your podcast, "Honestly", and the name of your substack blog -- "Common Sense" (an echo of Thomas Payne, whose "Common Sense" inspired the American Revolution in 1776) -- both ring clear and true. By amplifying the voice of Glenn Loury, you're performing a great service for your country. Thanks.
As for Glenn Loury's brilliance and intellectual rigor, what can I say? Now... if Powers-That-Be simply listen to Loury, or Tom Sowell, or Shelby Steele, rather than kowtow to cultural Marxism... then, we shall overcome. Someday?
In the honest words of aptly-named Mr. FREEMAN on CBS 60-Minutes, December 18, 2005:
MIKE WALLACE: "How are we going to get rid of racism, are..."
MORGAN FREEMAN: (interrupting Wallace's question...) “Stop talking about it! [pause]
I’m going to stop calling you a white man. And I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me as Morgan Freeman. You’re not going to say, ‘I know this white guy named Mike Wallace.’ Hear what I’m saying?”
Wow. Just wow.
I was barely aware of Glenn Loury and had never heard him speak. Until now.
Bari, the title for your podcast, "Honestly", and the name of your substack blog -- "Common Sense" (an echo of Thomas Payne, whose "Common Sense" inspired the American Revolution in 1776) -- both ring clear and true. By amplifying the voice of Glenn Loury, you're performing a great service for your country. Thanks.
As for Glenn Loury's brilliance and intellectual rigor, what can I say? Now... if Powers-That-Be simply listen to Loury, or Tom Sowell, or Shelby Steele, rather than kowtow to cultural Marxism... then, we shall overcome. Someday?
In the honest words of aptly-named Mr. FREEMAN on CBS 60-Minutes, December 18, 2005:
MIKE WALLACE: "How are we going to get rid of racism, are..."
MORGAN FREEMAN: (interrupting Wallace's question...) “Stop talking about it! [pause]
I’m going to stop calling you a white man. And I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me as Morgan Freeman. You’re not going to say, ‘I know this white guy named Mike Wallace.’ Hear what I’m saying?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh8mUia75k8
Larry...good stuff there, thanks . love that "rid of racism" and "stop" very simple