Thomas Sowell’s latest book is now in trade paper edition, and somehow I got on their list and they sent me one — a 680 page tome called Intellectuals and Society. This book takes aim at the bias that often pervades the highest levels of the academy, and other domains of “intellectuals” in our society. On this book, the Washington Times reports, “Mr. Sowell builds a devastating case against the leftist antiwar political and intellectual establishment.”
My wife read an earlier version of this book and found it riveting. Sowell is brilliant at explaining powerful concepts and ideas in a compelling, logical manner. Here’s a 30-minute interview with Sowell about the book: