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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

Drafted in 1951,Tom joined the Marines, where he taught pistol shootingand took...

[ music ] Drafted in 1951,
Tom joined the Marines, where he taught pistol shooting
and took photographs

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Drafted in 1951, Tom joined the Marines,
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where he taught pistol shooting and took photographs.
Duration
13 seconds
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16
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:49
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Free To Choose Enterprise

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Traces Thomas Sowell's journey from humble beginnings to the Hoover Institution, becoming one of our era's most controversial economists, political philosophers, and prolific authors.
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Combat Camera is responsible - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
Combat Camera is responsible
It may not necessarily make it out to the local paper, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:16
It may not necessarily make it out to the local paper,
The imagery is used as good reference to anything - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
The imagery is used as good reference to anything
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When I was a young person, I used to like to - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
When I was a young person, I used to like to
But unlike most kids who'd, you know, cut class - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
But unlike most kids who'd, you know, cut class
These were very smart people, but Thomas Sowell - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
These were very smart people, but Thomas Sowell
When the private sector fails to create jobs - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
When the private sector fails to create jobs
I think it is overly broad to say - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
I think it is overly broad to say
I don't remember talking to anyone who's ever - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
I don't remember talking to anyone who's ever
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All of the little adjustments that you fiddle with - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
All of the little adjustments that you fiddle with
If you close down the diaphragm, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
If you close down the diaphragm,
On the other hand, you're cutting down - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
On the other hand, you're cutting down
And a theme in Tom's work on society - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
And a theme in Tom's work on society
And Tom often loses patience at people with sweeping visions. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
And Tom often loses patience at people with sweeping visions...
And Tom points out in his political writings - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
And Tom points out in his political writings