tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post5223280533715012443..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: Thomas Sowell recognizes where Obama can save the people moneytruepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-9362217511022793352009-01-23T17:30:00.000-08:002009-01-23T17:30:00.000-08:00P.S. Thomas Sowell is simply brilliant. No thinker...P.S. Thomas Sowell is simply brilliant. No thinker in modern times comes close to his insight.Eowynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166378681749345402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-35245077624526776642009-01-23T17:28:00.000-08:002009-01-23T17:28:00.000-08:00truepeers, I notice that in your (always succinct,...truepeers, I notice that in your (always succinct, always cogent) analyses, your best point is made at the end, to wit:<BR/><BR/>"Real political innovators are likely to be scapegoated to some significant degree (blamed for 'deepening' the 'crises' that make change necessary and hence possible); historians will recognize this in the case of Iraq, if it turns out that after the horror a new page has been turned there, one on which Obama finds his place."<BR/><BR/>To me, this underscores what I've always seen: That politicians merely surf the curls they're given, most often badly, given their historic propensity to put their own stamp on history.<BR/><BR/>Obama does not have that luxury, despite the obvious surface advantages that party and current trends seem to offer. At this point in history, humanity itself is adjusting to a new reality, the dimensions of which we, ourselves, don't fully understand, but which we realize are taking place. No longer will partisan tit-for-tat work (the usual upshot of which is juicy projects for a legislator's district). The facts are plain. Humanity is at a crossroads. Obama, if he's smart (which, I'm suspecting he is), will play non-partisan ball, if he wants to succeed.<BR/><BR/>Wonderful essay. As usual, you pin it :)Eowynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166378681749345402noreply@blogger.com