Thomas Sowell puts so many things so well (hey! look at that!) Today's column, Power Of Life And Death Is In Our Words, is a good example. Here are three quotations that I thought hit the bull's eye:
"Unfortunately, people on the make seem to have a keener appreciation of the power of words, as the magic road to other power, than do people defending values that seem to them too obvious to require words."
"Barack Obama is today's most prominent example of the power of words. Conversely, the understated patrician style of country-club Republicans is no small part of their many problems."
"Republicans have always had more people who would make good presidents than people who would make good presidential candidates. So long as we have a democracy, that distinction is crucial."
Jindal proves Sowell's point:
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That's exactly who Sowell was talking about in the paragraph from which I took that third quotation. Nice catch, S.L.!
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