Thomas Sowell Retires

In college, I took quite a few economics classes.  In retrospect, I wish I had taken more, perhaps even changing my major to economics.  I really enjoyed it and, in fact, got better grades in econ than history.  It was when I was taking Macroeconomics at Iowa Western that I first encountered Thomas Sowell.  He was included in the textbook, albeit just a brief biographical snippet (he earned his Bachelors at Harvard, his Masters at Columbia, and his PhD at the University of Chicago) along with a couple of economic questions that he answered for the author.  Not long after that, I discovered that he wrote a column.  He and Walter Williams (another favorite of mine), are lifelong friends.  Of all the columnists I have read over the last 25 years, none have held my attention for all that time as well as Sowell.  In his farewell column, he offers a positive view of how far the country has come but also laments what has been lost.  Unencumbered with a column, he plans to devote more time to photography.  Over the years, his affinity for photography has figured in many columns.  A number of his photos are displayed here.  I will miss reading his analysis of current events.  I have only read two of his books; he has written 40 so there is plenty left to discover.