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Yuri Bezmenov's avatar

Beautiful tribute to a legend. Grateful so many can benefit from his wisdom beyond the ivory tower. In a sane world, he would be a university president and not frauds like Gay.

The Ivy Exile's avatar

Excellent survey! I've written quite a bit about the general underwhelmingness of the Ivy League experience, but for me Glenn Loury was the great exception. The two classes I took with him were the highlights of my time at Brown and I've been pleased to sporadically reconnect with him over the years.

Anne Dobson-Mack's avatar

Bravo! Excellent analysis and fabulous tribute to a great American intellectual.

RAO's avatar

Wow, wow, wow! I come home from vacation to find a column about the amazing Glenn Loury! I cannot wait to read this. Thank you everyone at Free Black Thought for such a treat, and Happy New Year!

Free Black Thought's avatar

Happy New Year to you!

Sonsoles de Lacalle's avatar

Thank you for this wonderful praise of this incredible human being that has become my intellectual mentor. I hope he continues to be unfettered by the duties of administration (I don’t wish him a university presidency!) and free to share his wisdom. I do wish him a growing and broader reach: everybody of good will would be enriched by his thought.

Paolo's avatar

I know I'm biased in favor of this perspective as I'm also a Thomist, like my father before me, but I found this appreciation of Lowry's thought from your three postulates of human nature quite insightful and engaging. Thanks for writing this; I'll be chewing it over for awhile.

Lucy's avatar

I enjoyed this deeply. Thank you.

Karl Smithe's avatar

What have economists said about the depreciation of all of the automobiles that Americans have trashed since Sputnik?