Comments on: Robert Novak, 1931-2009, Reporter http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/8757.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:07:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: renminbi http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/8757.html/comment-page-1#comment-326358 renminbi Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:08:33 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=8757#comment-326358 The following link could also be thought of a quasi obituary. http://www.creators.com/conservative/thomas-sowell/prince-of-darkness.html The following link could also be thought of a quasi obituary.

http://www.creators.com/conservative/thomas-sowell/prince-of-darkness.html

]]> By: renminbi http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/8757.html/comment-page-1#comment-326356 renminbi Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:03:00 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=8757#comment-326356 I thought I was posting as Renminbi.I have several computers. Sowell is on top of almost everything I thought I was posting as Renminbi.I have several computers.

Sowell is on top of almost everything

]]> By: Lexington Green http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/8757.html/comment-page-1#comment-326348 Lexington Green Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:24:50 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=8757#comment-326348 Anonymous: Thanks. I linked to it. Anonymous: Thanks. I linked to it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/8757.html/comment-page-1#comment-326344 Anonymous Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:47:50 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=8757#comment-326344 The memoir is good-I read it,but don't take my word.The astute Thomas Sowell read it and was impressed. The memoir is good-I read it,but don’t take my word.The astute Thomas Sowell read it and was impressed.

]]> By: Eddie http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/8757.html/comment-page-1#comment-326339 Eddie Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:35:23 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=8757#comment-326339 I read "The Exercise of Power" about LBJ by him for a high school biography project. His writing style in that book and his columns was a mixture of his own analysis with the exclusives he was reporting on. I appreciate that he always spoke his mind and was not keen on hedging his bets or disguising an opinion to be politically astute or more tolerable to others. He also could admit he was wrong. How refreshing for someone in the media! I read “The Exercise of Power” about LBJ by him for a high school biography project. His writing style in that book and his columns was a mixture of his own analysis with the exclusives he was reporting on.

I appreciate that he always spoke his mind and was not keen on hedging his bets or disguising an opinion to be politically astute or more tolerable to others. He also could admit he was wrong. How refreshing for someone in the media!

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