UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE interviews Dr. Thomas Sowell. It’s long (36:33) but worth every second. Some highlights:

Many of the great disasters of our time have been committed by “experts.” (00:55)

Engineers and scientists are not intellectuals (thank God!); they’re productive. (01:35)

The statistics that the intelligensia keep citing are much more consistent with their vision of America than the statistics they keep ignoring. (07:35)

One can become President with no contact with economic reality. (18:30)

[On gun control] In Britian, they have made burglary a safe occupation. It’s like OSHA for burglars. (23:00)

[What would you say to Obama’s Cabinet?] I would only one word, “goodbye,” because I know that there’s no point talking to them. (35:35)

His book is Intellectuals and Society.