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"Black Rednecks and White Liberals" by Thomas Sowell. Short Review

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Black Rednecks & White Liberals by Thomas Sowell My rating: 5 of 5 stars Thomas Sowell, the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, prolific writer, and award-winning thinker, has compiled a series of essays, binding them together in the 250-page paperback "Black Rednecks and White Liberals". Though most of the material is primarily dichromatic, addressing subjects regarding blacks and whites in America, it has a larger reach. Each of the six-lengthy chapters take the reader through piles of historical details, social and cultural phenomena, and economic reflections. It is a studied volume, and will add valuable historical aspects and backgrounds to one's knowledge. The author butts heads with much of the reigning tales and tutelage on race, slavery, history, conquests, colonialism, and economics. He doesn't debunk or dismiss, as much as he fills out what is usually missing or misdirected. This is a manuscript made to

"O Lord God, We Pray..." - 16 February 2020

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O Lord God, we implore you to make us a holy, joy-filled people in our homes, occupations, and in our various networks of friends. May those who are married be free of strife, pettiness, and fear; may those who are single be chaste and holy, enjoying you in their God-ward singleness; may the children grow stronger in grace and wisdom, loving you all their days while obeying and honoring their parents; may the parents raise their children in faithfulness and godliness – growing believers and discipling worshipers; and may the elderly flourish in God-given strength, patience, and sound-mindedness. Also, help us to be the kind of congregation that is instrumental in drawing the straying back to Christ and his church and bringing unbelievers to trusting in your Son Jesus Christ. Hear us as we silently remember their names before you now (…). O Lord God, we pray for your Church in all nations, and these churches in the OKC area: Messiah Lutheran Church; St. Mark’s Lutheran; Zion L