Not to get picky or anything, but when describing Micheal Moore, it would be more appropriate to say that he's as deep a a puddle of cat urine on a rock. A mirror is at least reflective. Moore is not.

This is the follow-up to yesterday's column. But as much respect as I have for Dr. Sowell, I have read a good number of the books he recommends in this column. Quite honestly, very few kids in college today are capable of comprehending the ideas in these books. Students are taught from an early age not to think or question the premises of liberalism. Liberalism, cleverness and wit notwithstanding, has the intellectual depth of acetone on a lab table. Ever notice that those kids who are raised conservative and become most radically liberal are those who, regardless of IQ, have very little intellectual depth? Conversely, those raised most liberal but who become conservative are those with the best critical thinking skills and deeper philosophical bent? College is too late to save them. They need to be taught real critical thinking skills much earlier; not just "question authority" but in-depth, philosophical, logical, thinking skills, starting with a rational premise.

This column seems uncharacteristically incomplete for Dr. Sowell. Can we hope that it's another of his multi-part columns? While his points are spot on, he doesn't present a clear solution to the problem as he normally does. Of course, I could just think it's incomplete because the subject of the moral failings of academia is such a target rich environment that he could have created a large, multi-volume encyclopedia.

One of the symptoms of several personality disorders is that the afflicted person does not believe that the rules apply to themselves. They will demand the strictest enforcement and rain judgement on the head of anyone else who breaks the rules (law) but believe that if they have an excuse, no matter how flimsy, they have not only the right but almost an obligation to break that rule. This has always been the case with the left in this country. Obama, suffering from severe Narcissistic Personality Disorder, is the epitome of the "rules don't apply to me" mindset that gives everyone else in his administration cover to do the same.

If the Koch brothers bought the LA Times, maybe they'd do what they've done with so many other companies: make it profitable; hire lots of employees in good jobs; provide goods and services Americans are willing to pay for; and pay millions in taxes, both through the corporation, their income, and the income of their employees. Those evil, evil men!

They will receive raises paid for out of DNC coffers. After all, who benefited more than Democrats? Maybe that's what Obama's fund raising is all about - taking care of those who took care of him.

Why should the tax-payers fund it? Force the university to pay for it out of their HR development fund. Kind of like paying a penalty for stupid decisions.

I have learned that a lot of (who am I kidding? MOST) liberals may be smart and fairly clever but they have the intellectual depth of a puddle cat urine on a rock. They run around collecting facts but don't have the ability to put them in context or analyze them critically. So when someone tells them that they are poor because someone else is rich, they believe it and run with it. After all, if you believe the premise of a zero-sum game and don't understand wealth creation, it is plausible to believe that. Since the rich are thus seen a demonstrably unfair, it falls to the government to fix that. You want to watch a liberal's head explode? Try making them understand the difference between someone who is wealthy and someone who is a high wage earner. Try explaining how the federal government does not tax wealth but productivity. Look into their eyes - it's kind of like watching a nuclear reactor melt down. It may be fascinating but you know that at some point it's going to get dangerous to be around.

I don't know if Ramsey is a genuine hero. He did get involved and help Amanda Berry escape. That is certainly good. He also asked that any reward money be given to the 3 young women - "I got a paycheck" That is certainly noble. But I'm not sure it actually qualifies as heroic. Was his "pretty white girl" comment racist? No. It was driven purely by experience. Is the media too politically correct? Absolutely. Article in TSG today discovers that Ramsey has 3 convictions for domestic violence. How widely reported will that be? Weill the media discover that their hero has feet of clay?

Just because he has a soul, does not mean he has a conscience. Along with a soul, God gave us free will. As long as evil exists in the world, some will make that choice.