From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima: Two Historians on How America Fought and Won The Pacific in WWII | Peter Robinson | Uncommon Knowledge
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I'm Peter Robinson of Uncommon Knowledge. To honor the remarkable scholarship of Tom Sowell, renowned economist, social theorist, public intellectual, and Hoover Senior Fellow, we're inviting everyone inspired by his work to enter two national contests. The Thomas Sowell Essay Contest is open to high school students and college undergraduates. Students may explore a cultural issue or a policy issue through the lens of Tom Sowell's work. or reflect on how Thomas Sowell changed their view of the world.
He certainly changed mine. I imagine he may have changed yours. The second contest, the Thomas Sowell video contest. This is open to everybody. It invites short, compelling videos up to three minutes that answer the question: what lesson or teaching from Thomas Sowell
Do Americans most need to learn or remember today? Winners of each competition will receive a $5,000 prize, along with paid travel and an invitation to a special celebration of Thomas Sowell that will take place here at the Hoover Institution on the Stanford University campus. All entries are due by August 31st. Let me repeat that date, that's an important one. All entries are due by August
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