Many years ago, I was surprised to receive a letter from an old friend, saying that she had been told that I refused to see campus visitors from Africa. At the time, I was so bogged down with work ...

Whereas academics and intellectuals tend to be a timid bunch, going along to get along, Sowell has consistently and confidently gone his own way.

When Coleman Hughes first opened a Thomas Sowell book, he wasn’t searching for an ideology — he was searching for clarity. At 19, adrift after dropping out of Juilliard and mourning the loss of his ...

In economics, the law of diminishing returns states that the benefits gained from an enterprise will be proportionally smaller the more money, time, or energy is invested in it. Thankfully this is not ...

After many a disappointment with someone, and especially after a disaster, we may be able to look back at numerous clues that should have warned us that the person we trusted did not deserve our trust ...

When I was twelve years old, I had never heard of Thomas Sowell. I doubt any of the kids in my neighborhood had. For the vast majority of American students in K-12 education, opportunities to learn ...

“The more I study the history of intellectuals, the more they seem like a wrecking crew dismantling civilization bit by bit, replacing what works with what sounds good.” – Thomas Sowell “Every time we ...

THERE ARE no sure things in politics, but Hillary Clinton is the closest thing to a sure thing to become the Democrats’ candidate for President in 2016. This is one of the painful but inescapable ...

If ever there was a time to make an outside-the-box pick for secretary of the Treasury, it is now. And while it might be seen as symbolic, it is well beyond well-deserved, and would be an inspired ...

Many years ago, I was surprised to receive a letter from an old friend, saying that she had been told that I refused to see campus visitors from Africa. At the time, I was so bogged down with work ...