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The culture of political apologies Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for ...

Economist Thomas Sowell once said, "When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment feels like discrimination ...

After his playing days, Sowell was the part-owner of an IT staffing company, TekPartners. When it was sold and he retired, ...

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Carol Ann Sowell Roark. She was a beautiful lady who spread joy and ...

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Carol Ann Sowell Roark. She was a beautiful lady who spread joy and ...

The concept of merit has been under attack by the so-called Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) movement – a movement that ...

Thomas Sowell, Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. What Thomas Sowell describes in his comment on tax cuts is the argument unfolding ...

There are no solutions, only trade-offs.” The immortal words of economist Thomas Sowell apply as much to college administration as they do to public policymaking. When it comes to academics, I believe ...

Tom, thanks for being here. Thomas L. Friedman: My pleasure, Patrick. Healy: OK, Tom, you’ve written about Trump, how he sees himself as a disruptive figure, as someone who thinks that his stock ...

In searching for solutions, there’s no better reference than the great American economist Thomas Sowell. Sowell was born into a family of North Carolina sharecroppers in 1930. He began his ...