Thomas Sowell takes on a range of legal, social, racial, educational, and economic issues—along with "the culture wars"—in this latest collection of his controversial, never boring, always thought-provoking essays. From "gun control myths" to "mealy mouth media" to "free lunch medicine," Sowell gets to the heart of the matters we all care about with his characteristically unswerving candor.

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• Preface (9780817947521_xiii.pdf ~35 KB)
• Part I: The Culture Wars (9780817947521_1.pdf ~168 KB)
• Part II: Economic Issues (9780817947521_63.pdf ~220 KB)
• Part III: Legal Issues (9780817947521_149.pdf ~194 KB)
• Part IV: Political Issues (9780817947521_215.pdf ~137 KB)
• Part V: Social Issues (9780817947521_265.pdf ~150 KB)
• Part VI: Education Issues (9780817947521_315.pdf ~182 KB)
• Part VII: Racial Issues (9780817947521_381.pdf ~169 KB)
• Part VIII: Random Thoughts (9780817947521_441.pdf ~71 KB)