Matters Of Policy & Politics: Trump’s Facebook Time-Out

What makes Thomas Sowell an enduring intellectual leader? Roland Fryer, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Charles Murray reflect on the ideas and example that have defined Sowell’s influence—and why his work continues to resonate with new generations.

Can Israel be criticized without challenging its right to exist? Questions about Palestinian identity, Israeli democracy, US support, and the historical record reveal why peaceful coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians remains so difficult, and what it may require.

Do Jews have a historical connection to Israel? Is Israel a liberal democracy? And can anti-Zionism be separated from antisemitism? History offers answers that challenge widely held assumptions and reshape how these questions should be understood.