I don't mind saying that this column represents a grossly understated review of “Discrimination and Disparities,” just published by my longtime friend and colleague Thomas Sowell. In fewer than 200 pages, Sowell lays waste to myth after myth not only in the United States but around the globe.
Hoover Institution fellow Thomas Sowell talks about his latest book Discrimination and Disparities as well as human diversity. He discusses equality of opportunity and equality of results. (Two very different things.) And, Sowell talks about the manipulation of statistics, a sore point.
I don’t mind saying that this column represents a grossly understated review of “Discrimination and Disparities,” just published by my longtime friend and colleague Dr. Thomas Sowell. In less than 200 pages, Sowell lays waste to myth after myth not only in the United States but around the globe.
It is not very fashionable to be a man these days, especially a white one. After the exposure of Harvey Weinstein’s alleged record of sexual assault and harassment, The New York Times ran a piece entitled “The unexamined brutality of the male libido” by the Canadian writer Stephen Marche.
Have Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg fulfilled George Orwell’s vision of a society addicted to an all-knowing, all-watching telescreen? Niall Ferguson weighs in.
Does rush-hour traffic drive you crazy? Is a congestion tax on car travel a good idea? Michael Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the economics of traffic and congestion taxes.
The latest commission created with the intention to fix the ills of college basketball met in a clandestine hotel here on Thursday and Friday. Their meeting generated little interest or publicity amid the bustle of the Final Four, other than wide-spread skepticism that it can achieve its initial goals.
Hoover Institution fellow Shelby Steele condemns attempts by Dem activists to politicize tragedies involving confrontations of African-American men, police.
