The Oklahoma Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, has ordered a monument of the Ten Commandments removed from the Capitol. …
Read More »Thomas Sowell: Looking Back on My Life
After my 85th birthday last week, I looked back over my life and was surprised to discover in how many …
Read More »Happy Birthday 14th Amendment: Sorry For All The Abuse
On July 9th, 1868, a monumental shift happened in the legal landscape. Slavery had just been abolished by the 13th …
Read More »A Legacy of Cliches for Racial Problems
(BCN editor’s note: This is the first of two Thomas Sowell columns for Thursday.) Discussions of racial problems almost invariably …
Read More »Don't Give Obama More Power Over Schools
After spending most of June giving President Obama new authority to negotiate trade deals with low-wage countries in Asia, congressional …
Read More »Nikki Haley, Racial Tensions and Change
Coincident with July 4, the Pew Research Center published a survey asking, “Why has the U.S. been successful? Reliance on …
Read More »Four Reasons the Left Should Love Capitalism But Doesn't
Capitalism has a new competitor, and its name is “shame.” The left is determined to make capitalism morally reprehensible. Cloaked …
Read More »I Told You Things Are Getting Crazier
Lately I’ve shared my lament that in America today we are witnessing a surreal transformation of the greatest nation in …
Read More »Our March in Selma
Alveda King and I marched together across the same bridge that her father, Rev. A.D. King, and her uncle, Martin …
Read More »Black People’s Problems Are Not Civil Rights Problems
Let’s list major problems affecting black Americans. Topping the list is the breakdown in the black family, where only a …
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