The economist and public intellectual Thomas Sowell turned 95 years old in June. Outside of national politicians and high-profile celebrities, few public figures are as well-known inside the halls of ...

That economists Thomas Sowell and the late Walter Williams have not received the Presidential Medal of Freedom borders on scandalous. The award, as well as the Congressional Gold Medal, is the highest ...

If ever there was a time to make an outside-the-box pick for secretary of the Treasury, it is now. And while it might be seen as symbolic, it is well beyond well-deserved, and would be an inspired ...

In the June 2025 Supreme Court ruling, Trump v. CASA, Inc., the court held that “because universal injunctions likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has granted to federal courts, the ...

“I’ve just come from seeing a dead boy – and you killed him.” Those were the words of writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin (1924-1987) from a long-ago television appearance. Years after, ...

Donald Trump’s return to the White House thrust tariffs back into the public spotlight. The president has targeted tariffs at both friendly and adversarial trading partners. Reaction to Trump’s plans ...

"Pastor, have you ever read Thomas Sowell on this high school?" Elaine asked me as we stood outside Paul Laurence Dunbar High School — or Dunbar, for short — in Northwest Washington, D.C. I told her ...

After many a disappointment with someone, and especially after a disaster, we may be able to look back at numerous clues that should have warned us that the person we trusted did not deserve our trust ...