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 ...

It’s not the biggest political news of the week, but spare a moment to congratulate Kemi Badenoch on her election as leader of Britain’s embattled Conservative Party. Media jeremiads about how ...

I was appalled at a letter to the editor in the June 1 Daily Progress (“Avoid spreading race war rhetoric”). The writer was appalled by a column written by Thomas Sowell (“One side of race war is ...

The economist and public intellectual Thomas Sowell turned 95 years old in June. Outside of national politicians and ...

Prolific and award-winning economist Sowell presents an engaging and accessible collection of short essays culled from his books and columns. In his 30-some previous books, Sowell has addressed ...

STANFORD, Calif. — Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that a good catch phrase could stop thinking for 50 years. One of the often-repeated catch phrases of our time — “It’s the economy, stupid!” — has ...