When Coleman Hughes first opened a Thomas Sowell book, he wasn’t searching for an ideology — he was searching for clarity. At 19, adrift after dropping out of Juilliard and mourning the loss of his ...

By my count I have some 30 volumes by the great Thomas Sowell. Also by my count, I have some 135 articles on my CultureWatch ...

The assumption upon which the entire social justice vision rests is that people and groups would achieve relatively similar outcomes if it weren’t for the singular factor of “discrimination by ...

Join us for a discussion with Jason Riley on Thomas Sowell and why his writings—on everything from school choice and affirmative action to economic inequality and social justice—continue to be ...

Thomas Sowell: In Chris Christie, Republicans finally have someone who can articulate positions January 16, 2014 at 11:29 a.m.

If there were a contest for the most stupid idea in politics, my choice would be the assumption that people would be evenly or randomly distributed in incomes, institutions, occupations or awards, in ...

In his column of Jan. 29, Thomas Sowell says that it’s envy that motivates criticism of economic inequality in our society. On the contrary. Great disparities in income and wealth – which accurately ...

STANFORD, Calif. | During a recent lunch in a restaurant, someone complimented my wife on the perfume she was wearing. But I was wholly unaware that she was wearing perfume, even though we had been in ...

INCOME INEQUALITY has long been one of the liberals' favorite issues. So there is nothing surprising about its being pushed hard this election year. If nothing else, it is a much-needed distraction ...

In economics, the law of diminishing returns states that the benefits gained from an enterprise will be proportionally smaller the more money, time, or energy is invested in it. Thankfully this is not ...

When I was twelve years old, I had never heard of Thomas Sowell. I doubt any of the kids in my neighborhood had. For the vast majority of American students in K-12 education, opportunities to learn ...