Paul Laurence Dunbar High School now has 19% reading proficiency and 1% math proficiency, despite a $100 million rebuild in Northwest Washington, D.C.

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 ...

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 ...

People from cultures that emphasize productive habits tend to advance. The reverse is also true.

“The more I study the history of intellectuals, the more they seem like a wrecking crew dismantling civilization bit by bit, replacing what works with what sounds good.” – Thomas Sowell “Every time we ...

“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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

How did Thomas Sowell, who was born into poverty and whose intellectual journey began as a Marxist, become a famed ...