Category: Thomas Sowell

John Robson: In 2023 We Must Face Difficulties Bravely, in Theory and in Practice

January 3, 2023
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Commentary Another new year prompts us to look up from the daily grind to the yearly one and ask what it’s all about, what beyond surviving the moment we hope to accomplish worth carving onto something more permanent than a Twitter feed. And while everyone who saw COVID and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coming can…

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John Robson: In a Sign of Our Woke Times, Parks Canada Cancels Learn-to-Camp Lesson After Activist Complains

July 5, 2022
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Commentary Nothing, not even maple syrup, can rival the cottage as a Canadian icon. But lately our love affair with nature is becoming a bit of a non-country song because we overwhelmingly live in big cities where a sterile monocultured lawn is as green as it gets. And when you try to put kids back…

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The Continuing Importance of Thomas Sowell

May 30, 2022
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The following is adapted from a speech delivered at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar on Feb. 24, 2022, in Naples, Florida. When I was researching my biography of economist Thomas Sowell, I kept coming across Sowell’s own descriptions of scholars he admired, and I was often struck by how well those descriptions applied to…

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Book Review: ‘Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell’: An Advocate for Thinking Based on Facts

September 9, 2021
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A new biography by Jason L. Riley called “Maverick: A biography of Thomas Sowell” focuses on the critical thinker Thomas Sowell, who seems to think with every fiber of his being. As of this writing, Thomas Sowell is 91 and going strong. According to Prager University, he is “an economist, a historian, a philosopher, and…

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A Mom’s Research (Part 3): Who Are the Real Racists?

March 13, 2021
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Commentary One day, my 17-year-old daughter showed me a Facebook post that said 74.5% of hate crimes between 1992 and 2014 against Asian Americans were from white offenders. The purpose of the post was to ask Asians to fight alongside the Black Lives Matter movement to “improve minority communities.” I reminded her to check online…

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OPINION: A Mom’s Research (Part 3): Who Are the Real Racists?

March 13, 2021
Burgess OwnesOpinionpolice brutalityracism in americaThomas SowellViewpoints
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Commentary One day, my 17-year-old daughter showed me a Facebook post that said 74.5 percent of hate crimes between 1992 and 2014 against Asian Americans were from white offenders. The purpose of the post was to ask Asians to fight alongside the Black Lives Matter movement to “improve minority communities.” I reminded her to check…

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