Today’s Bookshelf is a slight deviation from normal. Instead of reviewing a book, I wanted to highlight an article by Thomas Sowell. “Lessons from the Past” appeared in Jewish World Review earlier this year. As with so much of Professor Sowell’s work, the article takes what so many perceive as truth and sets it on its ear. In this case, he takes on racism, minimum wage and how so-called good intentions often have bad results.
There are few things more laugh-worthy, or maybe cringe-worthy, than reading that Stacey Abrams is gearing up to protect democracy by “fighting voter suppression.” Remember, this is…
One of the most powerful of Thomas Sowell’s writings is Black Rednecks and White Liberals. Whether you believe in a “Redneck culture” or that it came to…
When Joaquin Castro took to Twitter yesterday, I doubted he expected the blow-back to come. Castro, brother of presidential candidate Julian Castro–not to mention Democratic representative from…
For the last 40 years, the Middle East has been a huge thorn in the side of America’s security and diplomacy. The slippery slope began in 1979…
Let’s face it. The last few months haven’t been good ones for the Democrats. The Mueller Report didn’t deliver as expected. There is dissension in the ranks…
Earlier this month, British marines seized an Iranian super tanker off the coast of Gibraltar. The tanker carried oil bound for Syria in violation of sanctions the…
From almost the moment she first burst onto the political stage, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez has been a media darling. Her use of social media has made her both…
Edward Gallagher stepped up and promised to serve this country. He swore to protect it from its enemies. Along the way, he undertook some of the most…
Lay in the popcorn and chill your favorite beverage. Tonight marks the first of two–count ’em, two–nights of debate featuring the ever expanding field of Democratic candidates…
Last month, Jamie Rathburn finally had enough. Her son, a third-grader at Greenbrier Elementary School in South Carolina, had been bullied once too often. Pushed to the…
Yesterday was a day that should live in infamy. A sub-committee of the House Judiciary Committee met to hear testimony from 9/11 survivors in preparation for a…
Yesterday, authorities announced that former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson faces 11 criminal counts stemming from his actions–or more accurately, lack of action–during the February 14, 2018…
The media, not to mention the Democratic Party, have no shame. Our nation just commemorated Memorial Day, remembering all the men and women who laid down their…
A Social Poison is one of the essays included in Thomas Sowell’s excellent Black Rednecks and White Liberals. Whether you believe in a “Redneck culture” or that…
Madam Speaker has spoken. And danced. And changed positions. And finally come around to the position we all expected. She’s flipped and flopped her way into beginning…
First the Democrats promised the Steele Report would bring down Donald Trump. When that failed, they swore the Mueller Report would vindicate their hatred for the President…
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