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The experts: who do you trust?

The New Neo Posted on April 4, 2025 by neoApril 4, 2025

I don’t put much trust in experts’ prognostications, and haven’t for a long time. I think it began when so many failed to predict the fall of the Soviet Union. I was a Democrat back then, and I didn’t see … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance and economics, Trump | Tagged tariffs, Thomas Sowell | 44 Replies

Equality versus freedom

The New Neo Posted on April 15, 2024 by neoApril 15, 2024

It’s been said many times by many people. Solzhenitsyn: Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free. And then there’s Robert Frost (in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe, Liberty, People of interest | Tagged Robert Frost, Thomas Sowell | 22 Replies

The amazing astounding Thomas Sowell has come out with a new book at 93

The New Neo Posted on September 16, 2023 by neoSeptember 16, 2023

[Hat tip: commenter “T J.”] When I first discovered the writing of Thomas Sowell, about a year into what ultimately became my political change, I experienced a tremendous sense of admiration and relief. Admiration because his writing was so clear … Continue reading →

Posted in People of interest, Political changers, Politics | Tagged Thomas Sowell | 15 Replies

Colleges, affirmative action, and the quest for cosmic justice

The New Neo Posted on June 30, 2023 by neoJune 30, 2023

Affirmative action is a subset of what the brilliant Thomas Sowell called The Quest For Cosmic Justice (and if you’ve never read that book I highly recommend doing so). Here’s Sowell: Cosmic justice is not about the rules of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe, Law, Race and racism | Tagged Thomas Sowell | 26 Replies

Sowell on multiculturalism

The New Neo Posted on February 14, 2023 by neoFebruary 14, 2023

Yesterday, commenter “Paul Nachman” kindly drew our attention to this talk by Thomas Sowell on multicultualism. It was given some time in the 1990s, and displays Sowell’s characteristic sharpness of observation and clarity of expression He grasped the problem long … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Education, Race and racism | Tagged Thomas Sowell | 25 Replies

Nikole Hannah-Jones takes on Thomas Sowell

The New Neo Posted on February 13, 2023 by neoFebruary 14, 2023

And makes a fool of herself: Other than being Black, what exactly is Sowell’s expertise in slavery or history? Yeah, it’s kind of funny. But it’s also tremendously sad, because millions more young people absorb Hannah-Jones’ utterly mendacious work than … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Race and racism | Tagged Thomas Sowell | 32 Replies

The Anointed meet at Davos

The New Neo Posted on January 20, 2023 by neoJanuary 20, 2023

And Christopher Wray is among them. He said he’s “deeply concerned” about China’s AI program, which is “not constrained by the rule of law.” That’s the take-away from his appearance for much of the MSM. But he said some other … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberty | Tagged FBI, Thomas Sowell | 23 Replies

Reflections on the COVID Twitter files so far

The New Neo Posted on December 27, 2022 by neoDecember 27, 2022

Here’s the Twitter thread itself. I don’t really need to reinvent the wheel and do a blow-by-blow analysis. I’ll just link to this, this, and this. From the latter: In its pathetic attempt to meet the Biden administration’s demands while … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Liberty | Tagged COVID-19, Thomas Sowell | 18 Replies

Thomas Sowell on intellectuals (with a Bobby Fischer detour)

The New Neo Posted on August 29, 2022 by neoAugust 29, 2022

This weekend we discussed “the elites” on this thread, and I mentioned that Thomas Sowell had written an entire book on the highly related subject of Intellectuals and Society. Here’s a short discussion with him about it, during the Obama … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe, Jews | Tagged Thomas Sowell | 58 Replies

Thomas Sowell sounds the alarm

The New Neo Posted on August 3, 2022 by neoAugust 3, 2022

Sowell remains clear-thinking at 92 – and he’s always been among the clearest of thinkers. His latest essay is called “The Point of No Return.” Here’s an excerpt: This is an election year. But the issues this year are not … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024, Liberty | Tagged Thomas Sowell | 22 Replies

Sowell on the history of Ukraine and Russia

The New Neo Posted on May 23, 2022 by neoMay 23, 2022

This is a reading from Thomas Sowell’s book Conquest and Cultures, that was witten in 1998. I’ve never read it but it sounds interesting – of course, virtually all his books sound interesting and probably are. This is a good … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Thomas Sowell, Ukraine | 12 Replies

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

The New Neo Posted on February 4, 2022 by neoFebruary 4, 2022

From a 1995 interview:

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Thomas Sowell | 9 Replies

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