When Supreme Court justices aren’t satisfied with their role.
Enough With This “Epistemic Closure” Crap
April 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Should reporters who believe that most of America is stupid and insane be in the journalism business? Let’s consider the question.
Take left-wing journalist Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic. He’s not bad at his job. His insights are often worthwhile and occasionally wise. Yet Ambinder sometimes writes things so foolish that one might expect to read them at [...]
Legacy of a Judicial Activist
April 19, 2010 By 9 Comments
John Paul Stevens prepares to retire after 35 years on the Supreme Court.
Good Shooting!
March 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In his latest superb book, Intellectuals and Society, Thomas Sowell describes the “intelligentsia” as people who are certain how many shots a police officer should fire in a stressful situation, even though they have never even fired a shot on a pistol range.
Today, the Detroit Free Press reports on a protest by the usual suspects [...]
Politically Incorrect Fiction
March 12, 2010 By 13 Comments
New novels challenge the liberal mainstream narrative.
You Know What Your Car Costs, But Not Your Heart Exam
March 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The health care “debate” is made most irritating by the obvious things ignored. As we have grown accustomed to hearing ad nauseam, health care represents 17% of our economy. I have no idea if that number is accurate. Perhaps one day I will look into it. Whatever the number, we know it is big. Yet [...]
Indicting the Anointed
February 25, 2010 By 22 Comments
Thomas Sowell shows that people known as “intellects” might just not be that very smart.
Intellectuals and Society
February 12, 2010 By 57 Comments
Why Thomas Sowell does not put much faith in Ph.D. degrees.
The Closing of the Liberal Mind
February 11, 2010 By 39 Comments
The New Republic unleashes a vapid, mean-spirited, and indefensible attack on one of the most important intellectual figures of our time.
