Writing in 1984 (“Subsidizing Egos”), Thomas Sowell observed how “thousands of poorly educated Mexicans cross the border every week and go right to work.” Sowell went on to ask how “people new to the country and its language constantly keep finding jobs that elude native-born Americans.” In a subsequent column (“Work and Output,” September […]
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“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, Thomas Sowell referenced Baldwin’s appearance in a 1986 opinion piece. Sowell was making an essential point, one that the American right
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“The federal government owns a little more than one-fourth of the total land area of the United States. The time is long overdue to consider whether that is the best economic arrangement.” Those are the words of the great Thomas Sowell. How to argue with Sowell? Think of the freedom and economic progress that
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