Thomas Sowell is quite content to make his case while he waits for the political tide to turn. The way things are going, this nonagenarian may still be on hand when conservative black politicians are the major American voice of this American minority. If and when that happens, wherever Thomas Sowell is, he will know that he played a crucial role in changing the course of American history much for the better for everyone.

Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell (221 pages, Basic Books, 2023)

Thomas Sowell

Two categories of individuals will find this book worth their time. The first category includes anyone who has read one or more of Sowell’s many, many books, while numbered among the second are those who have never glimpsed at a single Sowell sentence. In other words, Social Justice Fallacies is at once a wonderful refresher course for Sowell devotees and a fine starting point for Sowell novices. In a few more “other words,” anyone and everyone could benefit from spending a few evenings with this slim volume, whether it is serving as a summation of—or introduction to—the wisdom of Professor Sowell.

That lengthy list is lengthy enough to include a certain former president of the United States. To narrow that very short list down a bit further, this is not only a fairly recent former president, but he is the only one who happens to draws Sowell’s interest, as well as his ire, in these pages. ….

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