A day to remember the American dream and those who have striven to make it possible for all Americans.
IER (1/16/23) commentary: "Born in poverty during the early Great Depression. A Marxist at Harvard University and after. A black man making his way up the intellectual ladder. But with a brilliant, open mind, he challenged himself with new ideas and changed his perspective. 'Have you gone crazy, Lefty?' they asked. 'No. On the contrary, I have become educated,' he answered. Now, in his 93rd year, Thomas Sowell is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. One of the most distinguished intellectuals of his generation, Sowell’s classical-liberal worldview continues to challenge, inspire, and empower research across the social sciences. In Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell (2021), Jason Riley described a patient scholar who has studied, clarified, and corrected orthodox beliefs in support of freedom and opportunity...Dream big this MLK Day, and may the wisdom of Thomas Sowell continue to shine brightly and continue to enter the mainstream of social and political thought."
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"We must not let the purveyors of identity politics fudge the record: Martin Luther King Jr. believed in the promise of America. In fact, he helped to fulfill it."
–Thomas Sowell
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