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This is not a comforting book -- it is a book about disturbing issues that are urgently important today and enduringly critical for the future. It rejects both "merit" and historical redress as principles for guiding public policy. It shows how "peace" movements have led to war and to needless…

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I am a huge fan of Thomas Sowell’s work, and re-reading this book reminded me of why. Few can match Sowell’s writing style, which uses an economy of words to explain his primary concepts, which are backed by mountains of research to buttress his point.

The word “justice” seems to be overused these days, and while everyone agrees on the need for justice, Sowell writes, there is a vast difference in what different people mean by that word. I appreciate Sowell’s ability to calmly and reflectively identify what political progressives mean by this term, which, today, often refers to as…

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