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Thomas Sowell: Another Rollo Tomassi Running Out the Clock

Colin Powell got off easy — as did Donald Rumsfeld. But they had help from Sowell — a professional know-it-all who sold out to sell himself as something he is not. What would you call someone who shoots their mouth off without addressing the evidence — but banks on their fabricated reputation to create the…

Top Gun: Maverick & the Toppling of America

I coined Star Wars Syndrome to capture the plague of allowing nostalgia to create the illusion that a movie is far better than it actually is. In and of itself, wildly exaggerating the quality of movies is harmless. But when it becomes habit in how you see everything: Either gushing with over-the-top praise or seething with…

“Facts over Feelings”: It’s All Marketing

It would be unthinkable for me to refuse to look at someone’s work — and fire back with your “Where’s your facts?” refrain of an automaton because they don’t instantaneously appear. Let’s get real: That’s a stunt (like smugly slinging “I’ll wait”) — not a genuine inquiry in the interest of truth. And the only…

A Sight for Sore Eyes

Justice and decency are carried in the heart of the captain — or they be not aboard — Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) Anyone wanting to know the truth — would not behave in ways that ensure they never will. Wherever we stand on anything: It’s in everyone’s best interests to discuss issues in an…

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