Teacher and Author
Thomas Sowell published A Conflict of Visions thirty-five years ago, the first volume in a trilogy on the nature of political struggle. It was received with a yawn, by the establishment, at least. Sowell seemed to speak for no one … Continued
“He was buried in Hyde Park, his impact largely forgotten in the city and region that he loved enough to want to change.” [352] Thus ends Kerry Greenidge’s 2020 biography of the–yes–much neglected William Monroe Trotter. He was born in … Continued
We attend to data that support (confirm) our existing beliefs (biases). The phenomenon is so common it has a name: confirmation bias. I was aware of this process as I read Kerri Greenidge’s important new biography, Black Radical: The … Continued