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Katharine Birbalsingh on Thomas Sowell and Theodore Dalrymple

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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The Defunding of the Police Movement

I have witnessed our society develop a tremendous disrespect for authority in just the last few years. People no longer respect elected leaders, college professors, school teachers and especially police officers. The demagogic equation of all authority with unjustifiable political authoritarianism leads only to personal and social chaos. This is where the baleful effect of education, as mere entertainment, makes itself felt.

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