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Jason Riley
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Wall Street Journal columnist, Manhattan Institute senior fellow, Fox News contributor. Latest book: "The Affirmative Action Myth" a.co/d/231poPR
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    Jason Riley
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    Apr 15, 2025
    My new book THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION MYTH is out May 6. A “clear, concise, and humane account” (Christina Hoff Sommers) of how racial preferences have harmed more than helped black Americans. Watch the trailer and pre-order now: bit.ly/41CeoDx
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    Jason Riley
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    Apr 29, 2022
    Is Thomas Sowell one of the most important thinkers of our time? mercatornet.com/is-thomas-sowe… @ThomasSowell
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    Jason Riley
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    Apr 24, 2022
    “Parents who send their children to school with instructions to respect and obey their teachers may be surprised to discover how often these children are sent back home conditioned to disrespect and disobey their parents” - from @ThomasSowell’s “Inside American Education”
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    Jason Riley
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    Mar 20, 2022
    “If one is ‘politically correct,’ being factually incorrect doesn’t matter” - from @ThomasSowell’s The Vision of the Anointed
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    Jason Riley
    @jasonrileywsj
    Jan 27, 2021
    Dear (fellow) Thomas Sowell fans: I narrated a one-hour documentary film for public television about Sowell. It's now available for streaming. Details here: sowellfilm.com @ManhattanInst @ThomasSowell @larryelder @sapinker @VDHanson
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    Jason Riley
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    Jun 21, 2021
    I never cease to be amazed at how often people throw around the lofty phrase "social justice" without the slightest effort to define it. It cannot be defined because it is an attitude masquerading as a principle -- @ThomasSowell
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    Jason Riley
    @jasonrileywsj
    May 25, 2022
    Watch: Joe Rogan Literally Gasps as He Learns About Thomas Sowell's Teaching on 'Black Rednecks and White Liberals' via @WestJournalism @ThomasSowell
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    Watch: Joe Rogan Literally Gasps as He Learns About Thomas Sowell's Teaching on 'Black Rednecks and...
    From westernjournal.com
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    Jason Riley
    @jasonrileywsj
    Jul 21, 2020
    My latest column is on @ThomasSowell and his timely new book, "Charter Schools and Their Enemies" wsj.com/articles/thoma… @WSJopinion @ManhattanInst @FoxNews
    Thomas Sowell Has Been Right From the Start
    Opinion | Thomas Sowell Has Been Right From the Start
    From wsj.com
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    Jason Riley
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    Jun 24, 2020
    My new column: Let's stop pretending that the biggest threat to black lives today is policing. wsj.com/articles/no-po… @WSJopinion @ManhattanInst @FoxNews
    No, Police Racism Isn’t an Epidemic
    Opinion | No, Police Racism Isn’t an Epidemic
    From wsj.com
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    Jason Riley
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    Jun 25, 2021
    When the political left wants to help the black community, they usually want to help the worst elements in that community—thugs they portray as martyrs, for example—w/o the slightest regard for negative effects this can have on the lives of most decent black people--@ThomasSowell
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    Jason Riley
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    Oct 7, 2020
    My next book, "Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell," is now available for pre-order on Amazon amzn.to/36NK51E @ManhattanInst @WSJopinion @FoxNews @HooverInst @ThomasSowell @TSowellQuotes @SowellColumn
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    Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell
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    Jason Riley
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    Jun 9, 2021
    “The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not want a factual or analytical explanation that leaves them emotionally unsatisfied.” --@ThomasSowell
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    Jason Riley
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    Oct 6, 2020
    Critical race theory is a dangerous folly that used to be criticized by nondoctrinaire thinkers of all kinds, but these days only conservatives are willing to call it out, writes @jasonrileywsj wsj.com/articles/where… via @WSJopinion @ManhattanInst @FoxNews
    Where Have the Honest Liberals Gone?
    Opinion | Where Have the Honest Liberals Gone?
    From wsj.com
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    Jason Riley
    @jasonrileywsj
    Jul 24, 2020
    From @WSJ: "We are not the New York Times. Most Journal reporters attempt to cover the news fairly and down the middle, and our opinion pages offer an alternative to the uniform progressive views that dominate nearly all of today’s media." wsj.com/articles/a-not… @WSJopinion
    A Note to Readers
    Opinion | A Note to Readers
    From wsj.com