Very much so. All sides of just about every social issue are intent on manipulating statistical data to suit their purpose.

I also agree with his views on global warming, supporting the troops, affirmative action, racial profiling, racism, civil rights, rule of law, self-government, gosh I could go on and on...



Sowell points out, social policy is made on the basis of sweeping assumptions, arbitrarily-selected statistical data, and ideological dogma, where evidence is neither asked for nor offered

>Britain's experience with gun crime after Dunblane is pretty well-known among folks who follow that kind of stuff, but it is conveniently off the radar of those who don't want idealism corrupted by facts and is unlikely to intefere with the "Vision of the Annointed" <s> ( I have to assume you're a Thomas Sowell fan )