John J. Miller is national correspondent for National Review, where he has worked since 1998. He is also director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College and the author of five books, including “The First Assassin,” a historical thriller set during the Civil War, and “The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football.” The Chronicle of Higher Education has called him “one of the best literary journalists in the country.” He lives on a dirt road in rural Michigan.

Inequality is normal, says Thomas Sowell in his new book, “Discrimination and Disparities.”
In a 10-minute conversation with The Bookmonger, Sowell explains what Americans most misunderstand about disparity, the extent to which discrimination accounts for inequality, and why in his late 80s he has retired from writing newspaper columns but he keeps on writing books.
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