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Everywhere woke ideology casts its shadow, things only get worse   Walter E. Williams, one of America’s premier public intellectuals, died last week at 84, just hours after teaching an economics class at George Mason University, where he taught for 40 years, and the day after his final syndicated column appeared. (I’m still contemplating whether that is a model I hope to emulate.) That last column, like so much of his work, and that of his best friend and fellow black economist, Thomas Sowell, dealt with the decline of human capital in the black community since the inception of the Great...

Madison Perrins/Amazon What Winkler says about her recommendations:  identifies housing as a major social justice issue of our time. It should be impossible to talk about real estate/housing without talking about poverty. This book is part of my "why" with RentCheck. I think it's essential reading for all those who touch real estate and beyond.  Then there's "Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley," by Emily Chang. There's a lot of work to do when it comes to leveling the playing field for women in tech. This book exposes t...

Romance authors and fans teamed up to support Georgia Democrats. Here’s the story. Christina Fattore Former Georgia House minority leader and voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams speaks to voters in Atlanta on Election Day. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) Before Stacey Abrams was well known for running for Georgia governor and then organizing and mobilizing Georgia’s Black voters, she was a known romance novelist, publishing under the pen name Selena Montgomery. And the community of romance authors, readers, bloggers and podcasters — known informally as “Romancela...