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About: Thomas Sowell
Posts by Thomas Sowell
Lessons of History?
It used to be common for people to urge us to learn "the lessons of history." But history gets much less attention these days and, if there are any...
Gingrich and Immigration
Now that Newt Gingrich has become the latest in a series of Republican frontrunners, he is getting the kinds of scrutiny and attacks that have done in other frontrunners....
Super Committee Failure — or Success?
Many people are lamenting the failure of the Congressional "Super Committee" to come up with an agreement on ways to reduce the runaway federal deficits. But you cannot judge...
Alice in Liberal Land
Alice in Wonderland was written by a professor who also wrote a book on symbolic logic. So it is not surprising that Alice encountered not only strange behavior in...
Will Republicans Blow It?
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that a good catch phrase could stop thinking for 50 years. One of the often-repeated catch phrases of our time — "It's the economy,...
The Real Scandal: Legalized Extortion
The real scandal in the accusations against Herman Cain is the corruption of the law, the media and politics. ...
Numbers Games & the Top One Percent
One of the things that has struck me, when I have gone on luxury cruise ships, is that most of the passengers look like they are older than the...
Occupy Wall Street, Democracy & Mob Rule
In various cities across the country, mobs of mostly young, mostly incoherent, often noisy and sometimes violent demonstrators are making themselves a major nuisance. ...
Payday Loans
California is a great place for studying the thinking — or lack of thinking — on the political left. ...
The Media and “Bullying”
Back in the 1920s, the intelligentsia on both sides of the Atlantic were loudly protesting the execution of political radicals Sacco and Vanzetti, after what they claimed was an...
Reverse Racism
Among those who have been disappointed by President Barack Obama, none is likely to end up so painfully disappointed as those who saw his election as being, in itself...
“Stop Whining”?
If there was ever any doubt that the Democrats take the black vote for granted, that doubt should have been put to rest when Barack Obama told the Congressional...
Politics vs. Economics
They say "all politics is local." But economic decisions impact the whole economy and reverberate internationally. That is why politicians' meddling with the economy creates so many disasters. ...
Social Security & the “Ponzi Scheme” Sound Bite
Many in the media and in politics have gone ballistic over the fact that Texas Governor Rick Perry called Social Security "a Ponzi scheme." ...
Chasing Money Out of the Economy
Ninety years ago — in 1921 — federal income tax policies reached an absurdity that many people today seem to want to repeat. Those who believe in high taxes...
Helping the Economy by Doing Nothing
Some people are hoping that President Obama's plan will get the economy out of the doldrums and start providing jobs for the unemployed. Others are hoping that the Republicans'...
Obama’s Jobs Proposal: Good Politics, Bad Economics
Those who are impressed by words seem to think that President Barack Obama made a great speech to Congress last week. But, when you look beyond the rhetoric, what...
Govt & Private Healthcare: Two Different Worlds
A few weeks ago, I had what seemed to me a small medical problem, so I phoned my primary physician. However, after we discussed the problem, he directed me...