The “Education” Mantra
One of the sad and dangerous signs of our times is how many people are enthralled by words, without bothering to look at the realities behind those words. ...
About: Thomas Sowell
Posts by Thomas Sowell
Fed Up with the Fed?
When people in Washington start creating fancy new phrases, instead of using plain English, you know they are doing something they don't want us to understand. ...
Walter Williams’ “Race and Economics”
Walter Williams fans are in for a treat — and people who are not Walter Williams fans are in for a shock — when they read his latest book,...
The Donald Can be Obama’s Trump Card
The boomlet for Donald Trump as a Republican nominee for President of the United States ought to be a wake-up call for Republican candidates and Republican Party leaders alike....
Bull About Bullying
There is a lot of talk from many people about bullying in school. The problem is that it is all talk. There is no sign that anybody is going...
Taxes and Politics
Someone once said that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. That may have been true when he said it, but today taxes are mostly the price we...
Another Spending Cut Plan
Since everybody else seems to be coming up with plans on how to cope with the skyrocketing national debt, let me try my hand at it too. ...
Political Statistics Mask Budget Realities
When someone gives you a check and the bank informs you that there are insufficient funds, who do you get mad at? In your own life, you get mad...
Obama’s Incoherent Policy in Libya
You don't just walk up to the local bully and slap him across the face. If you are determined to confront him, then you try to knock the living...
Voting With Their Feet
The latest published data from the 2010 census show how people are moving from place to place within the United States. In general, people are voting with their feet...
The “Redevelopment” Hoax
Why are so many people who are opposed to development nevertheless in favor of "redevelopment"? The short answer is that development involves decisions made in the market by large...
Blacks and Republicans
San Francisco's irrepressible former mayor, Willie Brown, was walking along one of the city's streets when he happened to run into another former city official that he knew, James...
Union Myths
The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for corporations and politicians are for politicians. ...
Reckless Spending
Nothing more clearly illustrates the utter irresponsibility of Barack Obama than his advocacy of "high-speed rail." The man is not stupid. He knows how to use words that will...
Rocky and Republicans
Rocky Marciano was the only heavyweight champion who never lost a single fight in his whole career — and, at the time, he seemed the least likely fighter to...
The “Judicial Activism” Ploy
Now that two different federal courts have declared ObamaCare unconstitutional, the administration's answer is to call the courts guilty of "judicial activism." ...
Undermining Allies
While everyone's attention seems to be focused on the crisis in Egypt, a bombshell revelation about the administration's foreign policy in Europe has largely gone unnoticed. ...
EPA to Regulate Milk Spills — Seriously!
Despite the old saying, "Don't cry over spilled milk," the Environmental Protection Agency is doing just that. ...
New Heroes vs. Old
When I mention that my family used kerosene lamps when I was a small child in the South during the 1930s, that is usually taken as a sign of...