Mob Rule Economics
There is nothing democratic about mobs in the streets demanding that employers pay a minimum wage of $15 an hour, or else that the government makes them do so...
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Posts by Thomas Sowell
Facts vs. Visions
The political left has been campaigning against the use of force since at least the 18th century. So it is not surprising that they are now arguing that heavily...
Ferguson: The Media and the Mob
If we can't be bothered to stop and think, instead of repeating pat phrases, don't expect to live under the rule of law. Do you prefer the rule of...
Attacking Achievement
Although there are plenty of genuine educational problems, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is on a crusade to solve an educational problem that doesn't exist — the...
Is Thinking Obsolete?
Some have said that we are living in a post-industrial era, while others have said that we are living in a post-racial era. But growing evidence suggests that we...
Bordering on Madness
One of the things that make the history of clashes over race or ethnicity such a history of tragedies around the world is that many people see the ultimate...
Lawsuits and Impeachment
Does President Obama deserve to be sued or impeached? Yes! Is there a snowball's chance in hell that either the lawsuit or an impeachment will succeed? No! ...
“Please Stop Helping Us”: A Primer on Race
Please Stop Helping Us by Jason Riley shows that many policies designed to help blacks are in fact harmful, sometimes devastatingly so. These counterproductive policies range from minimum wage...
A Lame Duck Country?
The Constitution of the United States does not give presidents the power to carry out major policy changes without the cooperation of other branches of government. But President Obama...
Amnesty Lite Is Still Amnesty
Apparently the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives — which is to say, House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor — thinks that amnesty is not...
The Prisoner Swap Deal
People are arguing about what the United States got out of the deal that swapped five top level terrorist leaders for one American soldier who was, at best, absent...
The Ambassador and the Post Office
Our post office, like the Hindustan Ambassador, has had a long run as a government protected monopoly. But just a partial erosion of that monopoly, with the appearance of...
Poverty and Snow Storms
Many people in poverty wander off in all directions, often not very far from a way out, because they are unable to see the way. ...
The Height of Utopianism
A political battle that is shaping up in San Francisco has implications for other communities across the country. ...
Kangaroo Courts on Campus?
Those who are whipping up the lynch mob mentality have shown far less interest in stopping rape than in politicizing it. ...
Moral Bankruptcy in our Schools
To squander the time of poor kids, for whom education is often their only hope of escaping poverty, is truly an irresponsible self-indulgence by adults who should know better,...
Will Dunbar Rise Again?
Dunbar High School in Washington is becoming a controversial issue again — and the controversy that is beginning to develop has implications for American education well beyond the District...
Politics Versus Education
Of all the cynical frauds of the Obama administration, few are so despicable as sacrificing the education of poor and minority children to the interests of the teachers' unions....
Income Inequality Widened by Liberal Policies
Income inequality is seldom discussed in terms of the actual consequences of liberal policies. When you turn from eloquent rhetoric to hard facts, the hardest of those facts is...
The High Cost of Liberalism
Trying to live in the kind of world that liberals envision has costs that will not go away just because these costs are often ignored by liberals. ...