Results for: Thomas Sowell

Joe Biden's Inconvenient Democratic Truth: 'You Ain't Black'
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnkass/2020/05/28/joe-bidens-inconvenient-democratic-truth-you-aint-black-n2569522
– The distinguished economist Thomas Sowell was also demeaned as was Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Jr. for daring to think freely…
Rotten Education Isn't Preordained
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2020/05/20/rotten-education-isnt-preordained-n2569005
Thomas Sowell has examined schools in New York City and student performance on the NY State English Language Arts Test in 2016-17. … Sowell points out that only 39% of students in all New York state schools who were recently tested scored at the "proficient" level…
Systemic Racism Can't Be Cherry-Picked
https://townhall.com/columnists/loydpettegrew/2020/06/08/systemic-racism-cant-be-cherrypicked-n2570206
– Ben Carson, John McWhorter, Larry Elder, Condoleeza Rice, Walt Williams, Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, Alveda King, LL Cool Jay,…
10 Takeaways from the Anti-Police Brutality Protests
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2020/06/18/10-takeaways-from-the-antipolice-brutality-protests-n2570839
– No. 2: Thomas Sowell sees a massive gap between the reality of racism and the perception of racism: "We have now reached the point…
An Underappreciated American Scholar
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2020/06/27/draft-n2571440
Thomas Sowell has been both a friend and a colleague of mine for over a half-century. … Sowell was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, in 1930. … In my book, Thomas Sowell is one of the greatest economist-philosophers of our age, and I am proud to say that he is one of my best…
'Uncle Tom,' the Movie
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2020/06/25/uncle-tom-the-movie-n2571281
– Why are great black thinkers like Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams and Shelby Steele ignored or marginalized by the black and mainstream … Despite impressive, decades-long bodies of work -- columns, books and speeches -- Sowell, Williams and Steele are completely unknown…
Charter Schools and Their Enemies
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2020/07/08/charter-schools-and-their-enemies-n2571960
Thomas Sowell has just published "Charter Schools and Their Enemies." … Sowell gives the results of student tests in charter schools such as KIPP, Success Academy, Explore Schools, Uncommon Schools, Achievement … Sowell points out that not all charter schools are successful.…
‘Uncle Tom’ Movie Destroys the Left’s Narrative About Black Americans
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/07/01/uncle…destroys-the-lefts-narrative-about-black-americans-n2571713
– The radio host pointed to Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams as examples—the former was a Marxist and the latter, left-wing.…
Democrats Play Politics With Schools, But It’s Not the First Time
https://townhall.com/columnists/lizharrington/2020/07/16/dem…ay-politics-with-schools-but-its-not-the-first-time-n2572622
Thomas Sowell reports fewer than 10 percent of students in public school reached the “proficient” level, while the majority of those…
Biden-Sanders 'Unity Task Force:' We Must End a Popular Scholarship Program For Poor Black Kids
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2020/07/16/bidensand…lets-end-a-scholarship-program-for-poor-black-kids-n2572335
– I'll leave you with Mark Levin's weekend interview with the great Thomas Sowell, whose new book is entitled, "Charter Schools and Their…
What Thomas Sowell Believes May Be the 'Point of No Return in This Country'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/07/13/sowell-its-the-point-of-no-return-if-biden-gets-elected-n2572357
– Speaking with economist Thomas Sowell, Levin asked if he saw the election that way. … Sowell said phrases used by the left, such as 'systemic racism' and 'system oppression' don't really mean anything.  … TONIGHT at 8 PM eastern on Fox, my exclusive interview with the great Thomas Sowell on Life, Liberty & Levin for the full hour.…
A Timely Family History Lesson
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelreagan/2020/07/11/a-timely-family-history-lesson-n2572265
– The other day I mentioned to my son Cameron something I heard the great economist Thomas Sowell say. … Sowell had reminded the Black Lives Matter protestors who were indiscriminately toppling statues and defacing monuments around the…
Race in America: Two Opposing Narratives
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottallen/2020/07/11/race-in-america-two-opposing-narratives-n2572261
– They include Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, former presidential advisor Robert Woodson, economists Thomas Sowell and Walter … Black economists Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell argue that the devastation of the black family is largely attributable to the rise … According to Sowell, “the black family, which had survived centuries of slavery and discrimination, began rapidly disintegrating in…
Is Anybody Serious?
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/01/26/is_anybody_serious
– The Republican candidates' circular firing squad now seems to be using machine guns. Whoever the eventual "last man standing" turns out to be, he may not be standing very tall or very steadily on his feet -- and he may be a pushover for Barack Obama in the general election,...
A Brass Age?
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/01/25/a_brass_age
– This may be the golden age of presumptuous ignorance. The most recent demonstrations of that are the Occupy Wall Street mobs. It is doubtful how many of these semi-literate sloganizers could tell the difference between a stock and a bond.Yet there they are, mouthing off about Wall Street on television,...
South Carolina Message
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/01/24/south_carolina_message
– Just days before the South Carolina primary, polls showed Mitt Romney leading Newt Gingrich. Then came the debates and the question about Gingrich's private life, which brought a devastating response from the former Speaker of the House -- and a standing ovation from the audience.Apparently the television audience felt the...
The Anti-Romney Vote
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/02/09/the_antiromney_vote
– A funny thing happened to Mitt Romney on the way to his coronation as the inevitable Republican candidate for President of the United States. Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado happened. Rick Santorum beat him in all three states on the same day -- and beat him by huge margins in two...
A Defining Moment
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/02/07/a_defining_moment
– Governor Mitt Romney's statement about not worrying about the poor has been treated as a gaffe in much of the media, and those in the Republican establishment who have been rushing toward endorsing his coronation as the GOP's nominee for president -- with 90 percent of the delegates still not...
Obama Mis-Uses Scripture To Proselytize Tax Increases At National Prayer Breakfast
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/greghengler/2012/02/02/obama_u…_to_prosthelytize_tax_increases_at_national_prayer_breakfast
– [For those of you who want a clearer--think Thomas Sowell--more in-depth understanding of this theological debate, do a quick study…
Getting Nowhere, Very Fast
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/02/01/getting_nowhere_very_fast
– California has a huge state debt and Washington has a huge national debt. But that does not discourage either Governor Jerry Brown or President Barack Obama from wanting to launch a very costly high-speed rail system. Most of us might be a little skittish about spending money if we...
The Florida Smear Campaign
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/01/31/the_florida_smear_campaign
– The Republican establishment is pulling out all the stops to try to keep Newt Gingrich from becoming the party's nominee for President of the United States -- and some are not letting the facts get in their way.Among the claims going out through the mass media in Florida, on the...
The Progressive Legacy: Part III
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/02/16/the_progressive_legacy_part_iii
– Editor's Note: This is Part III in a series. Part I can be found here. Part II can be found here. The same presumptions of superior wisdom and virtue behind the interventionism of Progressive Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson in the domestic economy also led them to be...
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