People who entered the United States illegally may be called "undocumented" in politically correct circles, but what is all too well documented is the utter irresponsibility of both political parties in dealing with immigration issues. Both Democratic and Republican administrations have left the border with Mexico porous for...
There is no way to know what is going on in someone else's mind. But sometimes their behavior tells you more than their words. The political left's great claim to authenticity and honor is that what they advocate is for the benefit of the less fortunate. But how could...
The outrage over another multiple murder of American military personnel on American soil by another Islamic extremist has been exacerbated by the fact that these military people had been ordered to be unarmed -- and therefore sitting ducks. Millions of American civilians have also been forbidden to have guns,...
Distinguished scientist Freeman Dyson has called the 1433 decision of the emperor of China to discontinue his country's exploration of the outside world the "worst political blunder in the history of civilization." The United States seems at this moment about to break the record for the worst...
Goddard College's recent decision to have its students addressed from prison by a convicted cop killer is just one of many unbelievably irresponsible self-indulgences by "educators" in our schools and colleges. Such "educators" teach minorities born with an incredibly valuable windfall...
Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill once said, "All politics is local." That may have been true in Tip O'Neill's day, but some elections are decisively on national issues -- and the Congressional elections this year are overwhelmingly national, just as the elections of 1860 were dominated by one national...
. — ThomasSowell 2) We tolerate, even promote, many things we once regarded as evil, wrong, or immoral. … —Cal Thomas 3) What would you think of a person who earned $24,000 a year but spent $35,000?…
The New York Times is again on the warpath against what it calls "predatory lending." Just what is predatory lending? It is lending that charges a higher interest rate than people like those at the New York Times approve of. According to such thinking -- or lack of...
One of the biggest voter frauds may be the idea promoted by Attorney General Eric Holder and others that there is no voter fraud, that laws requiring voters to have a photo identification are just attempts to suppress black voting. Reporter John Fund has written three books...
Random thoughts on the passing scene: The great boxing champion Joe Louis once said about one of his opponents, who was known for his speed: "He can run but he can't hide." In the Congressional elections this year, many Democrats are running away from Barack Obama, but they...
Just what happened last week on election day? And what is going to happen in the years ahead? The most important thing that happened last week was that the country dodged a bullet. Had the Democrats retained control of the Senate, President Obama could have spent his last...
to choose conservatism if they’re allowed to make an informed choice.
1) Conservatives hate black Americans: Like Clarence Thomas … , Herman Cain, Ben Carson, Tim Scott, ThomasSowell, Walter Williams and Mia Love?…
Jonathan Gruber's several videotaped remarks about the gross deceptions that got ObamaCare passed in Congress should tell us a lot about the Obama administration. And the way that the mainstream media hesitated for days to even mention what Professor Gruber said, while they obsessed over unsubstantiated charges against Bill Cosby,...
Thomas Sowell's column last week, in which he says, "Pundits who depict Obama as a weak, lame duck president may be greatly misjudging … As Sowell says, "people who are increasingly questioning Barack Obama's competence are continuing to ignore the alternative possibility…
If anyone still has any doubt about the utter cynicism of the Obama administration, a recent agreement between the federal government and the Minneapolis Public Schools should open their eyes. Under the Obama administration, both the Department of Education and the Department of Justice have been leaning on...
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said there were "phrases that serve as an excuse for not thinking." One of these phrases that substitute for thought today is one that depicts the current problems of blacks in America as "a legacy of slavery." New York Times writer...
We are now in a kind of political no-man's-land between an administration on its way out and a new administration taking shape. Predictions are always risky -- and nowhere more so than in times like these. What we can do, however, is assess where we are, and what some of...
Sometimes life forces us to make decisions, even when we don't have enough information to know how the decision will turn out. The risks may be even greater when people make decisions for other people. Yet there are some who are not only willing, but eager, to take decisions away...
ThomasSowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. … To find out more about ThomasSowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate…
ThomasSowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. … To find out more about ThomasSowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate…
I first read ThomasSowell in college -- no thanks to my college. … At the majority of America's institutions of "higher learning," reading ThomasSowell was a subversive act in the early 1990s when … Thank you, Professor Sowell. "…
ThomasSowell has just published a revised and enlarged edition of his classic "Wealth, Poverty and Politics." … Sowell discusses the impact of a number of these factors. One is geography. … Sowell says that over time, there are different people in different income categories.…
In honor of Dr. Thomas Sowell's retirement, here are some of his best quotes from his many years as a writer, columnist, and thinker.
1. People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.
2. If you have always believed that everyone should play by...
