Results for Thomas Sowell

  1. The Grating Communicator https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2009/10/21/the_grating_communicator
    As viewers witnessed recently, he can't even pronounce the name of prominent American economist and philosopher, Thomas Sowell.…
  2. To Sue or Not https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2009/10/20/to_sue_or_not
    To sue or not to sue? That is the question. After racist statements were made up out of thin air and then attributed to Rush Limbaugh, these were the options he had. It is easy for me to understand that these are not simple choices because I have faced those...
  3. The "Costs" of Medical Care: Part IV https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2009/11/06/the_costs_of_medical_care_part_iv
    What is so wrong with the current medical system in the United States that we are being urged to rush headlong into a new government system that we are not even supposed to understand, because this legislation is to be rushed through Congress before even the Senators and Representatives have...
  4. The "Costs" of Medical Care: Part III https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2009/11/05/the_costs_of_medical_care_part_iii
    One of the strongest talking points of those who want a government-run medical care system is that we simply cannot afford the high and rising costs of medical care under the current system. First of all, what we can afford has absolutely nothing to do with the cost of producing...
  5. The "Costs" of Medical Care: Part II https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2009/11/04/the_costs_of_medical_care_part_ii
    Although it is cheaper to buy a pint of milk than to buy a quart of milk, nobody considers that to be lowering the price of milk. Although it is cheaper to buy a lower quality of all sorts of goods than to buy a higher quality, nobody thinks of...
  6. The "Costs" of Medical Care https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2009/11/03/the_costs_of_medical_care
    We are incessantly being told that the cost of medical care is "too high"-- either absolutely or as a growing percentage of our incomes. But nothing that is being proposed by the government is likely to lower those costs, and much that is being proposed is almost certain to increase...
  7. Dismantling America: Part II https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2009/10/29/dismantling_america_part_ii
    Many years ago, at a certain academic institution, there was an experimental program that the faculty had to vote on as to whether or not it should be made permanent. I rose at the faculty meeting to say that I knew practically nothing about whether the program was good...
  8. The U.S. House of Presumptuous Meddlers https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2009/11/11/the_us_house_of_presumptuous_meddlers
    As economist Thomas Sowell points out, government cannot really reduce costs.…
  9. Random Thoughts https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2009/11/10/random_thoughts
    Random thoughts on the passing scene: If politicians stopped meddling with things they don't understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates. It was fascinating to see Barack Obama warning us not to leap to conclusions about the killings...
  10. Solving Whose Problem? https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2009/11/24/solving_whose_problem
    No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems-- of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind. Many of the things the...
  11. We Have Been Betrayed https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2009/11/23/we_have_been_betrayed
    Author and economist Thomas Sowell is often quoted as saying, “Better a third-rate fireman than a first-rate arsonist.” …
  12. Bowing to "World Opinion" https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2009/11/17/bowing_to_world_opinion
    In the string of amazing decisions made during the first year of the Obama administration, nothing seems more like sheer insanity than the decision to try foreign terrorists, who have committed acts of war against the United States, in federal court, as if they were American citizens accused of crimes....
  13. The Price of Procrastination https://townhall.com/tipsheet/marykatharineham/2006/02/21/the_price_of_procrastination
    Thomas Sowell slaps the wrist of the education system for allowing its students to avoid confronting reality out of a misplaced concern … Sowell was not treated with that kind of "fairness," and he's glad of it: It certainly wasn't fair, in Mr.…
  14. CPAC Coulterized: The Obligatory Coulter Post https://townhall.com/tipsheet/marykatharineham/2007/03/05/cpac_coulterized_the_obligatory_coulter_post
    I read others, too--notably Thomas Sowell and John Stossel, because I dig me some fiscal conservatism-- but Coulter and Malkin had … However, once those people start reading her, I argued, they generally migrate to other conservative writers like Thomas Sowell and…
  15. Is Thinking Obsolete? https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2013/05/01/is-thinking-obsolete-n1581910
    While it is not possible to answer all the e-mails and letters from readers, many are thought-provoking, whether those thoughts are positive or negative.An e-mail from one young man simply asked for the sources of some facts about gun control that were mentioned in a recent column. It is good...
  16. Here's That "Dynamic Scoring" You Asked For, Senator https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2013/05/15/heres-that-dynamic-scoring-you-asked-for-senator-n1597889
    As detailed repeatedly by economist Thomas Sowell, the Treasury took in vastly more money after taxes were cut under Calvin Coolidge…
  17. Thomas Sowell Talks Race in Townhall Magazine's June Issue https://townhall.com/tipsheet/elisabethmeinecke/2013/05/15/t…sowell-talks-race-in-townhall-magazines-june-issue-n1594112
    Check out an exclusive sneak peek of a few stories that made our pages, including part of our conversation with Thomas Sowell. … Thomas Sowell breaks down one of the nation's most sensitive topics--race--and his latest new on the issue, titled "Intellectuals and … As Sowell himself studied for his doctorate, race riots were erupting in the streets.…
  18. Something Is Amiss https://townhall.com/columnists/jackiegingrichcushman/2013/06/06/something-is-amiss-n1613757
    Thomas Sowell was right this past week when he wrote in the column "The Bullying Pulpit" that, "…the real danger to us all is when … "Government's power to bully people who have broken no law is dangerous to all of us," Sowell wrote, citing the IRS focus on conservative…
  19. Unasked and Unanswered Questions https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2013/06/19/unasked-and-unanswered-questions-n1621740
    Thomas Sowell, in "Intellectuals and Race," documents other progressives who were advocates of theories of racial inferiority.…
  20. Question of the Week: Should the Government Do Something about Obesity? https://townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2013/07/07/q…ek-should-the-government-do-something-about-obesity-n1635413
    In other words, the welfare state hurts the poor, as Thomas Sowell explained the other day.…
  21. Poll: Obama’s Approval Rating Hits Historic Low https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2013/07/02/poll-obamas-approval-rating-hits-historic-low-n1632622
    Of course, the president has a known tendency to plead ignorance when things go awry -- which is why Thomas Sowell hilariously nicknamed…
  22. Another Pretend Government Shutdown https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/10/07/another-pretend-government-shutdown-n1718336
    The erudite conservative columnist Thomas Sowell says the strategy is allowing Obama to deflect attention from his scandals back onto…
  23. The Perverse Economics of Obamacare: Earn Less, Get More https://townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2013/10/19/t…perverse-economics-of-obamacare-earn-less-get-more-n1727647
    Unsurprisingly, Thomas Sowell explains this issue with blunt and powerful logic. P.P.P.S.…
  24. Easy Money Is Creating the Conditions for a Bigger European Economic Crisis https://townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2013/11/02/e…he-conditions-for-a-bigger-european-economic-crisis-n1734975
    As Thomas Sowell has sagely observed, “We all make mistakes.…
  25. Poll: Americans Overwhelming Support Raising the Minimum Wage https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2013/11/12/poll…icans-overwhelming-support-raising-the-minimum-wage-n1745085
    Countries with minimum wage laws almost invariably have higher rates of unemployment than countries without minimum wage laws,” Thomas … Sowell recently wrote. … Not true, Sowell writes: Most people in the lower income brackets are not an enduring class.…