Results for Thomas Sowell

  1. Social Degeneration: Part 3 https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/08/18/social_degeneration_part_3
    Editor’s note: This article is Part III in a series. Click here to read Part I. Click here to read Part II. The orgies of violent attacks against strangers on the streets -- in both England and the United States -- are not necessarily just passing episodes. They...
  2. Social Degeneration Part 2 https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/08/17/social_degeneration_part_2
    Editor’s note: This article is Part II in a series. Click here to read Part I. Although much of the media have their antennae out to pick up anything that might be construed as racism against blacks, they resolutely ignore even the most blatant racism by blacks...
  3. Social Degeneration https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/08/16/social_degeneration
    Someone at long last has had the courage to tell the plain, honest truth about race. After mobs of young blacks rampaged through Philadelphia committing violence -- as similar mobs have rampaged through Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee and other places -- Philadelphia's black mayor, Michael A. Nutter, ordered a...
  4. A Pyrrhic 'Victory' https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/08/10/a_pyrrhic_victory
    In Don Marquis' classic satirical book, "Archy and Mehitabel," Mehitabel the alley cat asks plaintively, "What have I done to deserve all these kittens?"That seems to be the pained reaction of the Obama administration to the financial woes that led to the downgrading of America's credit rating, for the first...
  5. Random Thoughts https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/08/09/random_thoughts
    Random thoughts on the passing scene:The next time a member of the British royal family gets married, I hope they elope and spare us all another 24/7 media orgy.Does the "not guilty" verdict in the Casey Anthony child murder trial mean that the jury succumbed to the confusion between "beyond...
  6. Two Different Worlds: Part II https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/09/07/two_different_worlds_part_ii
    Editor’s note: This article is Part II in a series. Click here to read Part I. A few weeks ago, I had what seemed to me a small medical problem, so I phoned my primary physician. However, after we discussed the problem, he directed me to a specialist.After the specialist...
  7. Two Different Worlds https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/09/06/two_different_worlds
    Ideological clashes over particular laws, policies and programs often go far deeper. Those with opposing views of what is desirable for the future also tend to differ equally sharply as to what the reality of the present is. In other words, they envision two very different worlds. A small...
  8. An Unusual Economy? https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/08/30/an_unusual_economy
    Many in the media are saying how unusual it is for our economy to be so sluggish for so long, after we have officially emerged from a recession. In a sense, they are right. But, in another sense, they are profoundly wrong.The American economy usually rebounds a lot faster than...
  9. Back to the Future: Part III https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/09/15/back_to_the_future_part_iii
    Editor’s note: This article is Part III in a series. Click here to read Part I. Click here to read Part II. Ninety years ago -- in 1921 -- federal income tax policies reached an absurdity that many people today seem to want to repeat. Those who believe in high...
  10. Back to the Future: Part II https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/09/14/back_to_the_future_part_ii
    Editor’s note: This article is Part II in a series. Click here to read Part I. Some people are hoping that President Obama's plan will get the economy out of the doldrums and start providing jobs for the unemployed. Others are hoping that the Republicans' plan will do the trick.Those...
  11. Back to the Future? https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/09/13/back_to_the_future
    Those who are impressed by words seem to think that President Barack Obama made a great speech to Congress last week. But, when you look beyond the rhetoric, what did he say that was fundamentally different from what he has been saying and doing all along? Are we to...
  12. 5 Reasons Black Americans Should Give Up On The Democratic Party https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2011/09/13/5_reasons_black_americans_should_give_up_on_the_democratic_party
    Thomas Sowell was voted the single most liked conservative in America in 2010 AND 2011 by conservative bloggers.…
  13. Want to Win the Youth Vote, Talk About Social Security https://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2011/09/08/want_to_win_the_youth_vote,_talk_about_social_security
    Economist Thomas Sowell pointed out in June: Someone needs to say to those who want Social Security and Medicare to continue on…
  14. Superman vs. Warm Body https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/09/27/superman_vs_warm_body
    One of the problems in trying to select a leader for any large organization or institution is the tendency to start out looking for Superman, passing up many good people who fail to meet that standard, and eventually ending up settling for a warm body....
  15. How Important Is Today's Racial Discrimination? https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2019/08/14/how-important-is-todays-racial-discrimination-n2551543
    Thomas Sowell has argued, "The black family, which had survived centuries of slavery and discrimination, began rapidly disintegrating…
  16. The Rise of Young Black Conservatives https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2019/10/10/the-rise-of-young-black-conservatives-n2554473
    After I spoke, young person after young person came up to me and said things like, "You introduced me to economics professors Thomas … Sowell and Walter Williams," and, "because of you and your books and videos, I began to question the horrible things I was taught … I have known Sowell and Williams for nearly 30 years. Their presence loomed large this weekend in Washington, D.C.…
  17. Illegal Immigration is Reaching a Point of No Return https://townhall.com/columnists/willalexander/2022/09/19/illegal-immigration-is-reaching-a-point-of-no-return-n2613267
    many crazy things, without drastic, unapologetic pushback before the midterm elections and beyond, it’s hard not to agree with Thomas … Sowell, who told Mark Levin in 2020 that America could reach a point of no return. … “I hope, of course, that will never happen,” Sowell said, “but there is a such a thing as a point of no return.…
  18. The Big Con: How the American Public Is Being Bamboozled by Joe Biden and the Democrats https://townhall.com/columnists/edbrodow/2022/11/05/the-big…is-being-bamboozled-by-joe-biden-and-the-democrats-n2615448
    The term “systemic racism” has no meaning, says black economist Thomas Sowell. … Their purpose served is to have other people cave in,” Sowell concludes.…
  19. Muhammad Ali Danced Like A Butterfly, Herschel Walker Bowled Over the Critics https://townhall.com/columnists/gregganske/2022/11/05/muhamm…a-butterfly-hershel-walker-bowled-over-the-critics-n2615452
    Other Black conservatives like Justice Thomas, Senator Tim Scott, Congressman Byron Donalds, Thomas Sowell, and Jason Riley can attest…
  20. Life-Long Democrats Speak Out About Why They're Voting Republican This Election https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/11/01/voters…voting-republican-for-the-first-time-this-november-n2615309
    Sowell. … I’m voting Republican for the first time in my life this week. — Allison (@TheOGAllison) October 29, 2022I also read Thomas Sowell. … Thomas Sowell blew my brain open.I can never go back to their hypocrisy. So here I am. Not perfect, still learning.…
  21. Speech Suppression Is Habit-Forming https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2021/07/23/speech-suppression-is-habitforming-n2592966
    As Thomas Sowell noted, "There are no institutions in America where free speech is more severely restricted than in our politically…
  22. New Critics of Trump https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2016/08/10/new-critics-of-trump-n2203475
    A year ago, in August 2015, this column called "The Donald" the Democrats' Trump card. It is hard to imagine any other Republican candidate who could rescue a thoroughly discredited Hillary Clinton from a devastating defeat in this year's election. Now 50 prominent Republicans with foreign policy and...
  23. Old Lies https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2016/08/09/old-lies-n2203022
    We expect to hear a lot of lies during an election year, and this year is certainly no exception. What is surprising is how old some of these lies are, and how often they have been shown to be lies, years ago or even decades ago. One of...
  24. Socialism: Pipedream and Reality https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2016/08/25/socialism-pipedream-and-reality-n2209767
    As Hoover Institution scholar Thomas Sowell has observed, “The black family survived centuries of slavery and generations of Jim Crow…
  25. A Clash of Police Policies https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2016/08/23/a-clash-of-police-policies-n2208334
    Amid the rioting in Milwaukee, there is also a clash between two leading lawmen there -- Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and the city of Milwaukee's Chief of Police Edward Flynn. They have very different opinions about how law enforcement should be carried out. Chief Edward Flynn expresses the...