One of the painful realities of our times is how long a political lie can survive, even after having been disproved years ago, or even generations ago. A classic example is the phrase "tax cuts for the rich," which is loudly proclaimed by opponents, whenever there is a proposal...
ThomasSowell was a professor at Cornell University in 1969 when bands of armed black militant students forced visiting parents out … Sowell wrote: "The armed occupation of Willard Straight Hall was about reprimands -- mere reprimands -- received by some members of…
Here's how ThomasSowell, the great thinker from California, put it: "I have never understood why it is 'greed' to want to keep the … One more piece of wisdom from ThomasSowell, wisdom that young voters in the embrace of socialism might want to consider: "If you have…
And when government gets crony-involved - Thomas Sowell’s definition of greed becomes exceedingly germane: “I have never understood … The very Sowell-esque definition of greed.…
ThomasSowell reveals some of the problem. … Sowell adds, "Nowhere have whole peoples seen their situation reversed more visibly or more painfully than the peoples of the Islamic…
Ebony not only excludes Clarence Thomas but also shuts out prominent conservatives ThomasSowell and Walter Williams. … In 2015, Forbes magazine said: "It's a scandal that economist ThomasSowell has not been awarded the Nobel Prize. … The exclusion of people like Clarence Thomas, ThomasSowell and Walter Williams explains why there's no serious discussion in the black…
Even in this age of runaway emotions, there are still some people who want to know the facts. Nowhere are facts more important, or more lacking, than in what has been aptly called "The War on Cops," the title of a devastating new book by Heather Mac Donald....
There was never a more appropriately named book than "The War on Cops" by Heather Mac Donald, published a few weeks ago, on the eve of the greatest escalation of that war by the ambush murders of five policemen in Dallas. Nor is this war against the police...
and their signature sock-it-to-cracker knockout game, documented in ghastly detail by veteran journalist Colin Flaherty, to what Thomas … Sowell has excoriated as the ongoing “orchestrated racial attacks” against persons and property not black: “either whites in general…
Black votes matter. If Republicans could get 20 percent of black votes, the Democrats would be ruined. This is highly unlikely, given the approach used by Republicans. However, the point is that Democrats must not only continue to get nine-tenths of black votes, they also need to get a high...
In his The Vision of the Anointed, the black American thinker ThomasSowell shares some examples:
(a)As long ago as 1969, black … Sowell rightly concludes: “Many of the ‘racial’ differences based on gross statistics are shown by a finer breakdown to be differences…
Some African slave holders, as the black American thinker ThomasSowell has noted as well, used their slaves as human sacrifices in … Sowell adds: “The death toll on these marches exceeded even the horrific toll on packed slave ships crossing the Atlantic.”…
If there were a contest for the most stupid idea in politics, my choice would be the assumption that people would be evenly or randomly distributed in incomes, institutions, occupations or awards, in the absence of somebody doing somebody wrong. Political crusades, bureaucratic empires and lucrative personal careers...
The good news is that both political conventions are now behind us. The bad news is that the election is ahead of us. No one knows how this election will turn out but -- given the awful presidential candidates in both parties -- the worst case scenario may...
We keep hearing that "black lives matter," but they seem to matter only when that helps politicians to get votes, or when that slogan helps demagogues demonize the police. The other 99 percent of black lives destroyed by people who are not police do not seem to attract nearly as...
Thomas Sowell’s words are, as always, both succinct and accurate, and are no more relevant to our lives than today. … ThomasSowell wrote that “The beauty of doing nothing is that you can do it perfectly.”…
Random thoughts on the passing scene:Even squirrels know enough to store nuts, so that they will have something to eat when food gets scarce. But the welfare state has spawned a whole class of people who spend everything they get when times are good, and look to others to provide...
Since so many in the media cannot resist turning every tragedy into a political talking point, it was perhaps inevitable that (1) someone would try to link the shooting rampage at the Batman movie in Colorado to the Tea Party, and that (2) some would try to make it a...
