Jan 23, 2016 – Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. … To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate…

Jan 22, 2016 – Those of us who like to believe that human beings are rational can sometimes have a hard time trying to explain what is going on in politics. It is still a puzzle to me how millions of patriotic Americans could have voted in 2008 for a man who for 20...

Feb 9, 2016 – During this election year, we are destined to hear many words that are toxic in the way they misrepresent reality and substitute fantasies that can win votes. One of these words is "entitlement." To hear some politicians tell it, we are all entitled to all sorts of things,...

Feb 3, 2016 – Senator Ted Cruz's upset victory against Donald Trump has robbed "The Donald" of his stock answer to any criticism from rivals-- that he is winning and his critics are losers. Now that he has lost, Mr. Trump may finally have to try to come up with some substantive arguments...

Feb 2, 2016 – Random thoughts on the passing scene: Will this November's presidential election come down to a choice between a felon and a pied piper? People who call Barack Obama a lame duck president seem not to have noticed that he is exercising more power than ever, and has...

Dec 22, 2015 – The political left has been trying to run other people's lives for centuries. So we should not be surprised to see the Obama administration now trying to force neighborhoods across America to have the mix of people the government wants them to have....

Jan 5, 2016 – Engineers who design computerized products and services seem to have an almost fanatical determination to avoid using plain English. It is understandable when complicated processes require complicated operations. But when the very simplest things are designed with needless complications or murky instructions, that is something else. For example,...

Dec 29, 2015 – How shall we remember 2015? Or shall we try to forget it? It is always hard to know when a turning point has been reached, and usually it is long afterwards before we recognize it. However, if 2015 has been a turning point, it may well have marked a...

Dec 29, 2015 – .” -- Thomas Sowell 15) “Modern journalism is all about deciding which facts the public shouldn't know because they might reflect…

Sep 21, 2011 – The so-called "debates" among Republican presidential aspirants are classic examples of the media spreading misunderstanding instead of enlightenment. The ancient admonition, "With all you're getting, get understanding" has been replaced in the media by, "With all you're getting, get sound bites -- and, if possible, 'gotcha' sound bites."After all the...

Jul 26, 2011 – The big news, as far as the media are concerned, is the political game of debt-ceiling chicken that is being played by Democrats and Republicans in Washington. But, however much the media are focused on what is happening inside the Beltway, there is a whole country outside the Beltway --...

Sep 28, 2011 – To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate … Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.…

Oct 4, 2011 – If there was ever any doubt that the Democrats take the black vote for granted, that doubt should have been put to rest when Barack Obama told the Congressional Black Caucus, "Stop whining!" Have you ever before heard either a Democratic or a Republican leader tell his party's strongest...

Oct 5, 2011 – Twenty years ago, hysteria swept through the media over "hunger in America." Dan Rather opened a CBS Evening News broadcast in 1991 declaring, "one in eight American children is going hungry tonight." Newsweek, the Associated Press and the Boston Globe repeated this statistic, and many others joined the media...

Sep 20, 2011 – Many in the media and in politics have gone ballistic over the fact that Texas Governor Rick Perry called Social Security "a Ponzi scheme." Although many act shocked, shocked, as if Rick Perry had said something unthinkable, Governor Perry is not even among the first thousand people to call...

Dec 18, 2023 – This view has been refuted by influential black thinkers such as Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, and Bob Woodson. … black gangs against white people chosen at random on beaches, in shopping malls, or other public places,” said black economist Thomas … Sowell, “have occurred in Philadelphia, New York, Denver, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, Los Angeles, and other places across the…

Nov 8, 2023 – "I was afraid to have Thomas Sowell and Jordan Peterson books on my bookshelf."…

Aug 4, 2015 – With Hillary Clinton's multiple misdeeds coming to light and causing her political problems, reflected in her declining support in the polls, both she and the Democratic Party have reason to be concerned. But both of them may yet be rescued by "The Donald," who can turn out to be their...

Aug 4, 2015 – These are among the several fallacies that economist Thomas Sowell debunks in “Economics Facts and Fallacies: Second Edition.” … Sowell takes the most common economic misconceptions and deconstructs them with thorough research, scrutiny, and very sophisticated … Sowell goes on to debunk under pervasive fallacies, many of which are taught on college campuses, makes the book even better.…

Nov 10, 2015 – Dr. Ben Carson's whole life has been very unusual, so perhaps we should not be surprised to see the latest twist -- the media going ballistic over discrepancies in a few things he said. Years ago, when I was writing some autobiographical sketches, I dug up old...

Jun 14, 2012 – economy eventually boils down to the core issue of whether government spending acts as a stimulus or whether it is – in the words of Thomas … Sowell – a sedative that undermines prosperity.…

Jun 12, 2012 – It bothers me a little when conservatives call Barack Obama a "socialist." He certainly is an enemy of the free market, and wants politicians and bureaucrats to make the fundamental decisions about the economy. But that does not mean that he wants government ownership of the means of production, which...

Jun 28, 2012 – Editor's Note: This is Part III in a series. Part I can be found here. Part II can be found here. If there were a Hall of Fame for political rhetoric, the phrase "social justice" would deserve a prominent place there. It has the prime virtue of political...

Jun 27, 2012 – Editor's Note: This is part II in a series. Part I can be found here. Politicians seem to have a special fondness for words that have two very different meanings, so we are likely to hear a lot of these kinds of words this election year."Access" is one...

Jun 26, 2012 – Since this is an election year, we can expect to hear a lot of words -- and the meaning of those words is not always clear. So it may be helpful to have a glossary of political terms.One of the most versatile terms in the political vocabulary is "fairness." It...