Jun 26, 2012 – I have mentioned before, Thomas Jefferson’s warning that as soon as people learn they can vote themselves money from the treasury, … Thomas Sowell recently explained that Obama is more tyrannical than communist or socialist. …

Jun 22, 2012 – As the brilliant Thomas Sowell stated: What President Obama has been pushing for, and moving toward, is more insidious (than socialism…

Jun 20, 2012 – Random thoughts on the passing scene: Many people may have voted for Barack Obama in 2008 because of his charisma. But anyone familiar with the disastrous track record of charismatic political leaders around the world in the 20th century should have run for the hills when they encountered...

Jun 19, 2012 – President Obama's latest political ploy -- granting new "rights" out of thin air, by Executive Order, to illegal immigrants who claim that they were brought into the country when they were children -- is all too typical of his short-run approach to the country's long-run problems....

Jul 6, 2012 – aides: if anything, people aren't cynical enough. 1) The first priority of a politician is always getting re-elected: As Thomas … Sowell has noted, "No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our…

Jul 4, 2012 – Betrayal is hard to take, whether in our personal lives or in the political life of the nation. Yet there are people in Washington -- too often, Republicans -- who start living in the Beltway atmosphere, and start forgetting those hundreds of millions of Americans beyond the Beltway who trusted...

Jul 3, 2012 – Having taught economics at a number of colleges for a number of years, I especially welcomed a feature article in the June 22nd issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, on how economics courses with the same name can be very different at different colleges. It can also be very...

Jun 29, 2012 – This week Thomas Sowell treated us to his glossary of political terms by exploring the abuse of words and phrases by politicians such…

Jun 29, 2012 – Editor's note: This is Part IV in a series. Part I can be found here. Part II can be found here. Part III can be found here. Nowhere is political rhetoric more shameless -- or more dangerous -- than in the pious names that politicians give to the legislation they...

Jul 17, 2012 – When I first saw a book with the title, "White Girl Bleed A Lot" by Colin Flaherty, I instantly knew what it was about, even though I had not seen the book reviewed anywhere, and knew nothing about the author. That is because I had encountered that...

Jul 13, 2012 – Editor's Note: This column is part II in a series. Part I can be found here. Nothing produces more of a sense of the futility of facts than seeing someone in the mass media repeating some notion that has been refuted innumerable times over the years.On July 9th, on CNN's...

Jul 12, 2012 – Anyone who wants to study the tricks of propaganda rhetoric has a rich source of examples in the statements of President Barack Obama. On Monday, July 9th, for example, he said that Republicans "believe that prosperity comes from the top down, so that if we spend trillions more on tax...

Jul 11, 2012 – Thomas Sowell has said that that is one of the most dangerous trends coming out of the Obama administration. … better than people who have spent lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back till before he was president,” Sowell…

Jul 11, 2012 – One of the reasons for the popularity of political rhetoric is that everybody can be right, in terms of their own rhetoric, no matter how much the rhetoric of one side contradicts the rhetoric of the other side. President Obama constantly repeats how many millions of...

Jul 10, 2012 – Editor's note: This column is part II in a series. Part I can be found here. Trying to choose the greatest pitcher of all time is at least as difficult as trying to choose the greatest hitter of all time. In both cases, the best we can do is narrow...

May 20, 2003 – The term "useful idiots" has been attributed to Lenin, as a description of those mindless people in the Western democracies who would always find ways to excuse whatever the Soviet Union did. Columnist Mona Charen's new book Useful Idiots shows that such people are still with us. Long after...

Nov 17, 2005 – First, Thomas Sowell explains prices: Why do prices exist at all? … If one of your Senators voted for the windfall profits tax, you may want to e-mail him or her a steady diet of Sowell and Williams.…

Nov 27, 2005 – I just finished watching the second part of the Thomas Sowell interview on Fox, and loved his closing quote.…

Nov 26, 2005 – Speaking of economics, Thomas Sowell is on Fox News tonight at 5:30 p.m., the first part in a two-part interview with Fred Barnes. … Click here for much more from Sowell.…

Dec 2, 2013 – Thomas Sowell has some insightful analysis on whether Obama is a socialist.…

Dec 21, 2013 – . -- Thomas Sowell 24) There is no scientific evidence that bullying causes suicide. None at all. … From what galaxy government is going to hire creatures who do not make mistakes is a question they leave unanswered. -- Thomas Sowell … Sowell 4) As some of you may know, our team began 81 years ago -- in 1932 -- with the name “Boston Braves.”…

Jan 4, 2014 – 4) The more the government focuses on income inequality, the harder it is to get ahead: As Thomas Sowell likes to say, "There are no…

Jun 16, 2011 – In her interview with the Journal, Bachmann explained that she is versed in the economists -- Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Ludwig…

Jun 16, 2011 – In her interview with the Journal, Bachmann explained that she is versed in the economists -- Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Ludwig…

Jun 14, 2011 – The Republicans' confused assortment of announced presidential candidates-- as well as unannounced candidates and distant possibilities of candidates-- seems to be clarifying somewhat. The withdrawal of Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee, as well as the withdrawal of much of Newt Gingrich's staff, seems like a much-needed weeding-out process.Although Mitt Romney...