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About: Thomas Sowell

Slaves to Words

We could definitely use another Abraham Lincoln to emancipate us all from being slaves to words. In the midst of a historic financial crisis of unprecedented government spending, and a national...

The “Education” Mantra

One of the sad and dangerous signs of our times is how many people are enthralled by words, without bothering to look at the realities behind those words. ...

Fed Up with the Fed?

When people in Washington start creating fancy new phrases, instead of using plain English, you know they are doing something they don't want us to understand. ...

Bull About Bullying

There is a lot of talk from many people about bullying in school. The problem is that it is all talk. There is no sign that anybody is going to do...

Taxes and Politics

Someone once said that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. That may have been true when he said it, but today taxes are mostly the price we pay so...

Another Spending Cut Plan

Since everybody else seems to be coming up with plans on how to cope with the skyrocketing national debt, let me try my hand at it too. ...

Voting With Their Feet

The latest published data from the 2010 census show how people are moving from place to place within the United States. In general, people are voting with their feet against places...

The “Redevelopment” Hoax

Why are so many people who are opposed to development nevertheless in favor of "redevelopment"? The short answer is that development involves decisions made in the market by large numbers of...

Blacks and Republicans

San Francisco's irrepressible former mayor, Willie Brown, was walking along one of the city's streets when he happened to run into another former city official that he knew, James McCray. ...

Union Myths

The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for corporations and politicians are for politicians. ...