Articles by Thomas Sowell

Dr. Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of "Applied Economics" and "Black Rednecks and White Liberals."

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Invincible ignorance

The key fallacy of so-called gun control laws is that such laws do not in fact control guns. They simply...

Thomas Sowell December 18, 2012
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Sowell: Taxing the poor

With all the talk about taxing the rich, we hear very little talk about taxing the poor.

Thomas Sowell December 11, 2012
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Invincible ignorance

The key fallacy of so-called gun control laws is that such laws do not in fact control guns. They simply...

Thomas Sowell December 18, 2012
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Sowell: Taxing the poor

With all the talk about taxing the rich, we hear very little talk about taxing the poor.

Thomas Sowell December 11, 2012
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Sowell: Obama's 'Fair share' and 'easing' rhetoric impoverishes us all, literally

All the pretty talk about how tax rates will be raised only on "the rich" hides the ugly fact that the...

Thomas Sowell December 4, 2012
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Jensen and Flynn

Anyone who has followed the decades-long controversies over the role of genes in IQ scores will recognize the...

Thomas Sowell November 27, 2012
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Hotels and hassles

Since most people who stay in hotels do so while traveling, and stay only a few days in a given hotel, you...

Thomas Sowell November 21, 2012
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Killing the goose that lays the golden egg

The Hostess Bakery bankruptcy is a classic example of costs created by labor unions that are not confined to...

Thomas Sowell November 20, 2012
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Nice losers

Mitt Romney now joins the long list of the kinds of presidential candidates favored by the Republican...

Thomas Sowell November 13, 2012
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Gross misconceptions

This country is at a historic crossroads, and the path we choose can determine our future far beyond the next...

Thomas Sowell November 6, 2012
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'Cooling out' the voters

From the time it took office, the Obama administration has sought to suppress the very concept of a "war on...

Thomas Sowell October 30, 2012
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Phony in Chief

If you want to know what community organizers do, this is it -- rub people's emotions raw to hype their...

Thomas Sowell October 9, 2012
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Cheap politicians

No doubt many, if not most, government officials are already paid more than they are worth. But the whole...

Thomas Sowell October 2, 2012
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Obama versus Obama

There is a big contrast between Obama based on his rhetoric ("Obama 1") and Obama based on his record ("Obama...

Thomas Sowell September 25, 2012
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An economic 'plan'?

Former President Clinton told the DNC that Obama has a plan to rescue the economy, and that Republicans --who...

Thomas Sowell September 11, 2012
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Obama's dreams

As Professor Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago Law School has pointed out, Obama has made no...

Thomas Sowell September 4, 2012
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