Back to the future?

The power to regulate indirect effects is not a slippery slope. It is the disastrous loss of freedom that...

Thomas Sowell March 26, 2012

Race and rhetoric

Race is just one of the areas in which the rhetoric and the reality often go in opposite directions....

Thomas Sowell March 20, 2012

Racial quota fallout

Many years ago, I learned of an episode in the life of a promising young black man that is relevant to things...

Thomas Sowell March 14, 2012

The big hoax

The biggest hoax of the past two generations is still going strong...

Thomas Sowell March 13, 2012

James Q. Wilson (1931-2012)

There are undoubtedly many people who are alive today because of James Q. Wilson...

Thomas Sowell March 6, 2012

'Super Tuesday'

March 6 may clarify much more than merely this year's Republican nomination campaign.

Thomas Sowell March 1, 2012

Pettiness and mud

Mud-slinging has replaced rational discussions of differences on serious issues.

Thomas Sowell February 28, 2012

Academic hypocrisy

It is fascinating to see people accusing others of things that they themselves are doing.

Thomas Sowell February 21, 2012

The 'progressive' legacy

Although Barack Obama is the first black President of the United States, he is by no means unique...

Thomas Sowell February 14, 2012

The anti-Romney vote

A funny thing happened to Mitt Romney on the way to his coronation as the inevitable Republican candidate for...

Thomas Sowell February 9, 2012

A defining moment

Mitt Romney has come out in support of indexing the minimum wage law, to have it rise automatically to keep...

Thomas Sowell February 7, 2012

Getting nowhere, very fast

California has a huge state debt and Washington has a huge national debt...

Thomas Sowell January 31, 2012

Is anybody serious?

The Republican candidates' circular firing squad now seems to be using machine guns.

Thomas Sowell January 25, 2012

South Carolina message

The fundamental message from South Carolina is that Republican primary voters do not want Mitt Romney.

Thomas Sowell January 24, 2012