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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Misleading Words

Recent statistics on the net worth of blacks are a painful reminder that rhetoric favoring blacks does not...

Thomas Sowell August 2, 2011
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Misleading Words: Part II

If there were a contest for the most misleading words used in politics, "poverty" should be one of the...

Thomas Sowell August 2, 2011
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Misleading Words

Recent statistics on the net worth of blacks are a painful reminder that rhetoric favoring blacks does not...

Thomas Sowell August 2, 2011
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Misleading Words: Part II

If there were a contest for the most misleading words used in politics, "poverty" should be one of the...

Thomas Sowell August 2, 2011
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Politics Versus Reality

It is hard to understand politics if you are hung up on reality. Mainly because politicians have a habit of...

Thomas Sowell July 5, 2011
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Is Democracy Viable?

The media have recently been so preoccupied with a Congressman's photograph of himself in his underwear that...

Thomas Sowell June 28, 2011
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The Missing Money

One of my earliest memories of revulsion against war came from seeing a photograph from the First World War...

Thomas Sowell June 21, 2011
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Is Pawlenty Plenty?

The Republicans' confused assortment of announced presidential candidates-- as well as unannounced candidates...

Thomas Sowell June 14, 2011
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Different Decisions

Why are teachers so bold when banks are so cautious? The banks pay a price for being wrong. Teachers don't.

Thomas Sowell June 7, 2011
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Seductive Beliefs

One of the painfully revealing episodes in Barack Obama's book "Dreams From My Father" describes his early...

Thomas Sowell May 31, 2011
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Slaves to Words

We could definitely use another Abraham Lincoln to emancipate us all from being slaves to words.

Thomas Sowell May 17, 2011
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The 'Education' Mantra

One of the sad and dangerous signs of our times is how many people are enthralled by words, without bothering...

Thomas Sowell May 10, 2011
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Fed Up with the Fed?

When people in Washington start creating fancy new phrases, instead of using plain English, you know they are...

Thomas Sowell May 3, 2011
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The Trump Card

Why has Trump surged ahead of other Republican candidates and potential candidates in the polls?

Thomas Sowell April 26, 2011
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Bull About Bullying

There is a lot of talk from many people about bullying in school. The problem is that it is all talk.

Thomas Sowell April 19, 2011
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Another Spending Cut Plan

Since everybody else seems to be coming up with plans on how to cope with the skyrocketing national debt, let...

Thomas Sowell April 12, 2011
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