Thomas Sowell's Blog, page 13

If you are serious about wanting to improve education, do not vote more money for the education establishment that has been dumbing down the schools for years. Vote for vouchers, tax credits, or anything else that will transfer decision-making power to par

If you are serious about wanting to improve education, do not vote more money for the education establishment that has been dumbing down the schools for years. Vote for vouchers, tax credits, or anything else that will transfer decision-making power to parents.

No nation ever protested its way from poverty to prosperity or got there through rhetoric or bureaucracies.

No nation ever protested its way from poverty to prosperity or got there through rhetoric or bureaucracies.

The political left's attempts to silence ideas they cannot, or will not, debate are a confession of intellectual bankruptcy.

The political left's attempts to silence ideas they cannot, or will not, debate are a confession of intellectual bankruptcy.

Many on the political left are so entranced by the beauty of their vision that they cannot see the ugly reality they are creating in the real world.

Many on the political left are so entranced by the beauty of their vision that they cannot see the ugly reality they are creating in the real world.

R to @ThomasSowell: Racial polarization makes both the black population and the white population worse off, but it makes politicians who depend on black votes better off.

Racial polarization makes both the black population and the white population worse off, but it makes politicians who depend on black votes better off.

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Black votes matter to many politicians — more so than black lives. That is why such politicians must try to keep black voters fearful, angry and resentful. Racial harmony would be a political disaster for such politicians.

Black votes matter to many politicians — more so than black lives. That is why such politicians must try to keep black voters fearful, angry and resentful. Racial harmony would be a political disaster for such politicians.

There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else.

There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else.

The teachers' unions are the single biggest obstacle to black youngsters getting a decent education — and among the biggest donors to the Democrats.

The teachers' unions are the single biggest obstacle to black youngsters getting a decent education — and among the biggest donors to the Democrats.

Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true. But many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly—and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence.

Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true. But many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly—and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence.