Thomas Sowell's Blog, page 19

What Now?

A Hillary Clinton victory would have meant a third consecutive administration dedicated to dismantling the institutions that have kept America...

Painful Choices: Part II

In most Presidential election years, the most important vote is the vote for President of the United States. This year, the most important vote...

Painful Choices

Let's talk sense about the election. Nothing is to be gained by refusing to face the hard facts. What are those facts?

First of all, neither...

Has Economics Failed?

It is especially painful for me, as an economist, to see that two small cities in northern California -- San Mateo and Burlingame -- have rent...

The Left's Vision

The political left keeps announcing, as if it is a new breakthrough discovery of theirs, that life is unfair.Have they never read Thomas Gray's...

Random Thoughts

Random thoughts on the passing scene:There seem to be fewer bumper stickers this year than in previous presidential election years. People may...

Turnout Time

Some of us this election year don't even want to say the words "Clinton" or "Trump" -- and with good reason. However, there is one word that we...

Immigration Controversies

Despite controversies that rage over immigration, it is hard to see how anyone could be either for or against immigrants in general. First of all,...

The Left and the Masses: Part III

Claiming the role of champions of the masses is something the political left has been doing ever since there has been a political left -- which is...

The Left and the Masses: Part II

It is never easy to tell what people's motives are. But, when the political left proclaims their devotion to improving the lives of others in...