Thomas Sowell's Blog, page 21

Abstract Immigrants in an Abstract World

Why would a country with the world's largest Jewish population, outside of Israel, admit large numbers of immigrants from countries where hatred...

A Clash of Police Policies

Amid the rioting in Milwaukee, there is also a clash between two leading lawmen there -- Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and the city of...

Trump and Blacks

Who would have thought that Donald Trump, of all people, would be addressing the fact that the black community suffers the most from a breakdown...

Does Black Success Matter?

We keep hearing that "black lives matter," but they seem to matter only when that helps politicians to get votes, or when that slogan helps...

New Critics of Trump

A year ago, in August 2015, this column called "The Donald" the Democrats' Trump card. It is hard to imagine any other Republican candidate who...

Old Lies

We expect to hear a lot of lies during an election year, and this year is certainly no exception. What is surprising is how old some of these lies...

The Political Picture

The good news is that both political conventions are now behind us. The bad news is that the election is ahead of us.No one knows how this...

Black Votes Matter

Black votes matter. If Republicans could get 20 percent of black votes, the Democrats would be ruined. This is highly unlikely, given the approach...

The Dumbest Idea

If there were a contest for the most stupid idea in politics, my choice would be the assumption that people would be evenly or randomly...

The War on Cops: Part II

Even in this age of runaway emotions, there are still some people who want to know the facts. Nowhere are facts more important, or more lacking,...