Thomas Sowell's Blog, page 23

Dry Rot in Academia

Jason Riley has now joined the long and distinguished list of people invited -- and then disinvited -- to give a talk on a college campus, in this...

An Unmitigated Disaster

Republican party leaders may have worried that Donald Trump would not only lose the general election for the presidency, but would so poison the...

Random Thoughts: 2016 Elections

Random thoughts on the passing scene:One of the problems with being a pessimist is that you can never celebrate when you are proven right.If what...

Conservatives for Trump?

The sudden appearance of Donald Trump on the political horizon last year may have been surprising, but not nearly as surprising as seeing some...

Winners or Whiners?

If there is one pattern that is emerging from this year's political campaigns, it is that rhetoric beats reality -- in both parties.The biggest...

Campaign Lies

If you took all the lies out of political rhetoric, how much would be left? Apparently even less than usual this year.The latest, and perhaps...

The 'Voice of the People' Fallacy

We hear many fallacies in election years. The fallacy that seems to be most popular this year is that, if Donald Trump comes close to getting the...

Dangerous Donald Trump

Donald Trump's victories in the Republican primaries may make him seem like a sure winner. But those victories have been achieved by receiving...

Supreme Hypocrisy

If there is one thing that is bipartisan in Washington, it is brazen hypocrisy.Currently there is much indignation being expressed by Democrats...

Black and White, Left and Right

Much is made of the fact that liberals and conservatives see racial issues differently, which they do. But these differences have too often been...