author-image Thomas Sowell Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution in Stanford, Calif. He is the author of 28 books, including "Dismantling America" and "Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy."

THOMAS SOWELL: Is demography destiny?

by Thomas Sowell -- Now that census data show – for the first time in American history – the number of white babies born exceeded by the number of babies born to more…

T. SOWELL: The cheering on of black hoodlums

by Thomas Sowell -- When two white newspaper reporters for the Virginian-Pilot were driving through Norfolk, and were set upon and beaten by a mob of young blacks – beaten so badly more…

T. SOWELL: The crumbling moral infrastructure

by Thomas Sowell -- The "Occupy" movement, which the Obama administration and much of the media have embraced, has implications that reach far beyond the passing sensation it has created. The unwillingness more…

T. SOWELL: You call this 'free choice'?

by Thomas Sowell -- Labor unions, like the United Nations, are all too often judged by what they are envisioned as being – not by what they actually are or what they more…

T. SOWELL: Largesse for losers

by Thomas Sowell -- Random thoughts on the passing scene: How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on, and stop getting swept away more…

Obama's lying, again

by Thomas Sowell -- One of the highly developed talents of President Barack Obama is the ability to say things that are demonstrably false, and make them sound not only plausible but more…

T. SOWELL: Who needs actual evidence?

by Thomas Sowell -- A long-standing legal charade was played out again recently, when Federal Express paid $3 million to settle an employment discrimination case brought by the U.S. Department of Labor. more…