Monday, May 20th, 2013 by Thomas Sowell -- An all too familiar scene was enacted on the campus of Swarthmore College during a meeting on May 4 to discuss demands by student activists for the college more…

Monday, May 13th, 2013 by Thomas Sowell -- There can be honest differences of opinion on many subjects. But there can also be dishonest differences. Last week's testimony under oath about events in Benghazi on Sept. more…

Monday, May 6th, 2013 by Thomas Sowell -- If you are driving along and suddenly see a big red rubber ball come bouncing out into the street, you might want to put your foot on the more…

Monday, April 29th, 2013 by Thomas Sowell -- Someone called politics "the art of the possible." But, in the era of the modern welfare state, politics is largely the art of the impossible. Those people morbid more…

Monday, April 22nd, 2013 by Thomas Sowell -- During decades of watching both collegiate and professional football, I have seen hundreds of touchdowns scored by black players – but not one extra point kicked by a more…

Monday, April 15th, 2013 by Thomas Sowell -- Amid all the heated, emotional advocacy of gun control, have you ever heard even one person present convincing hard evidence that tighter gun control laws have in fact more…

Monday, April 8th, 2013 by Thomas Sowell -- Since when has it been considered smart to tell your enemies what your plans are? Yet there on the front page of the April 8 New York Times more…

Monday, April 1st, 2013 by Thomas Sowell -- We all know that guns can cost lives because the media repeat this message endlessly, as if we could not figure it out for ourselves. But even someone more…

Monday, March 18th, 2013 by Thomas Sowell -- A remarkable book titled "Gifted Hands" tells the personal story of Benjamin Carson, a black kid from the Detroit ghetto who went on to become a renowned neurosurgeon. more…