Monday, April 9th, 2012 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…

Monday, April 2nd, 2012 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…

Monday, March 26th, 2012 by Thomas Sowell -- It is not often that I agree with Geraldo Rivera, but recently he said something very practical and potentially lifesaving, when he urged black and Hispanic parents not more…

Monday, March 19th, 2012 by Thomas Sowell -- One of the things that turned up, during a long-overdue cleanup of my office was an old yellowed copy of the New York Times dated July 24, 1992. more…

Thursday, March 15th, 2012 by Thomas Sowell -- Many years ago, I learned of an episode in the life of a promising young black man that is relevant to things happening now. He had been educated more…

Monday, March 12th, 2012 by Thomas Sowell -- There have been many frauds of historic proportions – for example, the financial pyramid scheme for which Charles Ponzi was sent to prison in the 1920s, and for more…

Monday, March 5th, 2012 by Thomas Sowell -- There are undoubtedly many people who are alive today because of James Q. Wilson, who died last week. He was not a doctor or medical scientist, nor was more…

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 by Thomas Sowell -- Many people are looking to the many primary elections on March 6 – "Super Tuesday" – to clarify where this year's Republican nomination campaign is headed. It may more…

Monday, February 27th, 2012 by Thomas Sowell -- The only good news for the Republicans coming out of the seemingly endless presidential candidate "debates" is that some Republican leaders are now belatedly thinking about how they more…