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Thomas Sowell recommends a list of books around Christmas time. His current list is out along with his comments. Here is one on Theodore Dalrymple: My all-time favorite among Theodore [...]

Thomas Sowell, as usual, puts matters into perspective. The matters he deals with are the charges made by various women against Herman Cain. The real scandal in the accusations against [...]

Dr. Thomas Sowell provides insightful observations on a variety of subjects. If you are unfamiliar with Sowell, this interview is a must watch. Even if you know and have read [...]

The Weekly Standard describes noted playwrite David Mamet’s life-travel from liberalism to conservatism: “I never questioned my tribal assumption that Capitalism was bad,” he writes now, “although I, simultaneously, never [...]

Dr. Thomas Sowell opines on budget crises: Government budget crises can be painful, but the political rhetoric accompanying these crises can also be fascinating and revealing. Perhaps the most famous [...]

Another spot-on column by the always insightful Thomas Sowell: Airport “Security”? By Thomas Sowell 11/23/2010 Thomas Sowell Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and author of The [...]

Thomas Sowell always pinpoints the critical issues in any discussion. He has an uncanny knack of cutting through the nonsense and getting to the heart of the matter. This quote [...]

“To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact [...]

If there is one read that I look forward to more than any other, it is Dr. Thomas Sowell’s. Here is his latest from Townhall.com on non-predictions: When people learn [...]

From the Hoover Institute, an interview with Dr. Thomas Sowell. Recorded on December 11, 2009 Thomas Sowell discusses his new book Intellectuals and Society with guest Thomas Sowell interviewed by Peter M. [...]

A Mind-Changing Page Thomas Sowell Thursday, June 17, 2010 Sometimes you can read a book that will change your mind on some fundamental issue. Rarely, however, is there just one [...]

The following, from an email from WorldNetDaily, seemed to juicy to pass up. Compare Mr. Gore’s approach to a commencement speech to the last post dealing with what Thomas Sowell [...]