by Thomas Sowell | Jul 31, 2008 | POLITICS
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Government bailouts are like potato chips: You can’t stop with just one. Anyone who is honest with himself and with others knows that there is not a snow ball’s chance in hell to have an honest dialogue about race. I... by Walter Williams | Jul 23, 2008 | POLITICS
“Hard Times at Douglass High,” is an HBO documentary that aired last June. It captured much of the 2004-2005 school year at Baltimore’s predominantly black Frederick Douglass High School. The tragedy is that what is seen in the documentary is typical... by Thomas Sowell | Jul 23, 2008 | Money & Banking, POLITICS
We don’t look to arsonists to help put out fires but we do look to politicians to help solve financial crises that they played a major role in creating. How did the government help create the current financial mess? Let me count the ways. In addition to federal... by Thomas Sowell | Jul 22, 2008 | Money & Banking, POLITICS
In one of those front-page editorials disguised as “news” stories, the New York Times blames “the lucrative lending practices” of banks and other financial institutions for helping create the current financial crisis of millions of borrowers... by Walter Williams | Jul 16, 2008 | LAW
Both parties and all branches of the federal government have made a mockery of the checks and balances, separation of powers and the republican form of government envisioned by the founders.
by Thomas Sowell | Jul 16, 2008 | POLITICS
“New Ways to Diagnose Autism Earlier” read a recent headline in the Wall Street Journal. There is no question that you can diagnose anything as early as you want. The real question is whether the diagnosis will turn out to be correct. My own awareness of... by Thomas Sowell | Jul 15, 2008 | POLITICS
In an election campaign in which not only young liberals, but also some people who are neither young nor liberals, seem absolutely mesmerized by the skilled rhetoric of Barack Obama, facts have receded even further into the background than usual. As the hypnotic... by Paul Blair | Jul 11, 2008 | Energy, POLITICS
Today I received a message from United Airlines pushing a particularly misguided political agenda. It is one of the most disgraceful public displays of incompetence and evasion by American business in recent memory. According to the airlines, speculators are to blame... by Elan Journo | Jul 9, 2008 | POLITICS, War with Iran
Imagine that your neighborhood is overrun by a gang. These brutes are wielding crowbars, knives, and pistols in a frenzied spree of home break-ins and mugging and murder. Now suppose the police reveal that their grand strategy for dealing with this gang is to block...
