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Thomas Sowell: South Carolina Message
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South Carolina Message
By Thomas Sowell
Just days before the South Carolina primary, polls showed Mitt Romney leading Newt Gingrich. Then came the debates and the question about Gingrich’s private life, which brought a devastating response from the former Speaker of the House — and a standing ovation from the audience.
Apparently the television [...]
Thomas Sowell: Politics Versus Reality, Part II
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Politics Versus Reality: Part II
By Thomas Sowell
No one is more of a master of political talking points than President Barack Obama. Remember “shovel-ready projects”? These were construction projects where the shovels were supposed to start digging the moment the government gave them the “stimulus” money.
Two years later, Obama can joke about the fact [...]
Thomas Sowell: Politics Versus Reality
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Politics Versus Reality
By Thomas Sowell
It is hard to understand politics if you are hung up on reality. Politicians leave reality to others. What matters in politics is what you can get the voters to believe, whether it bears any resemblance to reality or not.
Not only among politicians, but also among much of the [...]
Thomas Sowell: Different Decisions
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Different Decisions
By Thomas Sowell
Two unrelated news stories on the same day show the contrast between government decisions and private decisions.
Under the headline “Foreclosed Homes Sell at Big Discounts,” USA Today reported that banks were selling the homes they foreclosed on, at discounts of 38 percent in Tennessee to 41 percent in Illinois and [...]
Thomas Sowell: Another Spending Cut Plan
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Another Spending Cut Plan
by Thomas Sowell
Since everybody else seems to be coming up with plans on how to cope with the skyrocketing national debt, let me try my hand at it too.
The liberals’ easy solution is just to increase taxes on “the rich.” But, if you do the math, there aren’t enough of [...]
Thomas Sowell: Voices of Moderation
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Voices of Moderation
by Thomas Sowell
Moderation– at least verbal moderation– is suddenly in vogue.
President Obama’s rhetoric has moderated, even if his policies and practices have not. Among Republicans, voices of moderation are warning that the party cannot win elections without having a “big tent” and reaching out to Hispanics, for example. Recently, talk show [...]
Thomas Sowell: Rocky and Republicans
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Rocky and Republicans
by Thomas Sowell
Rocky Marciano was the only heavyweight champion who never lost a single fight in his whole career– and, at the time, he seemed the least likely fighter to do that. In many a boxing match, he was battered, bruised and bleeding.
One of the reasons Marciano took so much punishment [...]
Thomas Sowell: Political End Runs
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Political End Runs
by Thomas Sowell
The Constitution of the United States begins with the words “We the people.” But neither the Constitution nor “we the people” will mean anything if politicians and judges can continue to do end runs around both.
Bills passed too fast for anyone to read them are blatant examples of [...]
Thomas Sowell: Reflections on the Passing Scene
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Reflections on the Passing Scene
by Thomas Sowell
Random thoughts on the passing scene:
Let’s face it, most of us are not half as smart as we may sometimes think we are– and for intellectuals, not one-tenth as smart.
One of the biggest obstacles to economic recovery is that politicians and the media are both focused [...]
Thomas Sowell: Government Greed
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Government Greed
by Thomas Sowell
Those who are always accusing people in the private sector of “greed” almost never accuse government of greed, no matter what it does. Indeed, the question of whether the government is greedy almost never comes up, so most of us probably never think about it.
The first time I was forced [...]