Sowell: The ‘Ponzi’ sound bite

Many in the media and in politics have gone ballistic over the fact that Texas Governor Rick Perry called Social Security "a Ponzi scheme."

September 22, 2011 | Thomas Sowell | Columnists

Back to the Future: part II

Some people are hoping that President Obama's plan will get the economy out of the doldrums and start providing jobs for the unemployed. Others are hoping that the Republicans' plan will do the trick.

September 18, 2011 | Thomas Sowell | Columnists

Back to the future?

Those who are impressed by words seem to think that President Barack Obama made a great speech to Congress last week. But, when you look beyond the rhetoric, what did he say that was fundamentally different from what he has been saying and doing all along?

September 16, 2011 | Thomas Sowell | Columnists

Sowell: Two different worlds, Part II

A few weeks ago, I had what seemed to me a small medical problem, so I phoned my primary physician. However, after we discussed the problem, he directed me to a specialist.

September 08, 2011 | Thomas Sowell | Columnists

Sowell: An unusual economy?

Many in the media are saying how unusual it is for our economy to be so sluggish for so long, after we have officially emerged from a recession. In a sense, they are right. But, in another sense, they are profoundly wrong.

September 02, 2011 | Thomas Sowell | Columnists

Social degeneration

Someone at long last has had the courage to tell the plain, honest truth about race. After mobs of young blacks rampaged through Philadelphia committing violence - as similar mobs have rampaged through Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee and other places - Philadelphia's black mayor, Michael A. Nutter, ordered a police crackdown and lashed out at the whole lifestyle of those who did such things. "Pull up your pants and buy a belt 'cause no one wants ...

August 19, 2011 | Thomas Sowell | Columnists

A Pyrrhic ‘victory’

In Don Marquis' classic satirical book, "Archy and Mehitabel," Mehitabel the alley cat asks plaintively, "What have I done to deserve all these kittens?"

August 12, 2011 | Thomas Sowell | Columnists

Misleading words

Many years ago, the Saturday Evening Post was one of the best-known magazines in America. But somehow I learned that the Saturday Evening Post was actually published on Wednesday morning. That was a little disconcerting at first. But it was one of the most valuable lessons, that words do not necessarily reflect reality.

August 05, 2011 | Thomas Sowell | Columnists

Debt-ceiling chicken

The big news, as far as the media are concerned, is the political game of debt-ceiling chicken that is being played by Democrats and Republicans in Washington. But, however much the media are focused on what is happening inside the Beltway, there is a whole country outside the Beltway - and the time is long overdue to start thinking about what is best for the rest of the country, not just for right now but for the long haul.

July 29, 2011 | Thomas Sowell | Columnists

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