Thomas Sowell

Protesters march in the street as lightning flashes in the distance in Ferguson, Mo., on Wednesday. Protesters rallied after a police officer shot unarmed Michael Brown on Aug. 9 in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

The media and the mob

Thomas Sowell · August 21, 2014 4:07 pm

If you want to know who was the greatest baseball player of all time, please check out the pitcher who led the American League with the lowest earned run average in 1916. (Getty images / Jim McIsaac)

Random thoughts

Thomas Sowell · August 20, 2014 1:19 am

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio addresses the country's first PreK Nation at the Scholastic Inc. headquarters in Soho on August 5 in New York. (Stuart Ramson/Invision/AP Images)

Bill de Blasio attacks achievement in New York City schools

Thomas Sowell · August 11, 2014 8:24 pm

Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker." (iStock)

Is thinking obsolete in the modern media?

Thomas Sowell · August 5, 2014 3:06 pm

It is understandable that today many people in many lands just want the fighting between the Israelis and the Palestinians to stop. (AP Photo)

Cease the cease-fires

Thomas Sowell · July 29, 2014 2:29 pm

Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. (AP/Eduardo Verdugo)

Immigration crisis is bordering on madness

Thomas Sowell · July 21, 2014 7:28 pm

A new survey finds an explosion of conservative opinion among millennials and it looks like President Obama could be why it's happening. (AP Photo)

Of John Boehner’s lawsuits and Sarah Palin’s call for Obama’s impeachment

Thomas Sowell · July 15, 2014 2:45 pm

‘Please Stop Helping Us’ a primer on race in America

Thomas Sowell · July 8, 2014 2:34 pm

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America’s birthday should be celebrated by fighting back

Thomas Sowell · July 1, 2014 2:34 pm

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A lame duck president or a lame duck democracy?

Thomas Sowell · June 23, 2014 7:12 pm

Iraqi army soldiers stand guard at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Renewed fighting in Iraq leaves a bitter aftertaste

Thomas Sowell · June 16, 2014 4:51 pm

A sign celebrating the release from captivity of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl stands on a street in the soldier's hometown of Hailey, Idaho, Wednesday. (AP/Brian Skoloff)

Taliban prisoner swap for Bowe Bergdahl may be part of Obama plot to undermine America

Thomas Sowell · June 9, 2014 8:46 pm