Thomas Sowell

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's nearly two-hour-long press conference last week showed again that he is in a class by himself when it comes to Republicans who can express themselves in the heat of political battle. (Getty images/Jeff Zelevansky)

The difference between Chris Christie, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama

Thomas Sowell · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, his wife Chirlane McCray, second from right, and his children Chiara, left, and Dante de Blasio wave to the crowd after Bill de Blasio took the oath of office during the public inauguration ceremony at City Hall in New York on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The ‘trickle-down’ lie

Thomas Sowell · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Janet Yellen, President Obama's pick for Fed chairwoman, represents the Keynesian economics that once dominated economic theory and policy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama’s Federal Reserve nominee Janet Yellen clings to discredited theory

Thomas Sowell · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

Another Obama policy scheduled to hit after the election

Thomas Sowell · September 30, 2013 12:00 am

GOP risks saving Obama from himself

Thomas Sowell · September 23, 2013 12:00 am

PresidentObama listens to comments during a working session at a G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia on Sept. 6. (AP Photo/Dimitar Dilkoff, Pool)

Obama now pays for first-term errors

Thomas Sowell · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

Even in legal cases involving terrible crimes, such as the O.J. Simpson murder trial, many black "leaders" didn't wait for facts from the trial to take sides based on race. (AP File)

Put not your trust in ethnic leaders

Thomas Sowell · July 8, 2013 4:00 am

Thomas Sowell: Folly in the military

Thomas Sowell: Folly in the military

Thomas Sowell · June 10, 2013 4:00 am

Thomas Sowell: Farmers should raise pay if they want more workers

Thomas Sowell: Farmers should raise pay if they want more workers

Thomas Sowell · June 10, 2013 4:00 am

Thomas Sowell: Politicians base immigration policy on abstractions

Thomas Sowell: Politicians base immigration policy on abstractions

Thomas Sowell · June 3, 2013 4:00 am

Thomas Sowell: Historic rescuers — a review of ‘The Savior Generals’

Thomas Sowell: Historic rescuers — a review of ‘The Savior Generals’

Thomas Sowell · June 3, 2013 4:00 am

Don’t substitute vocabulary for thought

Don’t substitute vocabulary for thought

Thomas Sowell · May 6, 2013 4:00 am