Memo to the next Speaker: SPEAK for a change

Memo to the next Speaker: SPEAK for a change

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell The impending departure of Speaker of the House John Boehner gives the House Republicans a real opportunity to accomplish something. But an opportunity is not a guarantee. It is a little like a football team being first down and goal at the ten-yard line. You have a good chance […]

Sacred open spaces and the ‘affordable housing’ fraud

Sacred open spaces and the ‘affordable housing’ fraud

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Nowhere has there been so much hand-wringing over a lack of “affordable housing,” as among politicians and others in coastal California. And nobody has done more to make housing unaffordable than those same politicians and their supporters. A recent survey showed that the average monthly rent for a one-bedroom […]

Debatable: Rhetoric trumps substance in modern political discourse

Debatable: Rhetoric trumps substance in modern political discourse

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell The so-called “debates,” among too many Republicans to have a debate, are yet another painful sign of how much words and ideas have degenerated in our times. No one expects these televised sound bites and “gotcha” questions to be anything like the historic Lincoln-Douglas debates on the momentous national […]

‘Thinking the unthinkable’ about a historic catastrophe

‘Thinking the unthinkable’ about a historic catastrophe

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Distinguished scientist Freeman Dyson has called the 1433 decision of the emperor of China to discontinue his country’s exploration of the outside world the “worst political blunder in the history of civilization.” The United States seems at this moment about to break the record for the worst political blunder […]

Slavery in context and what ‘well-meaning whites’ have wrought in America

Slavery in context and what ‘well-meaning whites’ have wrought in America

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Discussions of racial problems almost invariably bring out the cliche of “a legacy of slavery.” But anyone who is being serious, as distinguished from being political, would surely want to know if whatever he is talking about — whether fatherless children, crime or whatever — is in fact a […]

The inevitability of Hillary? What are Americans thinking?

The inevitability of Hillary? What are Americans thinking?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell There are no sure things in politics, but Hillary Clinton is the closest thing to a sure thing to become the Democrats’ candidate for president in 2016. This is one of the painful but inescapable signs of our time. There is nothing in her history that would qualify her […]

Micro-totalitarianism: Things are getting incrementally out of control on campus

Micro-totalitarianism: Things are getting incrementally out of control on campus

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell The political left has come up with a new buzzword: “micro-aggression.” Professors at the University of California at Berkeley have been officially warned against saying such things as “America is the land of opportunity.” Why? Because this is considered to be an act of “micro-aggression” against minorities and women. […]

Who is paying the price for the political ambitions of Baltimore’s mayor and prosecutor?

Who is paying the price for the political ambitions of Baltimore’s mayor and prosecutor?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Baltimore is now paying the price for irresponsible words and actions, not only by young thugs in the streets, but also by its mayor and the state prosecutor, both of whom threw the police to the wolves, in order to curry favor with local voters. Now murders in Baltimore […]

Translating Obama-speak: ‘We need to use your money’

Translating Obama-speak: ‘We need to use your money’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell In a recent panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University, President Barack Obama gave another demonstration of his mastery of rhetoric — and disregard of reality. One of the ways of fighting poverty, he proposed, was to “ask from society’s lottery winners” that they make a “modest investment” in […]