Advice to graduates: Doze off during the commencement speeches

Advice to graduates: Doze off during the commencement speeches

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell This is the season of college commencement speeches — an art form that has seldom been memorable, but has increasingly become toxic in recent times. Two themes seem to dominate commencement speeches. One is shameless self-advertising by people in government, or in related organizations supported by the taxpayers or […]

The state of American academia: Leftist group think untainted by opposing perspectives

The state of American academia: Leftist group think untainted by opposing perspectives

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Jason Riley has now joined the long and distinguished list of people invited — and then disinvited — to give a talk on a college campus, in this case Virginia Tech. Mr. Riley is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal and, […]

Good reasons to panic: The Herbert Hoover legacy, ‘Loose lips sink ships’, Hillary Clinton

Good reasons to panic: The Herbert Hoover legacy, ‘Loose lips sink ships’, Hillary Clinton

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Republican party leaders may have worried that Donald Trump would not only lose the general election for the presidency, but would so poison the image of the party as to cause Republican candidates for Congress and for state and local offices to also lose. Now they seem to be […]

‘Messing with the Constitution’? The Left beat Texas Gov. Abbott to the punch

‘Messing with the Constitution’? The Left beat Texas Gov. Abbott to the punch

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell In recent years, a small but growing number of people have advocated a convention of states to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The reaction to the proposal has been hostile, out of all proportion to either the originality or the danger of such a convention. […]

President’s Obama’s speech: Often wrong but never in doubt

President’s Obama’s speech: Often wrong but never in doubt

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell When the President of the United States asks the television networks to set aside time for him to broadcast a speech from the Oval Office, we can usually expect that he has something new to say. But President Obama’s speech Sunday night was just a rehash of what he […]

The Ben Carson flaps: A disturbing snapshot of media desperation

The Ben Carson flaps: A disturbing snapshot of media desperation

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Dr. Ben Carson’s whole life has been very unusual, so perhaps we should not be surprised to see the latest twist — the media going ballistic over discrepancies in a few things he said. Years ago, when I was writing some autobiographical sketches, I dug up old letters, to […]

Hillary 2.0 has evolved . . . to a world-class liar

Hillary 2.0 has evolved . . . to a world-class liar

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Many people may share Senator Bernie Sanders’ complaint that he was tired of hearing about Hillary Clinton’s e-mails. But the controversy is about issues far bigger than e-mails. One issue is the utter disaster created by the Obama administration’s foreign policy in Libya, carried out by Hillary Clinton as […]

Determinism and determination: The cultural divides, charlatans and sheep

Determinism and determination: The cultural divides, charlatans and sheep

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell The prevailing social dogma of our time — that economic and other disparities among groups are strange, if not sinister — has set off bitter disputes between those who blame genetic differences and those who blame discrimination. Both sides ignore the possibility that groups themselves may differ in their […]