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 […]

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. […]

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 […]