Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.

Quote by Thomas Sowell

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If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone...

If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone...

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they...

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they...

People used to say, Ignorance is no excuse. Today, ignorance is no problem. After all,...

People used to say, Ignorance is no excuse. Today, ignorance is no problem. After all,...

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who...

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of...

What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of...

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

As a rule of thumb, Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad...

As a rule of thumb, Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad...

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to...

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to...

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world...

What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world...

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could...

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could...

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy...

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Someone once said that a fool can put on his coat better than a wise...

Someone once said that a fool can put on his coat better than a wise...

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then...

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then...

Discoveries made during the last hundred years have shown that liberalism is the best system...

Discoveries made during the last hundred years have shown that liberalism is the best system...

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income,...

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income,...

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....