http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ Thomas Sowell en-us Copyright 2012, Deseret News Publishing Company Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:01 MDT Thu, 31 May 2012 20:58:00 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765578222/Raising-taxes-on-rich-wont-increase-the-amount-nation-collects.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765578222/Raising-taxes-on-rich-wont-increase-the-amount-nation-collects.html Democrats have been having a field day with the cry of "tax cuts for the rich" — for which Republicans seem to have no... Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765573178/Dont-ignore-cynical-corrupt-organization-of-employee-unions.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765573178/Dont-ignore-cynical-corrupt-organization-of-employee-unions.html Labor unions, like the United Nations, are all too often judged by what they are envisioned as being — not by what they... Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765563969/Interstate-commerce-is-a-magic-term-that-can-justify-anything.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765563969/Interstate-commerce-is-a-magic-term-that-can-justify-anything.html When a 1942 Supreme Court decision that most people never heard of makes the front page of the New York Times in 2012, you... Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765559782/Statistics-on-school-discipline-are-used-to-perpetrate-a-big-hoax.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765559782/Statistics-on-school-discipline-are-used-to-perpetrate-a-big-hoax.html There have been many frauds of historic proportions — for example, the financial pyramid scheme for which Charles Ponzi... Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765551181/Obamas-version-of-change-discredited-100-years-ago.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765551181/Obamas-version-of-change-discredited-100-years-ago.html Although Barack Obama is the first black president of the United States, he is by no means unique, except for his complexion.... Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700216741/Blaming-wealth-generators-leads-to-bad-consequences.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700216741/Blaming-wealth-generators-leads-to-bad-consequences.html Different histories, geography, demography and cultures have left various groups, races, nations and civilizations with... Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700205076/Give-a-book-this-Christmas-and-here-are-some-suggestions.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700205076/Give-a-book-this-Christmas-and-here-are-some-suggestions.html The joys of Christmas do not include coping with crowds at shopping malls or wracking your brains trying to figure out what... Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700200856/Supercommittee-was-a-charade-that-helped-Obamas-chances.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700200856/Supercommittee-was-a-charade-that-helped-Obamas-chances.html Many people are lamenting the failure of the Congressional "supercommittee" to come up with an agreement on ways to reduce... Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700177182/If-you-can-afford-good-medical-care-should-you-be-allowed-it.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700177182/If-you-can-afford-good-medical-care-should-you-be-allowed-it.html A few weeks ago, I had what seemed to me a small medical problem, so I phoned my primary physician. However, after we... Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700175321/Recovery-slow-because-Obama-follows-FDRs-failed-game-plan-from-the-30s.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700175321/Recovery-slow-because-Obama-follows-FDRs-failed-game-plan-from-the-30s.html Many in the media are saying how unusual it is for our economy to be so sluggish for so long, after we have officially... Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 MDT