Tag: Dr. Thomas Sowell

  • “Human Rights”

    “Human Rights”

    25 December 2023 Dear Editor, The likes of Australian Muslim cricketer Usman Khawaja (who has made statements that cricket is “white dominated” and is supported on his “Human Rights” for Gaza comments by Australian test captain Pat Cummins) condemning Israel’s all-out war (whilst doing so much to protect civilians and hostages) to fight back against…

  • You Would Accept Barbarism?

    You Would Accept Barbarism?

    10 October 2023 Dear Editor, “If you are not prepared to use force to protect civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism,” are the very sage words of African-American, Korean War Veteran, philosopher and economist, Dr Thomas Sowell. And there’s little doubt that Dr Sowell’s UN allies in the Korean War he fought alongside, the…

  • Thomas Sowell Says it Best: Lidia Thorpe and Noel Pearson, Please Note it Will Be Tribal Rule, with No Single “Voice”

    Thomas Sowell Says it Best: Lidia Thorpe and Noel Pearson, Please Note it Will Be Tribal Rule, with No Single “Voice”

    February 6, 2023 Dear Editor, Regarding the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament: The great African-American, Korean-war veteran, economist, and philosopher Dr Thomas Sowell is quoted: “The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.” So, Sen. Lidia Thorpe and Noel Pearson, please take note! Afghanistan has never been…

  • Joe to Show Some Spine?

    Joe to Show Some Spine?

    February 1, 2022 Dear Editor, With once semi-democratic and freedom-loving Hong Kong effectively “fallen” (along with Tibet) into totalitarian Red China’s inexorable and veracious liberty-devouring grasp on the watches of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, ringing loudly are sage words of great, leading-from-the-front-in-battle-soldier and conservationist, American President Teddy Roosevelt: “Talk softly, but carry a…

  • Crimea and the Ukraine

    Crimea and the Ukraine

    January 24, 2022 Dear Editor, Great, leading-from-the-front-in-battle soldier and conservationist, American President Teddy Roosevelt said, “Talk softly, but carry a big stick!” US President Barack Obama was as weak as water (while Donald Trump held more positions on Crimea, and Russia generally, than Joe Biden has on US southern border control) when saying the US…

  • Would You Bet Your Paycheck on a Weather Forecast?

    UN CLIMATE FORECASTS CONSISTENTLY WRONG by Dr. Tim Ball and Tom Harris, ©2017 (Nov. 28, 2017) — Dr. Thomas Sowell, Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, summarized the problem the world faces with climate change policy: “Would you bet your paycheck on the weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global…

  • Constitutional Considerations

    “ALWAYS BEYOND GOVERNMENT” by Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired, ©2013, blogging at Gulf1 (Sep. 28, 2013) — In a column the other day, excoriating the knee-jerk reaction of the left, Dr. Sowell castigated the eager-to-ignore-the-constitution politicians including the illegal alien, who suggested if he couldn’t get Congress to make serious inroads in “gun control”…