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							<title><![CDATA[My Experience With Artificial Intelligence]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/thomas-sowell-my-experience-with-artificial-intelligence-ebcde812?st=CYA7yL</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'voice'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' is all over the internet saying things I have never said and would never say.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clock Is Ticking: GOP Must Make Case Against Harris]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/republicans-better-get-on-the-ball-thomas-sowell-2024-election-kamala-harris-91883df6?st=4vfozdq4k745l6u</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the Republicans lose this year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s election'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'against an administration whose policies have been rejected by the public in poll after poll'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'they will deserve to lose.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Point of No Return]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/08/04/the_point_of_no_return_147997.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is an election year. But the issues this year are not about Democrats and Republicans. The big issue is whether this nation has degenerated to a point of no return -- a point where we risk destroying ourselves, before our enemies can destroy us.
If there is one moment that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Truth Irrelevant?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/12/is_truth_irrelevant_145010.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is amazing how many people seem to have discovered last Wednesday that riots are wrong -- when many of those same people apparently had not noticed that when riots went on, for weeks or even months, in various cities across the country last year.
For too many people, especially in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Vote at the Crossroads]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/05/a_vote_at_the_crossroads_144967.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What makes the special election vote in Georgia historic is not just the specific issues or the specific candidates for the Senate who are on the ballot. As a nation, we are at a crossroads in the history of America. And if we take the wrong road, we may never get back again.
If Georgia...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Walter E. Williams 1936-2020]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2020/12/02/walter-e-williams-19362020-n2580965</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Walter Williams loved teaching. Unlike too many other teachers today, he made it a point never to impose his opinions on his students. Those who read his syndicated newspaper columns know that he expressed his opinions boldly and unequivocally there. But not in the classroom.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Black Education Matters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/10/30/black_education_matters_144570.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most Americans would probably be shocked and angry if they knew all the dirty tricks used to sabotage charter schools that are successfully educating low-income minority children.
This is not "systemic racism." It is plain old selfishness on the part of traditional public school...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supporting Charter Schools Would Improve Minority Lives]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/black-minority-lives-improve-politicians-charter-schools-thomas-sowell</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While the hard facts are on the side of the charter schools, the rhetoric and the politics favor the unionized traditional public schools.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lessons From the Past]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/01/29/lessons_from_the_past_139315.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Seventy-one years ago this month -- in January 1948 -- a black, 17-year-old high school dropout left home. The last grade he had completed was the 9th grade. He had no skills, little experience, and not a lot of maturity. Yet he was able to find jobs to support himself, to a far greater...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fact-Free Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/01/17/fact-free_politics_139209.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In this era when there has been more information available to more people than at any time in the past, it is also true that there has been more misinformation from more different sources than ever. We are not talking about differences of opinion or inadequate verification, but about...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Moral Bankruptcy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/11/20/moral_bankruptcy_138708.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People who follow politics, even casually, learn not to expect high moral standards from politicians. But there are some outrages that show a new low, even for politicians.
Among the consequences of Democrats' recent election victories, especially at the state and local levels, is the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Tax Cuts for the Rich'?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/05/02/tax_cuts_for_the_rich_133760.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the painful realities of our times is how long a political lie can survive, even after having been disproved years ago, or even generations ago.
A classic example is the phrase "tax cuts for the rich," which is loudly proclaimed by opponents, whenever there is a proposal to reduce...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Lessons of Middlebury College]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/03/13/the_real_lessons_of_middlebury_college_133321.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many people seem shocked at the recent savagery of a mob of students at Middlebury College, who rioted to prevent Charles Murray from addressing a student group who had invited him to speak. They also inflicted injuries requiring hospitalization on a woman from the faculty who was with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Education at a Crossroads: Part II]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/07/education_at_a_crossroads_part_ii_133011.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the painful realities of our time is that most public schools in most low-income, inner-city neighborhoods produce educational outcomes that are far below the outcomes in other neighborhoods, and especially in more affluent neighborhoods.
Attempts to assign blame are too numerous...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Education at a Crossroads]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/06/education_at_a_crossroads_132996.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In just a matter of days -- perhaps Monday -- a decision will be made in Washington affecting the futures of millions of children in low-income communities, and in the very troubled area of race relations in America.
An opportunity has arisen -- belatedly -- that may not come again in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Random Thoughts, Looking Back]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/27/random_thoughts_looking_back_132648.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Any honest man, looking back on a very long life, must admit -- even if only to himself -- being a relic of a bygone era. Having lived long enough to have seen both "the greatest generation" that fought World War II and the gratingest generation that we see all around us today, makes...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Farewell]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/27/farewell_132647.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even the best things come to an end. After enjoying a quarter of a century of writing this column for Creators Syndicate, I have decided to stop. Age 86 is well past the usual retirement age, so the question is not why I am quitting, but why I kept at it so long.
It was very fulfilling...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Public Service]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/20/a_public_service_132606.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sometimes someone inadvertently performs a public service by bringing an unbelievably stupid and dangerous idea to the surface, where it can be exposed for what it is.
The New York Times can be credited -- if that is the word -- with performing this public service in a recent editorial...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 'Diversity' Fraud]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/20/the_diversity_fraud_132607.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nothing so epitomizes the politically correct gullibility of our times as the magic word "diversity." The wonders of diversity are proclaimed from the media, extolled in the academy and confirmed in the august chambers of the Supreme Court of the United States. But have you ever seen one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Where Are We?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/13/where_are_we_132549.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We are now in a kind of political no-man's-land between an administration on its way out and a new administration taking shape. Predictions are always risky -- and nowhere more so than in times like these.
What we can do, however, is assess where we are, and what some of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Left's Gambles]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/06/the_lefts_gambles_132498.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sometimes life forces us to make decisions, even when we don't have enough information to know how the decision will turn out. The risks may be even greater when people make decisions for other people. Yet there are some who are not only willing, but eager, to take decisions away from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Football and Fallacies]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/23/football_and_fallacies_132430.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is a football story with both political and legal implications.
It was fourth down in a National Football League game, and the punting team came onto the field. The other team went into their formation to defend against the punt. Then somebody noticed that the man set to kick the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Backward-Looking 'Progressives']]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/22/backward-looking_progressives_132409.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People who call themselves "progressives" claim to be forward-looking, but a remarkable amount of the things they say and do are based on looking backward.
One of the maddening aspects of the thinking, or non-thinking, on the political left is their failure to understand that there is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Now?: Part II]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/15/what_now_part_ii_132347.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the post-election shock of some, and the euphoria of others, both begin to wear off, the country and the new administration will have some very serious problems to face, at home and abroad. How those problems are faced -- or evaded -- will tell us a lot about the next four years, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Now?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/14/what_now_132350.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The good news is that we dodged a bullet in this election. The bad news is that we don't know how many other bullets are coming, or from what direction.
A Hillary Clinton victory would have meant a third consecutive administration dedicated to dismantling the institutions that have kept...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Painful Choices]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/08/painful_choices_132275.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let's talk sense about the election. Nothing is to be gained by refusing to face the hard facts. What are those facts?
First of all, neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump has the qualifications, the track record or the personal character to be President of the United States.
Most of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Painful Choices: Part II]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/08/painful_choices_part_ii_132276.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In most Presidential election years, the most important vote is the vote for President of the United States. This year, the most important vote looks like the vote for control of the Senate. Regardless of who wins the White House, the freedom that Americans have taken for granted --...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Has Economics Failed?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/01/has_economics_failed_132208.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is especially painful for me, as an economist, to see that two small cities in northern California -- San Mateo and Burlingame -- have rent control proposals on the ballot this election year.
There are various other campaigns, in other places around the country, for and against...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Random Thoughts]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/01/random_thoughts_132207.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Random thoughts on the passing scene:
There seem to be fewer bumper stickers this year than in previous presidential election years. People may decide to vote for one of these candidates, but apparently they are not proud of their choice.
It is astonishing that some people think that the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Left's Vision]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/01/the_lefts_vision_132209.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Sowell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The political left keeps announcing, as if it is a new breakthrough discovery of theirs, that life is unfair. Have they never read Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," more than two and a half centuries ago? What about economic historian David S. Landes' statement: "The...]]></description>
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