Thomas Sowell is America's foremost public intellectual and for good reason. His work covers almost every subject imaginable- race, economics, Marxism, ethnic groups, immigration patterns, just to name a few. He is persuasive and provocative and always scintillating. I've read all his books and never been even faintly disappointed. Black Rednecks & White Liberals is no exception.

Overreaction is one of the things that congress specializes in. I can't think of anything congress does better than overreact.

Ronald Reagan has a story for every occasion. Bill Clinton has an excuse for every occasion.

Religion's crucial role in the lives of many people... is rejected out of hand by the political community, especially the press.

President Obama insists hes a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works.

Never miss it - that's the second biggest compliment I'd give to RealClearPolitics.com. The first is that it has become indispensable to anyone, in or outside of journalism, who's interested in politics, policy, or world affairs.

Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. 'I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves,' he said, implying that's the view of Republicans. It's the view of almost no one.