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

The American people are not as casualty-sensitive as the weenies in the American press are.

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

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

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.

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.