Is Reality Optional? and Other Essays: Volume 418

by Thomas Sowell

Book Overview

Quotes from the book:

"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. In area after area--crime, education, housing, race relations--the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history of failure and disaster has neither discouraged the social engineers nor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817992626
• ISBN13: 9780817992620
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Cleat thoughts from The Ecconoic Netherworld

Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays (Hoover Institution Press Publication) Thos book is an under the covers look at the fallacies that modern society attributes to everyday issues. Usually what people see from the media is not even closer to the truth. People need to read this book to see the truth behind what the media is trying to sell us. It covers many topics, and is entertaing.

Wonderful!

A great collection of essays by one of Americas greatest intellectuals. Sowell covers a wide range of topics from drug legalization to why he thinks the word conservative should disappear from the English language. you may not agree with Sowell on every issue, but his arguments are well constructed and thought provoking.

Home Run!

Thomas Sowell hits it out of the park on this one. He's thought provoking, succinct, and ideologically on the button. This is a series of 2-3 page writings on a variety of topics that we all think about, but can never articulate in the fresh and clear way that Thomas Sowell does. He just makes sense, period.

Wonder why conservatives and liverals see things differently?

I'm a conservative and I have good friends and family memebers who are liberals. The conservatives and liberals I know are all intelligent and concerned people. I could never figure out why there were such differing views on so many topics. This book nails it. It is from a conservative view, but will be enlightening to all. One of my favorites.

Timeless essays by the incomparable Doctor Sowell

A must for anyone who follows the brilliant Dr. Sowell, this book collects a series of his essays and thoughts on politics, race, and common sense. As a special treat he has a section of quotes at the end with gems like "To me, the fact that I have never killed an editor is proof enough that the death penalty deters" and "There are only two types of food- Southern fried chicken and everything else". A reader would be hard pressed to ask for more.