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How Leftists Exploit the Shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords

Michael Hurd | 10 January 2011
If you think about it, it's a liberal "two-fer."

The Bullet Counters: "Killing an Unarmed Man" Who Is Trying To Run You Over With His Car

Thomas Sowell | 23 May 2008
The biggest and most common talking point when the police fire at someone is counting how many bullets they fired.

Alternatives to Incarceration and The Costs of Crime

Thomas Sowell | 11 March 2008
The cost of locking up criminals has to be paid out of government budgets that politicians would prefer to spend on giveaway programs that are more likely to get them re-elected. But the far higher costs of letting criminals loose is paid by the general public in both money and in being subjected to violence.

At Last!

Thomas Sowell | 11 December 2007
As someone who once taught pistol shooting in the Marine Corps, it has never seemed strange to me that the police sometimes fire dozens of shots at a criminal.

Crime and Rhetoric

Thomas Sowell | 18 October 2007
The left is still comfortable talking about "injustices and inequities" -- even without notes -- and certainly without confronting the vast amount of evidence that they are wrong.

High-Speed Car Chases By The Police

Thomas Sowell | 12 September 2007
High-speed car chases by police on highways, or even on residential streets, have become a staple of television news. An estimated 500 people died as a result of high-speed car chases last year.

A Land Fit for Criminals, Part II

Thomas Sowell | 21 August 2006
Do higher rates of imprisonment reduce crime? Is crime a result of poverty, unemployment, and the like? Are alternatives to incarceration more effective in preventing criminals from repeating their crimes?

A Land Fit for Criminals, Part I

Thomas Sowell | 20 August 2006
David Fraser's book "A Land Fit for Criminals" examines that evidence at length and exposes the fraudulence of the claims used to try to justify continuing to be lenient to criminals as crime rates have soared in Britain.

Rebuilding New Orleans -- and America

Thomas Sowell | 6 September 2005
The physical devastation caused by hurricane Katrina has painfully revealed the moral devastation of our times that has led to mass looting in New Orleans, assaults on people in shelters, the raping of girls, and shots being fired at helicopters that are trying to rescue people.

Destroying Effective Policing

Walter Williams | 1 June 2005
Police departments must use race and sex preferences in hiring as a result of federal court consent decrees and political pressures. To meet these demands, many police departments have lowered, and in some cases eliminated, established standards for personal character and intellectual and physical capacity.
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