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Book: Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays
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Thomas Sowell _ Ever Wonder Why? and Other
Far from being a national crisis of affordable housing, outrageous rents and astronomical home prices are largely confined to a relatively few places along the east and west coasts. Rent per square foot of apartment space in San Francisco is more than double what it is in Denver, Dallas, or Kansas City, and nearly three times as high as in Memphis. Home prices show even greater disparities.
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Thomas Sowell _ Ever Wonder Why? and Other
Gun control zealots compare the United States and England to show that murder rates are lower where restrictions on ownership of firearms are more severe. But you could just as easily compare Switzerland and Germany, the Swiss having lower murder rates than the Germans, even though gun ownership is three times higher in Switzerland. Other countries with high rates of gun ownership and low murder rates include Israel, New Zealand, and Finland.
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Thomas Sowell _ Ever Wonder Why? and Other
What is called an educated person is often someone who has had a dangerously superficial exposure to a wide spectrum of subjects.
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Thomas Sowell _ Ever Wonder Why? and Other
People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.
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Thomas Sowell _ Ever Wonder Why? and Other
Don't you get tired of seeing so many "non-conformists" with the same non-conformist look?
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