THOMAS SOWELL has more random thoughts. Always worthwhile. Here's one:

Despite an old saying that taxes are the price we pay for civilization, an absolute majority of the record-breaking tax money collected by the federal government today is simply transferred by politicians from people who are not likely to vote for them to people who are more likely to vote for them.

And another:

Barack Obama wrote a book titled "The Audacity of Hope." His own career, however, might more accurately be titled "The Mendacity of Hype."

Read the rest. His final 'random thought' is worth seriously considering by every Republican presidential candidate.