Dr. Thomas Sowell is an American TREASURE. He is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, born in NC, but raised in Harlem. Educated at Harvard, Columbia and Chicago. He is an economist who has taught at Cornell, Brandeis, The Urban Institution, UCLA, and now at Stanford. These Quotes Truly Described the Role That Our Elected Politicians Play. Do Look Closely When You Vote Keeping in Mind That one Gets Only What He Pays For at the End of the Day – No Free Lunches.