Pawns of Liberals
Black people should stop being pawns for white liberals and support the police who are trying to protect them. ...
About: Walter E. Williams
Posts by Walter E. Williams
Minimum Wage and Discrimination
One effect of the minimum wage is discrimination against the employment of lower-skilled workers. In some places, the minimum wage is $15 an hour. But if a lower-skilled worker...
Lower Conduct Standards for Liberals
One can only imagine the widespread media, political and intellectual condemnation of Republicans and conservatives if, after the inauguration of Barack Obama, they had gone on a violent and...
Universities Cave to Snowflakes
One wonders just how far spineless college administrators will go when it comes to caving in to the demands of campus snowflakes. For those unfamiliar with the term "snowflakes,"...
International Trade Thuggery
President-elect Donald Trump's threats against American companies looking to relocate in foreign countries have won favorable review from many quarters. Support comes from those alarmed about trade deficits, those...
The Black Community and Crime
Today's level of lawlessness and insecurity in many black communities is a relatively new phenomenon. In the 1930s, '40s and '50s, people didn't bar their windows. Doors were often...
Liberal Struggle Against Reality
We will never understand liberals and progressives until we recognize that they often see reality as a social construct subject to being challenged and changed. ...
Thomas Sowell’s Classic “Wealth, Poverty and Politics”
Thomas Sowell has just published a revised and enlarged edition of his classic Wealth, Poverty and Politics. At the very beginning, he quotes Alexander Hamilton, who said, "The wealth of...
Inclusiveness and Diversity
Sometimes it seems as if every other word from the mouths of academicians is "inclusiveness" or "diversity." How sincere and truthful are these people about their "inclusiveness and diversity"...
Please, No More Miracles
Trade barriers do not increase employment; they just shift the composition of jobs away from competitive industries and toward those favored by the government. ...
Majority Rule Equals Tyranny
One of the primary dangers of majority rule is that it confers an aura of legitimacy and respectability to acts that would otherwise be deemed tyrannical. Think about it....
Let’s Fight Tyranny
One response to federal encroachment is for state governments to declare federal laws that have no constitutional authority null and void and refuse to obey them. In other words,...
Trump and College Chaos
If one needed more evidence of the steep decay in academia, Donald Trump's victory provided it. Let's begin by examining the responses to his win, not only among our...
Blacks and Politicians
Donald Trump's surprise win has millions of Americans, many of whom are black, in a tizzy. Many, such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, are writing about what it means to be...
Rules of the Game
The essence of a Supreme Court justice's job is just like that of a referee — namely, impartially enforcing the U.S. Constitution, our rules of the game. The status of a...
The Rich and Us
Let's look at the power of the rich. With all the money that Gates, Bezos and other superrich people have, what can they force you or me to do?...
Dumb American Youth
Do you wonder why Sen. Bernie Sanders and his ideas are so popular among American college students? The answer is that they, like so many other young people who...
Freedom to Work
If a person wants to go into business as a taxicab owner, what requirements should be imposed to protect the public? The prospective taxicab owner should show that he...
A Constitutional Right to Literacy
Detroit school students, represented by the Los Angeles-based public interest firm Public Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal right to literacy based...
Discrimination and Segregation
Racists cannot trust free markets to racially discriminate. Free markets, with their dispersion of power, have little respect for race. ...