Historical Ignorance and Confederate Generals
The Confederacy has been the excuse for some of today’s rioting, property destruction and grossly uninformed statements. ...
About: Walter E. Williams
Posts by Walter E. Williams
Despicable Behavior of Today’s Academicians
The Michigan State University administration pressured professor Stephen Hsu to resign from his position as vice president of research and innovation because he touted research that found police are...
Charter Schools and Their Enemies
Charter schools are having remarkable success in areas with traditionally poor public-school education. This success is often not welcomed by government officials and public school teachers’ unions. ...
An Underappreciated American Scholar
Dr. Thomas Sowell has been both a friend and a colleague of mine for over a half-century. On June 30, he will have completed his 90th year of life,...
Insults to Black History
After that, black people should be simply left alone as opposed to being smothered by the paternalism inspired by white guilt. ...
Now What?
Black people must become intolerant of criminals who make their lives living hell, even if it means taking the law into their own hands. ...
The True Plight of Black Americans
The true plight of black people has little or nothing to do with the police or what has been called “systemic racism.” Instead, we need to look at the...
Some Facts Worth Knowing
Most surveys on U.S. poverty are deeply flawed. Even poor Americans are richer than the average person in most other developed nations. ...
Insane News Tidbits
The biggest casualty from the COVID-19 pandemic has nothing to do with the disease. It’s the power we’ve given to politicians and bureaucrats. ...
Rotten Education Isn’t Preordained
Black people cannot afford to buy into any attack on education alternatives. Charter schools across the nation offer a way out of the educational abyss. ...
The Nation’s Report Card
The Department of Education just released results of the quadrennial National Assessment of Educational Progress tests in U.S. history, civics and geography given in 2018. The news is not...
Today’s Americans and Yesteryear’s Americans
Here are some observations and questions regarding the greatness of previous generations compared with today’s Americans. Will our response to the COVID-19 epidemic will be that of a “roaring...
Benefits vs. Costs and COVID-19
With the costs and benefits in mind, we might examine our government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Fixing College Corruption
America’s colleges are rife with corruption. The financial squeeze resulting from COVID-19 offers opportunities for a bit of remediation. ...
Manipulation Through Racial Hoaxes
It may be perplexing to some, but I believe that our nation has made great progress in matters of race, so much so that imaginary racism and racial hoaxes...
Managing a Disaster
Many of the problems associated with a disaster would be eliminated if people’s buying behavior were the same as it was before the disaster. ...
Progressive Cities and Black Education
A recent report by Chris Stewart has shed new light on some of the educational problems faced by black youth. ...
Rights Versus Wishes
The provision by the U.S. Congress of a so-called right to health care should offend any sense of moral decency. ...
Stop, Question and Frisk
Black people must ask what needs to be done to stop criminals from preying on them and making so many of their communities economic wastelands. If stop, question and...
Political Bias and Anti-Americanism on College Campuses
The true tragedy is that so many Americans are blind to the fact that today’s colleges and universities pose a threat on several fronts to the well-being of our...