Should Profiling Be Banned?
Last week, the Obama administration announced new curbs on racial profiling by federal law enforcement. Before deciding whether this is good or bad policy, we might try to develop...
About: Walter E. Williams
Posts by Walter E. Williams
What’s Rule of Law?
Just about every law that Congress enacts violates the requirements for rule of law. How do we determine violations of rule of law? It's easy. See whether the law...
Can Racial Discrimination Explain Much?
Very often, major problems are erroneously seen as being caused by racial discrimination. No one argues that racial discrimination does not exist or does not have effects. The question...
Obama vs. Us
The recent elections, which gave Republicans control of both houses of Congress, clearly indicate a repudiation of much of Obama's agenda. But the question is whether the Republican majority...
Educational Fraud
The discovery of the "phantom courses" at UNC and resulting scandal are simply the tip of the iceberg and a symptom of a much larger problem. ...
Scholar-Athlete Charade
Chapel Hill campus of the University of North Carolina, the state's flagship university. Nearly 50 percent of the students taking the phantom classes were athletes on the university's football and...
Africa: A Tragic Continent. But Why?
Poverty is not a cause but a result of Africa's problems. What African countries need the West cannot provide. They need personal liberty. ...
Embarrassing Economists
There are economists, most notably Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, who suggest that the law of demand applies to everything except labor prices (wages) of low-skilled workers. ...
FDA: Officially Killing Americans
When the FDA calls a news conference to announce approval of a drug, somebody should ask the official how many Americans died from the drug's not being approved the...
Teacher Indoctrination
Students at several Jefferson County, Colorado, high schools walked out to protest the school board's recently proposed curriculum review committee that seeks to promote patriotism, respect for authority, free...
Do Statistical Disparities Mean Injustice?
How many times have we heard laments such as "women are 50 percent of the population but only 5 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs" and, as the Justice Department...
The Role of Money in Politics: Favors and Loot for Sale
The bedrock problem is the awesome power of Congress. We Americans have asked, demanded and allowed congressmen to ignore their oaths of office and ignore the constitutional limitations imposed...
Things I Don’t Understand
If one cannot contract Ebola, as the CDC claims, except through exchange of bodily fluids, then why were millions of dollars spent transporting Ebola patients Dr. Kent Brantly and...
Blacks Must Confront Reality
Though racial discrimination exists, it is nowhere near the barrier it once was. The relevant question is: How much of what we see today can be explained by racial...
Tuition Pays for This
Faced with the increasing costs of higher education, parents and taxpayers might like to know what they're getting for their money. ...