A More or Less Perfect Union
“A More or Less Perfect Union” is a three-part series that will air on various PBS stations across the nation starting in February. The most important audience for the...
About: Walter E. Williams
Posts by Walter E. Williams
Democracy and Tyranny
One frequent claim is that our nation is a democracy. If we’ve become a democracy, it would represent a deep betrayal of our founders, who saw democracy as another...
Diversity and Inclusion Insanity
It’s nearly impossible to have even a short conversation with a college administrator, politician or chief executive without the words diversity and inclusion dropping from their lips. ...
Unappreciated Crime Costs
Crime imposes a hefty tax on people who can least afford it. They are the law-abiding residents of black neighborhoods. ...
Colleges Dupe Parents and Taxpayers
Both in and out of academia, the content of a man's character is no longer as important as the color of his skin, his sex, his sexual preferences or...
Virginia’s Second Amendment Attack
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam apologized for his medical school blackface stunt, but he will have much more to apologize for if he signs into law a bill that attacks...
Corrupting Our Social Norms
Federal, state and local governments are ignoring biology and permitting people to make their sex optional on one’s birth certificate, passport, Social Security card and driver’s license. ...
Fraud in Higher Education
The fact that unscrupulous parents paid millions for special favors from college administrators to enroll their children pales in comparison to the poor educational outcomes, not to mention the...
Who Are the Racists?
Black people cannot afford to remain fodder for the liberal agenda. With that in mind, we should not be a one-party people in a two-party system. ...
Scientists: Dishonest or Afraid?
The absolute worst case of professional incompetence and dishonesty is in the area of climate science. ...
Young People Ignorant of History
A recent survey conducted by the Victims of Communism and polled by YouGov, a research and data firm, found that 70% of millennials are likely to vote socialist and...
Disproportionalities: Whose Fault?
It is pathetic and professionally incompetent that she can ignore decades of research that shoots down the idea that disparities prove discrimination. ...
U.S. in Moral Decline
Whether we have the stomach to own up to it or not, we have become an immoral people left with little more than the pretense of morality. ...
Intolerance in Academia
If you need an accurate update on some of the madness at the nation’s institutions of higher learning, check out Minding the Campus. Its most recent compilation of campus...
Idiotic Environmental Predictions
Today’s wild predictions about climate doom are likely to be just as true as yesteryear’s. ...
Who Cares About You?
The most reliable assumption, in terms of the conduct of one’s life, is to assume that people don’t care about you one way or another. ...
Youth and Ignorance
Libertarian feminist professor Camille Paglia has gotten in hot water for being critical of modern feminism and the obsession with socialism among today’s youth. ...
Racist Exam Questions?
The U.S. Department of Justice has recently sued the Baltimore County government alleging that its written test for police officer recruits was unfairly biased against black applicants. ...