Black Education: A Glimmer of Hope
In reference to efforts to teach black children, the president of the St. Petersburg, Florida, chapter of the NAACP, Maria Scruggs, said: "The (school) district has shown they just...
About: Walter E. Williams
Posts by Walter E. Williams
Disparities Galore
Much is made about observed differences between sexes and among races. The nation's academic and legal elite try to sell us on the notion that men and women and...
FDA Policies Kill
Among the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's responsibilities are approval and regulation of pharmaceutical drugs. ...
Acceptable Racism
How appropriate would it be for a major publicly held American company to hire a person with a history of having publicly made the following statements and many others...
Miseducated or Stupid?
A recent Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation survey found that 51 percent of American millennials would rather live in a socialist or communist country than in a capitalist country....
Black Education: What Makes Sense?
What do you think of the proposition that no black youngsters should be saved from educational rot until all can be saved? Black people cannot afford to accept such...
Fruits of College Indoctrination
Much of today's incivility and contempt for personal liberty has its roots on college campuses, and most of the uncivil and contemptuous are people with college backgrounds. ...
We Have an Identity Problem
What's an open-and-shut case in biology can become confused in the political/social arena, particularly when one's sex is referred to as one's gender. ...
Skin in the Game
A very disturbing and mostly ignored issue is how absence of skin in the game negatively impacts the political arena. It turns out that 45 percent of American households,...
Democratic-Controlled House
Democrats are hoping the coming election will give them a majority in the House of Representatives. Republicans and much of our nation dread that prospect. My question is: What...
Price Gouging During a Natural Disaster
Price gouging in the wake of natural disasters is often seen as evil exploitation by sellers to rip off desperate customers. Let's hold off on that conclusion until after...
The Electoral College Debate
The Electoral College method of choosing the president and vice president guarantees that each state, whether large or small in area or population, has some voice in selecting the...
Real Economics
A widely anticipated textbook, Universal Economics, has just been published by Liberty Fund. ...
Racial Disparities in School Discipline
Faced with threats from the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, schools have instituted new disciplinary policies. ...
University Corruption
University administrators and faculty members who cave to the demands for racially segregated activities have lost their moral mooring, not to mention common sense. ...