Walter E. Williams

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Should We Obey All Laws?

By Walter E. Williams (May 16, 2012)

Let's think about whether all acts of Congress deserve our respect and obedience. Suppose Congress enacted a law -- and the Supreme Court ruled it constitutional -- requiring... more

Leftist Race-baiters

By Walter E. Williams (May 09, 2012)

MSNBC's Chris Matthews, in a recent debate with former Republican National Chairman Michael Steele, called the Republican Party the "grand wizard crowd." Grand wizard is the... more

America's Two-Faced Liberals

By Walter E. Williams (May 02, 2012)

President Barack Obama and Wall Street occupiers, along with their allies in the mainstream media and on college campuses, have maintained an ongoing attack on high-income... more

Devious Taxation

By Walter E. Williams (Apr 25, 2012)

The Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation does a yeoman's job of keeping track of how much we're paying in taxes and who's paying what. It turns out that American taxpayers... more

Good Economists

By Walter E. Williams (Apr 18, 2012)

It's difficult to be a good economist and simultaneously be perceived as compassionate. To be a good economist, one has to deal with reality. To appear compassionate, often... more

Media Dishonesty and Race Hustlers

By Walter E. Williams (Apr 11, 2012)

When NBC's "Today" show played the audio of George Zimmerman's call to a Sanford, Fla., police dispatcher about Trayvon Martin, the editors made him appear to be a racist who... more

Dupes for the State

By Walter E. Williams (Apr 04, 2012)

Public misunderstanding, ignorance and possibly contempt for liberty play into the hands of people who want to control our lives. Responses to my recent column "Compliant... more

Profiling

By Walter E. Williams (Mar 28, 2012)

Right now, there isn't enough known about the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a black, by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old... more

Political Rope-A-Dope

By Walter E. Williams (Mar 21, 2012)

It's not unreasonable to ask how valuable the variously labeled liberal, Democratic or progressive agenda has been to black Americans and whether blacks should proceed... more

Compliant Americans

By Walter E. Williams (Mar 14, 2012)

Last month, at a Raeford, N.C., elementary school, a teacher confiscated the lunch of a 5-year-old girl because it didn't meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines and... more

It Just Ain't So

By Walter E. Williams (Mar 07, 2012)

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 2011 manufacturing output grew by 11 percent, to nearly $5 trillion. Were our manufacturing sector considered a nation with its own gross... more

Equality or Inequality

By Walter E. Williams (Feb 29, 2012)

Rick Santorum's speech at the Detroit Economic Club stirred a bit of controversy when he said: "I'm not about equality of result when it comes to income inequality. There is... more

Math Matters

By Walter E. Williams (Feb 22, 2012)

If one manages to graduate from high school without the rudiments of algebra, geometry and trigonometry, there are certain relatively high-paying careers probably off-limits... more

Rising Black Social Pathology

By Walter E. Williams (Feb 15, 2012)

The Philadelphia Inquirer's big story Feb. 4 was about how a budget crunch at the Philadelphia School District had caused the district to lay off 91 school police officers.... more

Economic Chaos Ahead

By Walter E. Williams (Feb 08, 2012)

Let's think about the kind of mess that we're in. Federal 2010 Medicare and Medicaid expenditures totaled $800 billion. The projected annual growth of both programs is about... more

Obama's Racial Politics

By Walter E. Williams (Feb 01, 2012)

There's been a heap of criticism placed upon President Barack Obama's domestic policies that have promoted government intrusion and prolonged our fiscal crisis and his... more

Schools of Education

By Walter E. Williams (Jan 25, 2012)

Larry Sand's article "No Wonder Johnny (Still) Can't Read" -- written for The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, based in Raleigh, N.C. -- blames schools... more

Presidential Nonsense

By Walter E. Williams (Jan 18, 2012)

Last week, President Barack Obama, at a Capital Hilton fundraising event, told the crowd, "We can't go back to this brand of you're-on-your-own economics." Throughout my... more

In Greed I Trust

By Walter E. Williams (Jan 11, 2012)

Last week's column started off asking: "What human motivation gets the most wonderful things done?" The answer is that human greed is what gets wonderful things done. I... more

I Love Greed

By Walter E. Williams (Jan 04, 2012)

What human motivation gets the most wonderful things done? It's really a silly question, because the answer is so simple. It turns out that it's human greed that gets the... more