How Much of the Civil War Was About Slavery?
We call the war of 1861 the Civil War. But is that right? A civil war is a struggle between two or more entities trying to take over the central government....
About: Walter E. Williams
Posts by Walter E. Williams
Historical Ignorance
The victors of war write its history in order to cast themselves in the most favorable light. That explains the considerable historical ignorance about our war of 1861 and panic over...
Fiddling Away the Future
Let's list major problems affecting black Americans. Topping the list is the breakdown in the black family, where only a third of black children are raised in two-parent households. ...
Constitutional Ignorance and Dereliction
The nation's demagogues and constitutionally ignorant are using the Charleston, South Carolina, AME church shooting to attack the Second Amendment's "right of the people to keep and bear Arms." ...
You’re What You Say You Are
Today we're not held to reality. For example, one does not have to accept the limitations of biology. Say that one is born with XX sex chromosomes and is therefore female...
Culture and Social Pathology
A civilized society's first line of defense is not the law, police and courts but customs, traditions, rules of etiquette and moral values. ...
Intellectual Dishonesty
Many academics know that to call any science settled is nonsense. But their leftist political sentiments and lack of academic integrity prevent them from criticizing public officials and the media for...
Liberals Respect Me
Liberals unintentionally treat me like a white person. Unlike their response to other blacks, they demand that I back up my statements. For that, I thank them. ...
The True Black Tragedy
The bulk of today's problems for many blacks are a result of politicians and civil rights organizations using government in the name of helping blacks when in fact they are serving...
Some Odds and Ends: Crime, Diversity, and Sexual Equality
Occasionally, I wonder whether I'm alone in some of my wonderings. Look at the claim that conservatives or Republicans have launched a war on women as a part of their overall...
Black Lives Matter
The protest chant that black lives matter appears to mean that black lives matter only if they are taken at the hands of white police officers. ...
California’s Water Problem
There needs to be a move toward a market-oriented method for the distribution of water. Government management has been a failure. ...
Freedom of Association
Christian Americans are being hounded for their refusal to cater same-sex weddings. For those who support such attacks, we might ask them whether they would seek prosecution of the owner of...
Reality May Be Optional
One of the wonders of modern times is that reality is often seen as a social construct and therefore optional. Thus, if one finds a particular reality offensive or inconvenient, he...
The Ticket to Prosperity
Today's Third World poverty is mostly self-inflicted — indigenously created. The growth-promoting characteristics of the non-poor countries that are all but absent in poor countries are protected private property rights, personal...