Dumb Politicians Won’t Get Elected
Politicians can be progressives, liberals, conservatives, Democrats or Republicans, and right-wingers. They just can't be dumb. The American people will never elect them to office. Let's look at it. ...
About: Walter E. Williams
Posts by Walter E. Williams
The Pope and Capitalism
First, I acknowledge that capitalism fails miserably when compared with heaven or a utopia. Any earthly system is going to come up short in such a comparison. However, mankind must make...
Our Fragile Planet
Fragile-earth indoctrination is fed to our youth from kindergarten through college. So let's examine just how fragile the earth is. ...
Blacks and Obama
There is every indication to suggest that Obama's presidency will be seen as a failure similar to that of Jimmy Carter's. That's bad news for the nation but especially bad news...
Masking Totalitarianism
One of the oldest notions in the history of mankind is that some people are to give orders and others are to obey. The powerful elite believe that they have wisdom...
Do Americans Prefer Deception?
Congress tells us that one-half of the Social Security tax is paid by employees and that the other half is paid by employers. The truth of the matter is that the...
Does Washington Know Best?
Congress and the president are taking over an area of our lives infinitely more challenging and complex than the management of traffic signals and supermarkets, namely our health care system. Oblivious...
Congressionally Duped Americans
Last week's column, "Is There a Way Out?", generated quite a few responses, some a bit angry. Some people were offended by my reference to Social Security and Medicare as entitlements...
Is There a Way Out?
If we are to be able to avoid ultimate collapse, it's going to take a moral reawakening and renewed constitutional respect. ...
Loving and Hating America
I'm wondering how the hate-America/blame-America-first crowd might explain the fact that so many people in the world, if they had a chance, would permanently relocate here. ...
Racial Trade-offs: Part II
Political trade-offs in labor markets condemn many blacks, particularly black youths, to high rates of unemployment and reduced economic opportunities. Let's look at this, starting with a few historical facts. ...
Racial Trade-offs
Though many black politicians mouth that we should fix, not abandon, public schools, they themselves have abandoned public schools. They see their children as too precious to be sacrificed in the...
Are Guns the Problem?
Every time there's a shooting tragedy, there are more calls for gun control. Let's examine a few historical facts. ...
Honesty and Trust
Crime, distrust and dishonesty impose huge losses that go beyond those suffered directly. Much of the cost of crime and dishonesty is borne by people who can least afford it —...
Student Indoctrination
The new college academic year has begun, and unfortunately, so has student indoctrination. Let's look at some of it. ...