Tag: Walter Williams

President Obama pauses as he speaks at the LBJ Presidential Library, Thursday, April 10, 2014, in Austin, Texas, during the Civil Rights Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama administration’s push for equality in discipline goes to absurd lengths

Walter Williams · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler delivers his May Day address to an assembly of 1,500,000 Nazi Germans who marched to Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany, to take part in the celebration of Germany's national labor day on May 1, 1935.

Evil leaders like Adolf Hitler don’t reach positions of power without help

Walter Williams · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

There are several race and sex issues that need addressing. (Thinkstock)

Let’s talk about gender and race equality

Walter Williams · March 31, 2014 12:00 am

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during a universal Pre-K event on March 4 in Albany, N.Y. (AP/Mike Groll)

Bizarre arguments and behavior on education, smoking and obesity

Walter Williams · March 24, 2014 12:00 am

Many economists and other social scientists determine well-being by looking at income brackets instead of people. When looking at people, one finds considerable income mobility. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Wage stagnation is an ‘illusion’

Walter Williams · March 17, 2014 4:00 am

The Constitution's framers gave us reasonably fair and neutral rules of the game. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Governed by Constitution rules, not men

Walter Williams · March 10, 2014 4:00 am

Black people are being duped into supporting welfare state

Walter Williams · March 3, 2014 12:00 am

There is little that the political and education establishment will do about the grossly fraudulent education received by many black youngsters, and more money is not the answer. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Solutions to deal with black education issues

Walter Williams · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

Helping one's fellow man through coercion and reaching into another's pockets is evil and worthy of condemnation. (Thinkstock)

Socialism a means of concealing evil

Walter Williams · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

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The US needs a War on Dependency, not poverty

Walter Williams · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

In 2013, 46 percent of Philadelphia eighth-graders scored below basic, and 35 percent scored basic in math. Below basic is a score meaning that a student is unable to demonstrate even partial mastery of knowledge and skills fundamental for proficient work at his grade level. Basic indicates only partial mastery. (Thinkstock)

Schoolteacher cheating creates fraudulent diplomas

Walter Williams · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

If a corporate board of directors could hire a person for $45,000 who could do what a CEO could do, why would they pay CEOs millions? (Photo: Thinkstock)

Income inequality and the politics of hate and envy

Walter Williams · January 27, 2014 5:00 am