Walter E. Williams, Ph.D., a columnist for The Daily Signal, was a professor of economics at George Mason University until his death Dec. 2, 2020.
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One of the first lessons in an economics class is that every action has a cost. That’s in stark contrast to lessons in the political… Read More
EducationCommentary
Several years ago, Project Baltimore began an investigation of Baltimore’s school system. What it found was an utter disgrace. In 19 of Baltimore’s 39 high… Read More
SocietyCommentary
You present to a physician with severe abdominal pain. He examines you and concludes that your ingrown toenails are the cause of your abdominal distress…. Read More
EducationCommentary
The academic achievement gap between black and white students has proven resistant to most educational policy changes. Some say that educational expenditures explain the gap,… Read More
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I was a teenager, growing up in the Richard Allen housing project of North Philadelphia, when Emmett Till was lynched in Money, Mississippi, on Aug…. Read More
EducationCommentary
The ugliness that we have recently witnessed—including rioting, billions of dollars of property destruction, assaults, murders, and grossly stupid claims about our nation—has its origins… Read More
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During slavery, many black women, often in a forcible union with a white man, bore mixed-race children. Based on their percentage of white blood, they… Read More
EducationCommentary
The violence, looting, and mayhem that this nation has seen over the last several months has much of its roots in academia, where leftist faculty… Read More
LawCommentary
The United States Constitution’s Article 2, Sec. 2, cl. 2, provides that the president of the United States “shall nominate, and by and with the… Read More
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Paul Kengor is a professor of political science at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He has just published “The Devil and Karl Marx,”… Read More
