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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In matters of race and other social phenomena, there is a tendency to believe that what is seen today has always been. For black people,… Read More
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Check out any professional and most college basketball teams. Their starting five, and most of their other 10 players, are black, as is 80% of… Read More
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Institutional racism and systemic racism are terms bandied about these days without much clarity. Being 84 years of age, I have seen and lived through… Read More
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Parents, legislators, taxpayers, and others footing the bill for college education might be interested in just what is in store for the upcoming academic year…. Read More
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Most people who call themselves Marxists know very little of Karl Marx’s life and have never read his three-volume “Das Kapital.” Volume I was published… Read More
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There is very little new under the sun. The monument and statue destruction that we are witnessing has been witnessed in other times and other… Read More
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I doubt whether any American would defend the police treatment of George Floyd that led to his death. But many Americans are supporting some of… Read More
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The Michigan State University administration pressured professor Stephen Hsu to resign from his position as vice president of research and innovation because he touted research… Read More
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Thomas Sowell has just published “Charter Schools and Their Enemies.” He presents actual test scores of students in traditional public schools and charter schools on… Read More
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Thomas Sowell has been both a friend and a colleague of mine for over a half-century. On June 30, he completed his 90th year of… Read More
