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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
EducationCommentary
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
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Many whites are ashamed, saddened, and feel guilty about our history of slavery, Jim Crow, and gross racial discrimination. Many black people remain angry over… Read More
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No decent person can support George Floyd’s mistreatment, or the mistreatment of anyone else, at the hands of police officers with the sworn duty to… Read More
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While it might not be popular to say in the wake of the recent social disorder, the true plight of black people has little or… Read More
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Is it important to have racial or sexual diversity in our fight against the COVID-19 pandemic? Heather Mac Donald suggests that some think it might… Read More
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Black politicians, civil rights leaders, and their white liberal advocates have little or no interest in doing anything effective to deal with what’s no less… Read More
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Former Barack Obama adviser Rahm Emanuel, during a recent interview, reminded us of his 2008 financial crisis quotation, “Never allow a crisis to go to… Read More
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The Department of Education just released results of the quadrennial National Assessment of Educational Progress tests in U.S. history, civics, and geography given in 2018… Read More
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Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a military historian, and a professor emeritus of classics at California… Read More
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One of the first lessons in an economics class is everything has a cost. That’s in stark contrast to lessons in the political arena where… Read More
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America’s colleges are rife with corruption. The financial squeeze resulting from the new coronavirus offers opportunities for a bit of remediation. Let’s first examine what… Read More
