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.
View all authorsEducationCommentary
Nationally, black junior high and high school students are suspended at a rate more than three times as often as their white peers, twice as… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Determining one’s own sex or that of another used to be a simple matter. First, there was the matter of appearance, whether a person looked… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Most Americans, whether liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican, do not show much understanding or respect for the principles of personal liberty. We criticize our… Read More
EducationCommentary
While college administrators and professors accept disgraceful behavior, we as taxpayers, donors, and parents should not foot the bill. Let’s look at some of that… Read More
EducationCommentary
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement, “The president’s decision to ask Betsy DeVos to run the Department of Education should offend… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It was Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman who made famous the adage, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” Friedman could have added that… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Ordinary black people cannot afford to go along with the liberal agenda that calls for undermining police authority. That agenda makes for more black crime… Read More
EconomyCommentary
There is little question in most academic research that increases in the minimum wage lead to increases in unemployment. The debatable issue is the magnitude… Read More
SocietyCommentary
One can only imagine the widespread media, political, and intellectual condemnation of Republicans and conservatives if, after the inauguration of President Barack Obama, they had… Read More
EducationCommentary
One wonders just how far spineless college administrators will go when it comes to caving in to the demands of campus snowflakes. For those unfamiliar… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President-elect Donald Trump’s threats against American companies looking to relocate in foreign countries have won favorable review from many quarters. Support comes from those alarmed… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The FBI reported that the total number of homicides in 2015 was 15,696. Blacks were about 52 percent of homicide victims. That means about 8,100… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We will never understand liberals and progressives until we recognize that they often see reality as a social construct subject to being challenged and changed…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Thomas Sowell has just published a revised and enlarged edition of his classic “Wealth, Poverty and Politics.” At the very beginning, he quotes Alexander Hamilton,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
It is alleged that Hillary Clinton won a popular vote majority. Therefore, if the nation were not burdened with the antiquated Electoral College, anguished and… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
For more than a half-century, it has become abundantly clear that our nation faces increasing irreconcilable differences. At the root is the fact that there… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Donald Trump’s surprise win has millions of Americans, many of whom are black, in a tizzy. Many, such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, are writing about what… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, having a net worth of $81.8 billion, and Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, having a net worth of $70.4 billion, are the… Read More
EducationCommentary
Do you wonder why Sen. Bernie Sanders and his ideas are so popular among American college students? The answer is that they, like so many… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If a person wants to go into business as a taxicab owner, what requirements should be imposed to protect the public? The prospective taxicab owner… Read More
EducationCommentary
Detroit school students, represented by the Los Angeles-based public interest firm Public Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I was invited, along with several other American professors, to deliver lectures at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in 1979. Pieter Willem… Read More
SocietyCommentary
North Carolina’s legislative body passed a bill mandating a statewide policy banning individuals from using public bathrooms that do not correspond to their biological sex,… Read More
EducationCommentary
Last year’s college news was about demands for safe spaces, trigger warnings, and bans on insensitivity. This year’s college news is about black student demands… Read More
EducationCommentary
The University of Chicago’s president, Robert J. Zimmer, wrote a Wall Street Journal article, titled “Free Speech Is the Basis of a True Education.” In… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Some are puzzled by the dishonesty, lack of character, and sheer stupidity of many people in the media. But seeing as most of them are… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A general economic principle is that any law or regulation that restricts market entry tends to impose the greatest burden on those who can be… Read More
EducationCommentary
As the fall semester begins, parents, students, taxpayers, and donors should be made aware of official college practices that should disgust us all. Hampshire College… Read More
EconomyCommentary
International trade figures heavily in the presidential race. Presidential candidate Donald Trump said, “Hillary Clinton unleashed a trade war against the American worker when she… Read More
SocietyCommentary
One of the unavoidable consequences of youth is the tendency to think behavior we see today has always been. I’d like to dispute that vision,… Read More
