author-image Walter Williams Walter E. Williams, Ph.D., is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. He holds a Doctor of Humane Letters from Virginia Union University and Grove City College, Doctor of Laws from Washington and Jefferson College and Doctor Honoris Causa en Ciencias Sociales from Universidad Francisco Marroquin, in Guatemala, where he is also

W. WILLIAMS: Should black people tolerate this?

by Walter Williams -- Each year, roughly 7,000 blacks are murdered. Ninety-four percent of the time, the murderer is another black person. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, between 1976 and more…

W. WILLIAMS: Should we obey all laws?

by Walter Williams -- Let's think about whether all acts of Congress deserve our respect and obedience. Suppose Congress enacted a law – and the Supreme Court ruled it constitutional – requiring more…

W. WILLIAMS: MSNBC's race-baiting

by Walter Williams -- MSNBC's Chris Matthews, in a recent debate with former Republican National Chairman Michael Steele, called the Republican Party the "grand wizard crowd." Grand wizard is the title given more…

The 1 percenters support Obama

by Walter Williams -- President Barack Obama and Wall Street occupiers, along with their allies in the mainstream media and on college campuses, have maintained an ongoing attack on high-income earners, people more…

Tax-fairness demagoguery

by Walter Williams -- The Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation does a yeoman's job of keeping track of how much we're paying in taxes and who's paying what. It turns out that American more…

W. WILLIAMS: Why good economists are unpleasant

by Walter Williams -- It's difficult to be a good economist and simultaneously be perceived as compassionate. To be a good economist, one has to deal with reality. To appear compassionate, often more…

W. WILLIAMS: Dupes for the State

by Walter Williams -- Public misunderstanding, ignorance and possibly contempt for liberty play into the hands of people who want to control our lives. Responses to my recent column "Timid, compliant Americans" more…

W. WILLIAMS: Profiling young blacks makes sense

by Walter Williams -- Right now, there isn't enough known about the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a black, by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old part-Hispanic, during his neighborhood more…

WILLIAMS: What black Dem mayors have wrought

by Walter Williams -- It's not unreasonable to ask how valuable the variously labeled liberal, Democratic or progressive agenda has been to black Americans and whether blacks should proceed in political lock more…