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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 Professor Honorario.
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Is disagreement with Obama racism?

by Walter Williams -- Former President Jimmy Carter said, "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a more…

Michael Moore's latest propaganda

by Walter Williams -- Michael Moore's new film, "Capitalism: A Love Story," will be released next month. I've neither seen nor read reviews of the film, except for a short piece in more…

Obama betrays blacks in D.C.

by Walter Williams -- Instead of President Obama addressing school students across the nation, he might have accomplished more by focusing his attention on the educational rot in schools in the nation's more…

The real cause of inflation

by Walter Williams -- With the massive increases in federal spending, inflation is one of the risks that awaits us. To protect us from the political demagoguery that will accompany that inflation, more…

Washington's history of lies

by Walter Williams -- President Obama and congressional supporters estimate that his health-care plan will cost between $50 and $65 billion a year. Such cost estimates are lies whether they come from more…

What will they learn?

by Walter Williams -- When parents plunk down $20,000, $30,000, $40,000 and maybe $50,000 this fall for a year's worth of college room, board and tuition, it might be relevant to ask: more…

Is racial profiling racist?

by Walter Williams -- Harvard professor Henry Gates' arrest has given new life to the issue of racial profiling. We can think of profiling in general as a practice where people use more…

The truth about blacks and politics

by Walter Williams -- President Barack Obama won an unprecedented 96 percent of the black vote. That's not much of a news story since blacks typically give their votes to the Democratic more…

Americans have given up self-ownership

by Walter Williams -- "No one has a right to harm another." Just a little thought, along with a few examples, would demonstrate that blanket statement as pure nonsense. Suppose there is more…

Exploiting public ignorance

by Walter Williams -- How can political commentators, politicians and academics get away with statements like "Reagan budget deficits," "Clinton budget surplus," "Bush budget deficits" or "Obama's tax increases"? The only answer more…