Walter E. Williams's Blog, page 10

Cure for Racial Dishonesty

There have been several notable cases of racial fakery. Years ago, then-law professor Elizabeth "Fauxcahontas" Warren falsely claimed that her...

Historical Ignorance II

We call the war of 1861 the Civil War. But is that right? A civil war is a struggle between two or more entities trying to take over the central...

Historical Ignorance

The victors of war write its history in order to cast themselves in the most favorable light. That explains the considerable historical ignorance...

Fiddling Away the Future

Let's list major problems affecting black Americans. Topping the list is the breakdown in the black family, where only a third of black children...

A Minority View

The nation's demagogues and constitutionally ignorant are using the Charleston, South Carolina, AME church shooting to attack the Second...

You're What You Say You Are

Rachel A. Dolezal, the recently resigned president of the Spokane, Washington, office of the NAACP, has come under a bit of controversy. Both of...

Culture and Social Pathology

A civilized society's first line of defense is not the law, police and courts but customs, traditions, rules of etiquette and moral values. These...

Improving Black Education

Last summer's Ferguson, Missouri, disturbances revealed that while blacks were 67 percent of its population, only three members of its 53-officer...

Intellectual Dishonesty

President Barack Obama's stance, expressed in his 2014 State of the Union address, is that the debate is settled and climate change is a fact....

Liberals Respect Me

During the early years of the Reagan administration, a Washington news conference was held for me for my first book, "The State Against Blacks."...