Walter E. Williams's Blog, page 2

Minimum Wage and Discrimination

There is little question in most academic research that increases in the minimum wage lead to increases in unemployment. The debatable issue is...

Lower Conduct Standards for Liberals

One can only imagine the widespread media, political and intellectual condemnation of Republicans and conservatives if, after the inauguration of...

Universities Cave to Snowflakes

One wonders just how far spineless college administrators will go when it comes to caving in to the demands of campus snowflakes. For those...

International Trade Thuggery

President-elect Donald Trump's threats against American companies looking to relocate in foreign countries have won favorable review from many...

The Black Community and Crime

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...

Liberal Struggle Against Reality

We will never understand liberals and progressives until we recognize that they often see reality as a social construct subject to being...

Wealth, Poverty and Politics

Thomas Sowell has just published a revised and enlarged edition of his classic "Wealth, Poverty and Politics." At the very beginning, he quotes...

Inclusiveness and Diversity

Sometimes it seems as if every other word from the mouths of academicians is "inclusiveness" or "diversity." How sincere and truthful are these...

Please, No More Miracles

President-elect Donald Trump has warned companies that they are not going to leave the United States anymore "without consequences." He has lived...

Majority Rule Equals Tyranny

It is alleged that Hillary Clinton won a popular vote majority. Therefore, if the nation were not burdened with the antiquated Electoral College,...