Walter Williams

I've grown somewhat weary writing about the devastating effects of minimum wage laws but the Wall Street Journal's "Black Youths Miss Out on Good Job News" (Dec. 4, 2009) warrants another try. Read More

I've grown somewhat weary writing about the devastating effects of minimum wage laws but The Wall Street Journal's "Black Youths Miss Out on Good Job News," (Dec. 4, 2009) warrants another try. Read More

You say, "Williams, are you now putting down generosity and selflessness?" Read More

Unidentified hunters on the last day of pheasant season caused a scare for teachers and pupils of Peterson district, No. 66, near Midway. Read More

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a forum on the future of journalism values and ethics held at the University of Missouri's School of Journalism, the world's first journalism school. Read More

How many things in our lives would we like to depend upon the generosity and selflessness of our fellow man, and do you think we would like the outcome? Read More

The ultimate constraint that we all face is knowledge – what we know and don't know. Read More

Since you don't know the answers, who do you think, here on Earth, is likely to know and whom would you like to make these decisions for you -- Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, George Bush, a czar appointed by Obama or a committee of Washington bureaucrats? Read More

Recently, I had the pleasurable task of being master of ceremonies for the Atlas Economic Research Foundation dinner in Washington, D.C., that celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Founded in 1981, the Atlas Foundation assists the formation of free-market think tanks around the world to spread the ideas of personal liberty, private property rights and limited government. Read More

How many things in our lives would we like to depend upon the generosity and selflessness of our fellow man, and do you think we would like the outcome? Read More