Patients suffer and die when the FDA disapproves of or delays the approval of a drug that is both safe and effective.
Walter Williams
Walter Williams (March 31, 1936 – December 1, 2020) was an American economist, commentator, academic, and columnist at Capitalism Magazine.He was the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and a syndicated editorialist for Creator's Syndicate. He is author of Race and Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?, and numerous other works.
Politically Correct Racism
According to the thinking of academia’s intellectual elite, a minority person cannot be a racist.
Miseducated or Stupid? American Millennials For Communism and Socialism
A recent Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation survey found that 51 percent of American millennials would rather live in a socialist or communist country than in a capitalist country.
Black Education: What Makes Sense?
There’s little question that charter schools provide superior educational opportunities for black youngsters.
The Fruits of College Indoctrination: Incivility, Censorship and a Contempt for Capitalism
Once the leftists gain control, as they have at many universities, free speech becomes a liability and must be suppressed.
We Have an Identity Problem
It’s biology, and not political agendas, that determine one’s race and sex.
Skin in the Game: Who Pays Federal Income Taxes
Some 45 percent of American households, nearly 78 million individuals, have no federal income tax obligation.
A Superior Vision
The immorality associated with violation of the principle of self-ownership lies at the root of problems that could lead to our doom as a great nation.
Campus Lunacy, Part II
On the hypocrisy behind the student renaming craze.
Attacking The American Founding Fathers
The teaching establishment, at our public schools and colleges, is being used to undermine American values.
Trade Deficit Angst
International trade operates under the same general principles as domestic trade.
College Campus Lunacy
Nothing opens the closed minds of administrators better than the sounds of pocketbooks snapping shut.
Tariffs on Foreign Goods To Save Jobs
When Congress creates a special privilege for some Americans, it must of necessity come at the expense of other Americans.
James Madison: Father of the Constitution
Madison, who would become known as the “Father of the Constitution,” argued that in a pure democracy, “there is nothing to check the inducement to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual.”
What Is the “Fair Share” of Taxes?
According to estimates by the Tax Policy Center, slightly over 45 percent of American households have no federal income tax liability.
Gullible Americans For Coercion: The Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump Ticket
Too many Americans believe in the possibility of a free lunch. Politicians exploit that gullibility.
Compassionate Totalitarians: Clinton, Sanders and Progressivism
Let’s talk about the origins of progressivism.
Sloppy Language: Racial Segregation, Disparities, Gaps and Disproportionality
Before we invest resources into worrying about such matters, we might focus on language corruption, because it is polluting our thinking, resulting in inept and dangerous social policies.
Isn’t It Strange?
Isn’t it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, but after a shooting, the problem is the gun?
American Education Insanity
Today, expenditures per pupil in the United States exceed those of nearly every other country in the world.
Minimum Wage Floors Increase Unemployment of Low-Skilled Labour
It is incompetence or dishonesty for my fellow economists to deny these two effects of minimum wages: discrimination against employment of low-skilled labor and the lowering of the cost of racial discrimination.
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