by Walter Williams | Apr 4, 1997 | POLITICS
In October 1994, Lt. Kara Hultgreen was killed during an attempted landing of her F-14 on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. Femfeared (fear of feminists) Navy officials first re ported that engine failure caused the death of the Navy’s first female F-14... by Walter Williams | Apr 2, 1997 | Economics, POLITICS
Many people think economics is about businesses and financial institutions but economics is much broader than that. Economic theory makes a valuable contribution whenever there are costs and benefits of any human action. Take dating. Suppose you see a fat, old, ugly,... by Walter Williams | Apr 2, 1997 | POLITICS
The Social Security’s Board of Trustees’ most recent report predicts the system will be insolvent by the year 2029; they had been predicting insolvency in 2030. By 2010, the Social Security system will be running deficits, the year when the Social Security... by George Reisman | Mar 24, 1997 | Business
Soros seems prepared to apply the same collectivist moral-political principle for abridging the freedom of the individual as the Nazis.
by Walter Williams | Mar 17, 1997 | Elections, POLITICS
The nation’s response to the scandal-a-day revelations about money funneled into Clinton’s reelection and the Democratic party’s fund raising is entirely mis-focused. Campaign finance reform measures such as full disclosure and dollar limits do not... by Walter Williams | Mar 3, 1997 | POLITICS
John Stossel’s ABC special “Freeloaders” which aired last week showed just how far we’ve come to being a nation of parasites. It featured people (thieves) who’d go to a restaurant, eat half their meal, and then place an insect in the... by George Reisman | Feb 17, 1997 | Money & Banking
The United States government has had a budget deficit in almost every year since 1933. Repeated pledges to end the deficits have come to nothing. The latest pledge, President Clinton’s plan to eliminate the deficit by the year 2002, is only one more such empty... by Walter Williams | Feb 10, 1997 | Education
President Clinton wants more money for education. He’s proposed tax credits and deductions for college students and large increases in Pell Grants for needy students. Clinton would have us believe that not enough students have a chance to go to the... by Walter Williams | Feb 1, 1997 | POLITICS
For nearly four decades, the education establishment has delivered one failure and set of excuses after another. Education for blacks is nothing less than a catastrophe and education for white kids is nothing to write home about. People can and do make mistakes and...
