Dec 10, 2013
Walter Williams: Do Americans Prefer Deception?
There's more to the deceit and dishonesty about Social Security and Medicare discussed in my recent columns. Congress tells us that one-half (6.2 percent) of the Social Security tax is paid by employ…
Dec 10, 2013
Walter Williams: Blacks and Obama
In a March 2008 column, I criticized pundits' concerns about whether America was ready for Barack Obama, suggesting that the more important issue was whether black people could afford Obama. I propos…
Dec 10, 2013
Does Washington Know Best?
According to some estimates, there are more than 100 million traffic signals in the U.S., but whatever the number, how many of us would like Washington, in the name of public health and safety, to be…
Dec 10, 2013
Ron Hart: 23 and Me — And Increasingly, the Government
We now have a government in Washington that feels it is in charge of everything, yet responsible for nothing.
When our government is not in charge of something, it inserts itself into the enterpri…
Dec 8, 2013
Our View – Dec. 7, 2013: Courthouse belongs in East Milton
Numbers are thrown around
a lot in government. A million
here, a million there … $65,000
paid for this study or that
proposal.
We are desensitized to the big
numbers, like a kid pla…
Nov 14, 2013
Four Branches of Government, explained
Before I begin I want to say I think everybody needs to read the U.S. Constitution in a encyclopedia to help them understand the powers of each branch of government. Then they need to read the actual…
Nov 12, 2013
Walter Williams: Congressionally Duped Americans
Last week's column, "Is There a Way Out?" generated quite a few responses, some a bit angry. Some people were offended by my reference to Social Security and Medicare as entitlements or handouts. The…
Nov 12, 2013
Guest Editorial – Listening is key
As human beings, we have a basic need to have someone listen when we talk. We yearn to be heard. When someone hears us, we have completed a circuit. We reached out, and someone was there.
When no …
Oct 30, 2013
Loving and Hating America
As I've documented in the past, many leftist teachers teach our youngsters to hate our country. For example, University of Hawaii Professor Haunani-Kay Trask counseled her students, "We need to think…
Oct 30, 2013
ObamaCare Epic Failure: Next They'll Want to Do Your Knee Surgery
As ObamaCare apologists scramble, this unprecedented commandeering of 1/7th of our economy lumbers on. Only central command-and-control, Democrat progressives could come up with a healthcare plan tha…