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Walter E. Williams
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June 26, 2019, 8:57 AM EDT
Actor Danny Glover testifies during a hearing on slavery reparations held by the House. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
June 18, 2019, 10:46 AM EDT
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio eats lunch at P.S. 69 in the Bronx. (Getty Images/Susan Watts-Pool)
June 12, 2019, 8:48 AM EDT
U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Screenshot)
June 5, 2019, 8:59 AM EDT
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May 8, 2019, 8:59 AM EDT
Former President Barack H. Obama shakes hands with Ed Reed of the Baltimore Ravens. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
April 24, 2019, 9:10 AM EDT
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
April 17, 2019, 9:06 AM EDT
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April 3, 2019, 8:50 AM EDT
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March 27, 2019, 8:51 AM EDT
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March 20, 2019, 9:08 AM EDT
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March 13, 2019, 9:17 AM EDT
Some Americans have much higher income and wealth than others. Former President Barack Obama explained, "I do think at a certain point you've made enough money." An adviser to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who has a Twitter account called "Every Billionaire Is A Policy Failure" tweeted, "My goal for this year is to get a moderator to ask 'Is it morally appropriate for anyone to be a billionaire?'" Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren, in calling for a wealth tax, complained, "The rich and powerful are taking so much for themselves and leaving so little for everyone else."
March 6, 2019, 8:44 AM EST
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims that "the world is going to end in 12 years if we don't address climate change." The people at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change agree, saying that to avoid some of the most devastating impacts of climate change, the world must slash carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030 and completely decarbonize by 2050.
February 27, 2019, 8:58 AM EST
Jussie Smollett, "Empire" actor, claimed that on Jan. 29, two masked men identifying themselves as Donald Trump supporters and using racial and homophobic insults attacked him. Smollett said the assailants yelled "This is MAGA country," bashed his face, crushed his ribs, splashed him with bleach and put a noose around his neck. Smollett's telling of the hate crime was gobbled up hook, line and sinker by the anti-Trump news media, but Chicago police say it was a hoax. This type of hoax is part and parcel of the left's broad agenda of victimology, fraudulence and gimmickry, plus gross media gullibility, incompetence and political attention seeking. What's so troublesome is the fact that despite considerable evidence that the incident was a hoax, no apologies have been issued to either the public or the targets of their malfeasance — President Trump and the Americans who voted for him.
February 20, 2019, 8:33 AM EST
Frederic Bastiat, a French economist and member of the French National Assembly, lived from 1801 to 1850. He had great admiration for our country, except for our two faults — slavery and tariffs. He said: "Look at the United States. There is no country in the world where the law is kept more within its proper domain: the protection of every person's liberty and property." If Bastiat were alive today, he would not have that same level of admiration. The U.S. has become what he fought against for most of his short life.
February 13, 2019, 2:32 PM EST
Ten states and Washington, D.C., have legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Twenty-two other states, along with U.S. territories Puerto Rico and Guam, allow marijuana to be used for medical purposes. Let's examine some hidden issues about marijuana use. Before we start, permit me to state my values about medical or recreational use of any drug. We each own ourselves. If we choose to take chances with substances that can ruin our health, lead to death and otherwise destroy our own lives, that's our right. But we do not have a right to harm others in the process of harming ourselves.