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…
Category: editorials
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
Obama Foreign Policy: Credibility Lost Is Seldom Regained
With all the mistakes made on domestic issues like the economy, ObamaCare, unleashing the IRS on political opponents, rampant regulations, deficit spending, etc., we forget Obama’s disastrous foreign…
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…
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…
Democrat Socialist Takeover?
"The end justifies the means" is a phrase often used through out history by democrats. What that phrase means is no action is out of bounds to achieve the wanted result. These same people believe in …