Walter E. Williams, Special to Postmedia Network

LATEST STORIES BY WALTER E. WILLIAMS, SPECIAL TO POSTMEDIA NETWORK

WILLIAMS: Are today's leftists truly Marxists?

Most people who call themselves Marxists know very little of Karl Marx’s life and have never read his three-volume Das Kapital.

August 10, 2020 Columnists

The bronze bust on top of the monument at the tomb of German revolutionary philosopher Karl Marx, a Grade I-listed monument, is seen in Highgate Cemetery in north London on February 5, 2019.

WILLIAMS: Leftist effort to revise American history

There is very little new under the sun. The monument and statue destruction that we are witnessing has been witnessed in other times and other places.

August 3, 2020 Columnists

A statue of Christopher Columbus at Grant Park in Chicago is removed early on July 24, 2020.

WILLIAMS: Charter schools and their enemies

Dr. Thomas Sowell has just published “Charter Schools and Their Enemies.” He presents actual test scores of students in traditional public schools and charter schools on New York State Education Department’s annual English Language Arts test and its Mathematics Test.

July 6, 2020 Columnists

WILLIAMS: Insults to black history

Many whites are ashamed, saddened and feel guilty about our history of slavery, Jim Crow and gross racial discrimination. Many black people remain angry over the injustices of the past and what they see as injustices of the present. Both blacks and whites can benefit from a better appreciation of black history.

June 22, 2020 Columnists

An inmate holds a sign to his cell window reading "We Matter" as Black Lives Matter supporters hold a protest against racial inequality on Father's Day outside Cook County Jail in Chicago, Ill., June 21, 2020.

WILLIAMS: The true plight of black Americans

While it might not be popular to say in the wake of the recent social disorder, the true plight of black people has little or nothing to do with the police or what has been called “systemic racism.” Instead, we need to look at the responsibilities of those running our big cities.

June 8, 2020 Columnists

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. 2017. Creators.com

WILLIAMS: Pandemic affording politicians great powers

Is it important to have racial or sexual diversity in our fight against the COVID-19 pandemic?

May 25, 2020 Columnists

In this file photo taken on April 19, 2020 US President Donald Trump and US Vice President Mike Pence look on as a video plays of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo giving a press conference in an earlier breifing during a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC.

WILLIAMS: Let's not waste a crisis

Former Barack Obama adviser Rahm Emanuel, during a recent interview, reminded us of his 2008 financial crisis quotation, “Never allow a crisis to go to waste.”

May 14, 2020 Columnists

In this file photo taken on October 15, 2019 Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio.

WILLIAMS: Benefits vs. costs and COVID-19

One of the first lessons in an economics class is everything has a cost. That’s in stark contrast to lessons in the political arena where politicians talk about free stuff. In our personal lives, decision-making involves weighing costs against benefits. Businessmen make the same calculation if they want to stay in business. It’s an entirely different story for politicians running the government where any benefit, however minuscule, is often deemed to be worth any cost, however large.

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April 21, 2020 Columnists

This handout illustration image obtained February 27, 2020 courtesy of the National Institutes of Health shows a transmission electron microscopic image that shows SARS-CoV-2also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19.

WILLIAMS: Progressive cities and black education

A recent report by Chris Stewart has shed new light on some of the educational problems faced by black youth. The report is titled “The Secret Shame: How America’s Most Progressive Cities Betray Their Commitment to Educational Opportunity for All.” Stewart is a self-described liberal and CEO of Brightbeam, a nonprofit network of education activists who want to hold progressive political leaders accountable.

March 29, 2020 Columnists

WILLIAMS: Socialism's past

Senator Bernie Sanders’ call for socialism has resonated among many Americans, particularly young Americans. They’ve fallen prey to the idea of a paradise here on Earth where things are free and there’s little want. But socialists never reveal what turns out to be their true agenda. Let’s look at the kind of statements they used to gain power. You’ll note that all of their slogans before gaining power bore little relation to the facts after they had power.

March 21, 2020 Columnists

In this file photo U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to the press after loosing much of super Tuesday to U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden the previous night, in Burlington, Vermont on March 11, 2020. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)