Posted by: El Cid in Liberalism, Capitalism on
Jan 2, 2010
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 by Walter E. Williams
Many professors, mostly on the liberal side of the political spectrum, use their classrooms to proselytize students. I have taught economics for the past 40 years and challenge anyone to find even one student, among the thousands who went through my classes, who can say, "Professor Williams used his class to proselytize students." While acceptable at most universities, it is nothing less than academic dishonesty to do so. Like others I have my own values and opinions, such as those expressed in some of my nationally syndicated columns, but they never become a part of classroom discussion.
November 25, 2009 The True Story of Thanksgiving -- The story of the Pilgrims begins in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Church of England under King James I was persecuting anyone and everyone who did not recognize its absolute civil and spiritual authority. Those who challenged ecclesiastical authority and those who believed strongly in freedom of worship were hunted down, imprisoned, and sometimes executed for their beliefs. A group of separatists first fled to Holland and established a community.
I think one of our primary problems is many (most) people don't really understand the concept of "Wealth". They don't know how it is created and how it gets destroyed consumed). Furthermore a significant portion of voters don't even understand that wealth is what provides our standard of living.
In my opinion every comes down to the standard of living. Although history has PROVEN socialism (or whatever euphemism is used) inevitably results in lower standards of living for the masses, it has a never ending charm of people getting something for nothing.
Wealth is created when somebody takes "inputs" and modifies them into something different (or maybe just moves them to another market) that another individual values MORE than they were valued prior to the modification.
February 28, 2009
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I learned that Fox, God love them, is televising this speech on the Fox News Channel, which means, ladies and gentleman, this is my first ever address to the nation. [Applause]
