With the recent death of George Mason University economist and syndicated columnist Walter E. Williams, the world lost another great mind. Williams was a lover of freedom and liberty, a fighter against racial injustice and racial stupidity, a deep thinker, a Christian, and plainly a wonderful person.
That said, I wish Williams no dishonor. Sadly, however, he joins a long list of right-leaning thinkers and economists whose impact on the education of our children and subsequent public policy has been minimal at best.
Another great economist, Nobel Prize winner Friedrich Hayek, lamented in the twilight of his career how few of his ideas shaped actual public policy. Add the likes of Ludwig von Mises and Milton Friedman—the list is long of great minds, incredible fact-based insights, and little to no impact on education and public policy.
Another great mind and a dear friend of Williams, 90-year-old Thomas Sowell, will sooner or later be joining this list.
These people were right about far more things than they were wrong, yet what does the world show for it? A substantial percentage of college students believe socialism is the answer and that it actually “works.” A major American political party came very close to nominating a self-described socialist as its candidate for president, not once but twice!
The media, Hollywood, K-12 and higher
education, and much of what passes for the mainstream media have all
become bastions of ideas that were disproven, or should have been,
decades ago. So, what exactly have these great minds actually impacted
regarding politics and the culture at large? The tide sure seems to be
moving in the opposite direction.........To Read More....
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