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Walter Williams

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Educator

The Resume

    (circa 1936- )
    Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Author and longtime professor of economics at George Mason University
    Writes a column for almost 150 newspapers and magazines and has published over 150 articles
    Author of several books, including Liberty vs the Tyranny of Socialism, The State vs Blacks and America: A Minority Viewpoint
    Has earned a BA from California State in Los Angeles and an MA and PhD from UCLA, all in economics
    Writes primarily from a conservative/libertarian point of view

Why he might be annoying:

    He favors the legalization of human organ trafficking on the grounds it will increase the supply of available organs.
    Bruce Tinsley, the author of the Mallard Fillmore comic strip, tried to draft him to run for president in 2008.
    He's a Yankee who favors southern independence.

Why he might not be annoying:

    In his writings, he promotes personal responsibility, decentralized government and the right of states to secede.
    He believes that education is the key to prosperity for blacks.
    He has called the education of blacks and in the country 'a national disgrace.'
    His regular column for the Southern Partisan is outstanding.
    He supports Second Amendment rights.
    Before tragically losing his wife to cancer, they had been married almost fifty years.
    He's long time friends with fellow libertarian African American author/teacher/economist Thomas Sowell.

Credit: tom_jeffords


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 29 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 144 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 144 Votes: 59.72% Annoying