| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Obits- |
| Walter Williams, R.I.P. |
| 2020-12-02 |
| [NationalReview] The great economist and freedom fighter Walter Williams has died. This is an incredibly sad news. Walter was a great communicator of ideas and a prolific, provocative and uncompromising writer. He was the John M. Olin distinguished professor of economics at George Mason University. His voice, his happy-warrior demeanor, his cosmopolitan views, his endless fight on behalf of those with no political voices, and his generosity to all of us at Mason will be missed. Links to more encomiums and obituaries of the great man at the link. His Wikipedia page is here, which puts his age at 84. A search of Rantburg’s archives reveals he appeared in twelve articles as either Walter Williams or Walter E. Williams. The most recent three of each are more quickly available below. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 Interview from 2015 |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-12-02 22:51 |
| #7 /\ And as a black man, I'm sure he got some extra 'attention'. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-12-02 20:18 |
| #6 He used to talk about how he enjoyed walking through an airport with an unlit cigarette in his mouth, just to tweak the pearl clutchers and "Karens" of the day. He had great perspective and belief in individual freedom. May he RIP. |
| Posted by: York Harding 2020-12-02 19:56 |
| #5 Always a pleasant suprise when he hosted Rush's show |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-12-02 16:37 |
| #4 A lifetime of complicated critical thinking with well crafted writing to explain it to the masses. He will be missed by any open minded person. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2020-12-02 16:09 |
| #3 RIP Dr. Williams. You fought the good fight. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-12-02 14:34 |
| #2 Walter W yesterday. Tom Sowell will be next, then Clarence Thomas, then Glenn Loury, then Shelby Steele.. End of an era. Very sad. |
| Posted by: Fester Bourbon6994 2020-12-02 14:16 |
| #1 RIP, Walter. Your voice & reason will be missed. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-12-02 14:04 |