Walter Williams Stress Free Speech Analysis

Walter E. Williams was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in March of 1936. Williams grew up in a single-parent family. He was always smart and he did well in school. Williams holds a B.A. Economics from California State University, Los Angeles, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics. He was drafted into the army in 1959. Here, Williams began to challenge the racial order by talking to his fellow soldiers and challenging the typical racial boundaries that were in the army. When he left the army, he continued this agenda. Soon after he left the army he met his wife in 1960. They were together until she died in 2007.

Walter E. Williams is also a renowned economics teacher. He has been a teacher at George Mason University since 1980. He has also published many articles such as “Suppressing free Speech” and "The Struggle for Economic Liberty." He has written ten books including,"South Africa's war against capitalism."

The article “Suppressing free Speech” by Walter E. Williams is about the many Global warming supporters who believe that the President should punish everyone who denies global warming. It was one of William's colleagues Jagadish Shukla that wrote the letter to President Barack Obama saying everyone that does not believe in Global …show more content…
The government is using global warming to scare the people into the giving them the power they want. Williams says this is the point of practical politics. This means that the government creates imaginary problems to keep the populace alarmed and scared, causing them to turn to the government for help. Another point the writer makes is on suppression of free speech that many of the global warming supporters are proposing. One has to wonder if these people actually believe the things they say about persecuting those who deny global