Armstrong Williams

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Unreported rape, murder and mayhem on college campuses

Let me be the first to say this. Colleges and universities are not equipped to adjudicate violent crimes like sexual assault (or assault in general). They do not possess the investigative resources, training, expertise, or legitimacy that traditional law enforcement bring to the table. And yet every day across America, colleges are attempting to try and determine which assault accusations merit disciplinary action and which don't.

October 26, 2014

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Introducing Barack “W.” Obama

This must be a difficult time for liberals, Democrats and all other flavors of Obama followers. Their hero, their icon, the man of their dreams — whose destiny it was to fulfill their dreams — has transmogrified into, dare I say it: Barack "W." Obama.

October 19, 2014

WILLIAMS: Obama once again leads us into a Mideast hellfire without a strategy

The flames of conflict in the Middle East never go out, but in recent weeks they have been growing red-hot with increasingly dangerous implications for the United States. And President Obama is leading the United States headlong into the flames but without a clear strategy in place that will avoid us from getting burned.

October 5, 2014

WILLIAMS: Ebola crisis is a test case for enlightened self-interest

There is always a lesson in a crisis if you're humble enough to look for it. As the Ebola crisis spreads throughout West Africa, both the on-the-ground struggles and the international response have been enlightening to say the least.

September 28, 2014

Prayers: Asked and answered for half-century

When Thelma Williams first discovered that her son Gerald had been born with autism, she began praying and never stopped.

September 23, 2014

WILLIAMS: The two-party system is killing America

The tale of Ferguson, Missouri, is in many respects the tale of two cities. One half is white, overwhelmingly Republican and conservative; the other half is black, overwhelmingly Democratic, and at least nominally liberal.

September 21, 2014

WILLIAMS: Nickel-and-diming the poor undercuts justice

Imagine for a moment that you are driving down Main Street on your way to work. You only make $25,000 a year, so you can't afford to replace the broken taillight that got smashed last week in a fender bender. As you drive down Main Street, the police pull you over and write you up a $100 ticket. You try to explain to the officer your financial situation, but he doesn't listen and tells you to pay your fine or face jail time.

September 14, 2014

WILLIAMS: Obama Ain’t a Brotha to the Youth of Ferguson

By almost any standard, President Obama defies easy classification. He embodies the temperament and often the deliberative air of an ivory tower intellectual, and yet he clearly thrives amid the muddy fray of electoral politics. He, like many of the youth of Ferguson, Missouri, grew up without his father present. And yet his life experience could not be more distant than that of the typical inner-city teenager growing up in a single-parent household.

September 7, 2014

WILLIAMS: A belligerent ISIS is not a US crisis

In the wake of the televised beheading of American journalist James Foley, there have been urgent calls among some in the media for an intensified U.S. military response to the Islamic State group — also known as ISIL —responsible for Foley's gruesome murder and a host of other barbaric atrocities across northern Iraq and Syria. There is also, understandably, some alarm, because ISIL has racked up a string of tactical victories in the Sunni-dominated regions of Iraq, culminating in the taking of the giant hydroelectric dam near Mosul.

August 31, 2014

Gospel music icon Shirley Caesar: ‘God has been so good to me’

"I used to hope for a Grammy, or other awards, but now I have 11 Grammys. I am not disappointed: God has been so good to me. He has shown me favor, and I am so grateful. Here I am, over 60, and still being blessed," says Shirley Caesar.

August 27, 2014

WILLIAMS: Who speaks for those the media forget in the Missouri killing?

In the past few weeks, the mainstream media have been consumed with the tragic events that continue to unfold in Ferguson, Missouri. An unarmed 18-year-old American named Michael Brown was shot at least six times by a Ferguson police officer.

August 24, 2014

WILLIAMS: Ignorance of law doesn’t change the facts

A lot has been written lately about the strange case of Ryan Rolle, a young man who is currently serving a life sentence for felony murder in Florida. Not only was Ryan not the killer of the teenage girl who died in a drug robbery gone wrong, he was not even present at the scene of the crime. He had no role in planning or carrying out the event, nor did he cover up for the actual killers afterwards.

August 17, 2014

WILLIAMS: A smart, conservative way to update the Voting Rights Act

F. James Sensenbrenner, a Republican congressman from Wisconsin, has some ideas about how to update the landmark federal Voting Rights Act. Conservatives should embrace his effort.

August 10, 2014

WILLIAMS: A time when our ally Israel most needs our support

As rockets continue to rain down on Israeli communities and Israeli troops act to quell the onslaught, I will be boarding a plane bound for the Jewish state to see with my own eyes exactly what is taking place. During my time in Israel, I will be reporting on the ground and conducting a series of in-depth interviews on the latest state of affairs.

July 27, 2014

WILLIAMS: A minimum-wage hike that does maximum harm

Earlier this year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office decidedly set forth a verdict on the effects of a minimum wage increase. The CBO concluded that an increase in the minimum wage does more harm to the low-income individuals it is attempting to help.

July 20, 2014

WILLIAMS: Teacher union head gets failing grade

For the life of me, I can't seem to figure out why and how unions get into the business of educating our children. They always seem to do more harm than good, and those who suffer the most seem to be the ones unions profess to protect — the rank-and-file teachers.

July 13, 2014

WILLIAMS: Patriotism is more than typical July 4 rituals

Throughout the day, you may have overheard talk of patriotism and what a sacrifice our veterans have made, but chances are, you were too stuffed with food to listen or were already taking an afternoon nap.

July 6, 2014

WILLIAMS: No good comes from seeing yourself as a victim

Has anybody ever become a success because they felt like a victim? Has anybody ever done anything good, or become a better person, because they feel sorry for themselves?

June 29, 2014

WILLIAMS: Chicago’s crime woes begin at the top

With urban crime nationwide undergoing a decade-long decline, Chicago sticks out like a sore thumb, with its record homicides and rising crime rates over the past few years. The chaos in Chicago is particularly troubling given that Chicago is the home base of President Obama and elected as mayor a former White House chief of staff who was essentially hand-picked by the Obama administration.

June 22, 2014

WILLIAMS: Voting with their feet

People in Washington don't like to admit that they were wrong. No one saw Rep. Eric Cantor's primary loss coming, least of all David Brat, the economics professor who, on a shoestring budget, pulled off one of the biggest upsets in congressional history.

June 15, 2014