Pete Hendrickson (@LostHorizons)

Walter Williams: The Passing Of A Giant A great voice, a great American, and a good man, who will be missed very sorely. I HAD THE PLEASURE and benefit of reading every one of Walter Williams' many hundreds of brilliant, insightful and uplifting columns on which my eyes were fortunate to fall over the last twenty years and more. But I also had the great pleasure of spending time with Walter Williams on a number of occasions. This latter good fortune allows me to supplement the admiration for Dr. Williams' work issuing forth from all liberty-and-reason-loving quarters since his passing last Tuesday with an observation less commonly heard amongst the words of honor and respect: Walter Williams was a genuinely good man. IT WAS ALWAYS PLAIN that Williams was a devoted husband and father. He was also a hard worker who demanded effort and accuracy and honesty from himself. All told, Williams was an upright, masculine gentleman with a confident, steady, look-you-in-the-eye demeanor not tainted by bluster or false pride. As I said in my debunk of the "systemic racism" hustle a few months ago (at https://losthorizons.com/N/110.htm#2), Walter Williams was the solid sort of guy you want to have as your neighbor. If Williams had any personality weakness of which I ever saw sign, it was only in that he never suffered fools gladly-- a failing that many (myself included) are disinclined to condemn very harshly. The fact is, most apparent foolishness in the public policy realm which was William's chief concern is no such thing, but is instead willful blindness at best, if not outright corruption and mendacity. Continued... https://losthorizons.com/N/125.htm#1