ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Tribute to a good man in Ben Carson
ANALYSIS/OPINION:When it's all said and done, and the 2016 political season has come to an end — two things will have assuredly happened. First, we will have elected a new president. Second, the tone...
View ArticleARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Our day in Flint
ANALYSIS/OPINIONAs the proud owner of TV station WEYI, NBC-25 in Flint, Michigan, it is important for us to understand the community and to become a part of it as much as we can. As a station owner, we...
View ArticleDonald Trump's anger message echoes American trend of discontent
ANALYSIS/OPINION:The American people are angry.And this time it is not cyclical anger — after all, we are sitting at the top of the current business cycle.This anger is a secular trend. There is anger...
View ArticleARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Deciphering the Islamic State mindset
ANALYSIS/OPINIONPARIS | We arrived in Paris last weekend to continue to develop our television and print platform. Before we got here, a suspect in November's terrorist attack in Paris was captured....
View ArticleARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Evolving an entrepreneurial mindset
ANALYSIS/OPINION:Time is one of those magical dimensions of the human experience. At certain points, it seems like there is not enough of it. And at others, it seems like the moment lasts forever.The...
View ArticleARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: European terror carnage is a warning to America
ANALYSIS/OPINIONAs we have seen from recent events in Paris, Brussels and all across the world, terrorism is not an obscure phenomenon that only affects the Middle East. And no longer can Americans...
View ArticleARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Black voters' blind loyalty to Democrats must go
ANALYSIS/OPINION:I was recently invited by the Rev. Al Sharpton to be on a panel during his National Action Network convention. Mr. Sharpton was gracious in his introduction, calling me an outstanding...
View ArticleARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Response to claims by 9/11 victims shows U.S.-Saudi...
ANALYSIS/OPINIONOn Sept. 11, 2001, at least 19 men — 15 of them Saudi citizens — boarded several commercial flights and executed the largest terrorist attack ever on U.S. soil. That event set off two...
View ArticleARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Obama's Iran deal emboldens American enemy
ANALYSIS/OPINION:You would think that when one country openly calls for the destruction of another country, the latter would not help the former achieve its malevolent goal.So why, when Iranians chant...
View ArticleARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: White Americans in doldrums of despair
ANALYSIS/OPINION:No one has quite been able to put their finger on it. But there is something definitely afoot in America, with an alarming rise in suicides among those ages 35 to 64. This trend has...
View ArticleARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Presidential election a choice between truth and repose
ANALYSIS/OPINION:As Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote in an essay titled "Intellect," "God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please — you can never have both."...
View ArticleARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Education problems need smart answers, not more money
ANALYSIS/OPINION:For far too many years, we've tried to address the problem of failing educational achievement in America essentially by ignoring it — meaning "throwing money at it and hoping it'll go...
View ArticleARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Bernie Sanders' utopian nightmare
ANALYSIS/OPINION:Bernard Sanders' appeal among young people has focused on the supposed benefits a socialist society can give them: free education, free health care and a government-mandated "living...
View ArticleARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Muhammad Ali a champion fighter inside and outside the...
As the world mourns the passing of Muhammad Ali, the global icon, boxer and father of nine children, I am reminded of my own father's love for "Cassius Clay," as he was known at one time.Some of my...
View ArticleMass killings of Americans backfire on evil, hate, fear
ANALYSIS/OPINION:One year can seem as if it passed in the blink of an eye. It can rush by in the day-to-day chaos that all too often defines our busy lives. One year can slip by unnoticed, as...
View ArticleColleges failing in fight against sexual assaults
ANALYSIS/OPINION:In 2014, 4,964 sexual assaults were reported at four-year U.S. colleges and universities, as campuses have become plagued by an epidemic — a group of individuals who think it is OK to...
View ArticleHillary Clinton's campaign could fizzle with no sizzle
ANALYSIS/OPINION:'All sizzle and no steak" is a longstanding American idiom denoting someone who is full of style and flash, but who lacks substance.But what about the opposite: all steak and no...
View ArticleBrexit's U.S. effects economic, political
ANALYSIS/OPINION:Being in Europe, and interacting one on one with many people across the spectrum, truly gives a different perspective and feelings about Brexit.Since 2007, it has been a right of...
View ArticleA clear double standard for black men with guns
ANALYSIS/OPINION:As a licensed firearm carrier, I have had to undergo significant and ongoing training, in both the safe operation of firearm and in the legal and prudential implications of bearing...
View ArticleThe uncanny road ahead for Trump
ANALYSIS/OPINION:With the GOP convention finally at hand, Team Trump faces the truly daunting task of keeping his brand afloat and maintaining a course to victory in the fall. It appears that the GOP...
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