George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
theory-of-evolution president remember
Remember Henry Adam's jest that the succession of presidents from Washington to Grant disproved the theory of evolution?
needs election ethics
The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on a looting raid for the enrichment of your state or district, and no other ethic need inhibit the feeding frenzy.
wall achievement berlin
The Berlin Wall is the defining achievement of socialism.
government political politics
I am opposed to term limits because if we did not have seasoned professionals, we would not have the good government that we have.
independent political risk
Term limits would make Congress bolder, more independent, and less risk-averse.
sports violence committees
[O]rganized violence punctuated by committee meetings.
people purpose tendencies
Pettiness is the tendency of people without large purposes.
sarcastic sarcasm talking
Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues lest the public learn the inevitable inconveniently early.
pursuit-of-happiness light littles
Modern Americans travel light, with little philosophic baggage other than a fervent belief in their right to the pursuit of happiness.
distance destiny people
Few things are as stimulating as other people's calamities observed from a safe distance.
plague
Overcriminalization has become a national plague.
opportunity justice political
The Obama administration's agenda of maximizing dependency involves political favoritism cloaked in the raiment of "economic planning" and "social justice" that somehow produce results superior to what markets produce when freedom allows merit to manifest itself, and incompetence to fail. The administration's central activity - the political allocation of wealth and opportunity - is not merely susceptible to corruption, it is corruption.
mean quality legislation
A decrease in the quantity of legislation generally means an increase in the quality of life.
book kansas presidential
When liberals' presidential nominees consistently fail to carry Kansas, liberals do not rush to read a book titled "What's the Matter With Liberals' Nominees?" No, the book they turned into a bestseller is titled "What's the Matter With Kansas?" Notice a pattern here?