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Running Not Shrugging

By George Will (May 27, 2010)

MILWAUKEE -- Before what he calls "the jaw-dropping" events of the last 19 months -- TARP, the stimulus, Government Motors, the mistreatment of Chrysler's creditors,... more

In Politics, As Good As It Gets

By George Will (May 19, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- The candidate who on Tuesday won the special election in a Pennsylvania congressional district is right-to-life and pro-gun. He accused his... more

Slow Learners at the 9th Circuit

By George Will (May 19, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is a stimulus package for the Supreme Court, which would rather not have one. The 9th Circuit, often in error but... more

Europe's Lack Of Discipline

By George Will (May 16, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- When Chancellor Angela Merkel decided that Germany would pay part of Greece's bills, voters punished her party in elections in Germany's most populous state,... more

The "Civilization" Of the U.S. Military

By George Will (May 09, 2010)

MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- When asked whether nationalism is putting down roots in Afghanistan's tribalized society, Gen. David Petraeus is judicious: "I... more

Hostage to a Timetable

By George Will (May 06, 2010)

MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The ticking clock does not disturb the preternatural serenity that Gen. David Petraeus maintains regarding Afghanistan. Officially, the... more

When Indignation Trumps Information

By George Will (May 02, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- "Physician, heal yourself," said the founder of the church in which Roger Mahony is a cardinal. He is the Catholic archbishop of Los Angeles and he... more

A Law Arizona Can Live With

By George Will (Apr 28, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- "Misguided and irresponsible" is how Arizona's new law pertaining to illegal immigration is characterized by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She represents... more

In Praise of Cheerful Men

By George Will (Apr 25, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Hearing about a shortage of farm laborers in California, the couple who would become Susumu Ito's parents moved from Hiroshima to become sharecroppers near... more

The Thunder Roars in Trenton

By George Will (Apr 22, 2010)

MORRISVILLE, Pa. -- The bridge spanning the Delaware River connects New Jersey's capital with this town where the nation's most interesting governor occasionally eats... more

If VAT, Ditch the Income Tax

By George Will (Apr 18, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- When liberals advocate a value-added tax, conservatives should respond: Taxing consumption has merits, so we will consider it -- after the 16th Amendment... more

No (Political) Experience Required

By George Will (Apr 15, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Stiffening their sinews and summoning up their blood, pugnacious liberals and conservatives who relish contemporary Washington's recurring Armageddons are... more

Facing Up to a Pension Crisis

By George Will (Apr 11, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- A puzzle from Philosophy 101: If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound? A puzzle from the prairie: If an earthquake occurs... more

Intersection for a Disaster

By George Will (Apr 08, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- The times truly are out of joint when the most important IPO -- initial public offering -- of 2010 could come from what was American capitalism's iconic... more

Why Batters Get Hit

By George Will (Apr 04, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- The 2006 summit that preserved the peace occurred in a laundry room in the Minneapolis Metrodome after the Twins beat the Red Sox 8-1. Twins manager Ron... more

Shootout at the Arizona Corral

By George Will (Apr 01, 2010)

PHOENIX -- In 1994, when first running for Congress, J.D. Hayworth, who today is 51 and trying to wrest from John McCain, 73, the Arizona Republican Party's Senate... more

A Birthright? Maybe Not.

By George Will (Mar 28, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- A simple reform would drain some scalding steam from immigration arguments that may soon again be at a roiling boil. It would bring the interpretation of... more

Searching for Obamacare's Silver Lining

By George Will (Mar 22, 2010)

"And everybody praised the Duke, Who this great fight did win." "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin. "Why that I... more

Mrs. Jellyby, Stuck in the Sixties

By George Will (Mar 21, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, like many liberals, seems afflicted by Sixties Nostalgia Syndrome, a longing for the high drama and moral clarity of... more

Betting (Again) On an Education Fix

By George Will (Mar 18, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Doubling down on dubious bets is characteristic of compulsive gamblers and federal education policy. The nation was essentially without such policy for... more

Sis Boom Bah Humbug

By George Will (Mar 11, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- The increasingly puerile spectacle of presidential State of the Union addresses is indicative of the state of the union, and is unnecessary: The... more

In the Wilsonian Tradition

By George Will (Mar 11, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- There are legislative miles to go before the government will be emancipated from its health care myopia, but it is not too soon for a summing up. Whether... more

Case For a Scythe?

By George Will (Mar 07, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- It is said, more frequently than precisely, that the reasons the Supreme Court gives for doing whatever it does are as important as what it does.... more

Self-Esteem, Self-Destruction

By George Will (Mar 04, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Memo to that Massachusetts school where children in physical education classes jump rope without using ropes: Get some ropes. And you -- you are... more

A Cure for Character

By George Will (Feb 28, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Peter De Vries, America's wittiest novelist, died 17 years ago but his discernment of this country's cultural foibles still amazes. In a 1983... more

In Praise of Saying No

By George Will (Feb 25, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Today's health policy "summit" comes at a moment when, as happens with metronomic regularity, Washington is reverberating with lamentations about government... more

Blinded by Science

By George Will (Feb 21, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Science, many scientists say, has been restored to her rightful throne because progressives have regained power. Progressives, say progressives,... more

Mutual Loathing Society

By George Will (Feb 18, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- The Republican presidential nominee, an Arizona senator, was a maverick, which was part of his charm. He spoke and acted impulsively, which was part of his... more

The Dependency Agenda

By George Will (Feb 14, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Only two things are infinite -- the expanding universe and Democrats' hostility to the District of Columbia's school choice program. Killing this small... more

Right Turn on the Left Coast?

By George Will (Feb 11, 2010)

SAN FRANCISCO -- Political speculation swirls. Meg Whitman, billionaire former eBay CEO and leading candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in California,... more

Charting Our Way to Solvency

By George Will (Feb 07, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- In 2013, when President Mitch Daniels, former Indiana governor, is counting his blessings, at the top of his list will be the name of his vice... more

A Future Rooted in the Past

By George Will (Feb 04, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- On Day One of his vow to take "meaningful steps to rein in our debt," Barack Obama asked Congress to freeze portions of discretionary domestic spending.... more

A Lobe Divided Will Not Stand

By George Will (Jan 28, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama tiptoed Wednesday night along the seam that bifurcates the Democratic Party's brain. The seam separates that brain's John Quincy... more

A 'Reform' Wisely Struck Down

By George Will (Jan 28, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Last week's Supreme Court decision that substantially deregulates political speech has provoked an edifying torrent of hyperbole. Critics' dismay reveals... more

Mandate to Moderate

By George Will (Jan 24, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Churchill's wife said that his being turned out of office by British voters in July 1945 -- the war in the Pacific still raged, and he had just... more

The Curse of Opportunity

By George Will (Jan 20, 2010)

"We are on the precipice of an achievement that's eluded congresses and presidents for generations." -- President Barack Obama, Dec. 15, on health care... more

Off-The-Cliff, But Catching On

By George Will (Jan 17, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- You know the foreboding you feel while watching the steamier Greek tragedies, when dynasties are falling and sons are marrying their mothers and everyone... more

Rock on the Health Care Road

By George Will (Jan 14, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Although Democrats think their health care legislation faces smooth sailing to implementation, there is a rock dead ahead -- a constitutional challenge to... more

Golden No Longer

By George Will (Jan 10, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976) was a hero to the American left, partly because of his 1939 anti-war novel "Johnny Got His Gun." Trumbo's title modified... more

Pigskin Piggy Bank

By George Will (Jan 07, 2010)

WASHINGTON -- In 1957, Queen Elizabeth, attending a Maryland-North Carolina football game, asked Maryland's governor, "Where do you get all those enormous players?" He... more

A Blight Grows in Brooklyn

By George Will (Jan 03, 2010)

BROOKLYN -- On Aug. 27, 1776, British forces routed George Washington's novice army in the Battle of Brooklyn, which was fought in fields and woods where today... more