VEEP OF FAITH Mar 16, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008 Last Update: 06:30 AM EDT. BEST CHOICES FOR SECOND SEATS. (New York Post -- Opinions)
McCain Proud to Brush Off FEC Commish Feb 29, 2008
McCain confirmed he refused to shake Smiths hand at a public hearing as told by George F. Will ... McCain confirmed he refused to shake Smiths hand at a public hearing as told by George F. Will. (Townhall.com)
William F. Buckley Jr., conservative icon, dies Feb 28, 2008
The columnist George F. Will (the magazine's onetime Washington editor) said at a 25th anniversary celebration, "Before Ronald Reagan, there was Barry Goldwater, and before Barry Goldwater there was National Review, and before there was National Review, there was Bill Buckley, with a spark in his mind." That spark, Will noted, eventually became "a conflagration." One sign of that conflagration was circulation: The magazine is America's most widely read political journal. National Review also... (Boston Globe)
W.F. Buckley dies Feb 28, 2008
At National Review, Mr. Buckley became known as a discoverer of conservative writers, including syndicated columnist George F. Will and New York Times columnist David Brooks. Cultural critics Garry Wills and Joan Didion also wrote for the magazine. (The Palm Beach Post)
William F. Buckley, Jr. RIP Feb 28, 2008
An article I co-authored on the POW-MIA issue from the Vietnam War was called by George F. Will in one of his columns, the best thing ever written on the issue ... Through him I met some of the great and near great, including Henry Kissinger and Dr. Edward Teller, George F. Will, John Chancellor, and Hizzoner Ed Koch. (Human Events Online)
Pondering the Choice of Vices Feb 24, 2008
A callow young columnist without a lick of sense (George F. Will) criticized the tactic as "slapstick," but it worked: Walter Cronkite pulled back what would have been that night's CBS lead story saying Ford's nomination was assured, and the battle raged until the convention ... George F. Will, a 1976 Pulitzer Prize winner whose columns are syndicated in more than 400 magazines and newspapers worldwide, is the author of ... A callow young columnist without a lick of sense (George F. Will)... (Townhall.com)
FOREIGN TO THEM Feb 17, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008 Last Update: 06:30 AM EST. BUT IRAN, IRAQ WILL RETURN IN ELECTION. (New York Post -- Opinions)
CPAC 2008: Rallying the Troops Feb 12, 2008
But the movers and shakers of the conservative movement needed a boost and the gentle arm-twisting came in the form of columnists Bob Novak and George F. Will ... The second night, George F. Will, spoke to the group at the Ronald Reagan Banquet. (Human Events Online)
McCain Is Victor, But Others Still in the Ring Feb 7, 2008
"The conservative party may give its nomination to someone who does not carry, in any particular state, the conservative vote," noted Washington Post columnist and ABC News contributor George F. Will. McCain's willingness to compromise with Democrats on issues, such as immigration, arouses conservative ire. (ABC News)
LIFE OF THE PARTY: THE WRONG ONE Jan 20, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008 Last Update: 06:35 AM EST. MCCAIN, 2008'S BEST DEMOCRAT. (New York Post -- Opinions)
MOURNING IN AMERICA Jan 13, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008 Last Update: 06:40 AM EST. GOP PRIMARIES POINT TO A BAD YEAR. (New York Post -- Opinions)
The certainty of political uncertainty Jan 13, 2008
Look at what has happened so far," says George F. Will, the conservative columnist. "The very idea that money is all-powerful was struck down with Romney in Iowa and New Hampshire; the idea that organization is all-powerful was struck down by Huckabee ... Look at what has happened so far," says George F. Will, the conservative columnist. "The very idea that money is all-powerful was struck down with Romney in Iowa and New Hampshire; the idea that organization is all-powerful was struck down by... (Townhall.com)
Newsweek: GOP opts for religion, Dems divided Jan 8, 2008
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Sharpton and Jackson: Biggest Losers in Iowa, New Hampshire, and... Jan 8, 2008
On the night of the Iowa Caucus, George F. Will, syndicated columnist, appeared on CNN, stating that AL Sharpton and Jessie Jackson were the biggest losers in Iowa ... To conclude, I agree with George F. Wills post-caucus statement that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton were the biggest losers of the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire primary race ... On the night of the Iowa Caucus, George F. Will, syndicated columnist, appeared on CNN, stating that AL Sharpton and Jessie Jackson were the biggest... (Townhall.com)
THE PHANTOM MENACE Jan 6, 2008
Sunday, January 06, 2008 Last Update: 05:55 AM EST. FAUX POPULISM OF HUCK, EDWARDS. (New York Post -- Opinions)
National Review nod gives Romney a boost Dec 12, 2007
Admirers of the publication, which has 150,000 subscribers, include President Bush, Henry Kissinger, and George F. Will. "Our guiding principle has always been to select the most conservative viable candidate," the Review's editors wrote in their endorsement, published online yesterday. (Boston Globe)
ABOVE THE LAW Nov 18, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007 Last Update: 06:05 AM EST. EDWARDS AND HIS BEDFELLOWS. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Your Opinion Nov 15, 2007
Given the recent negative attention on social work education that has arisen from the study by the National Association of Scholars and George F. Will s editorial (Washington Post, 10/14/07), the public at-large, and consumers of social work services, have a right to hear another viewpoint regarding this matter. Mr. Will appears to extract language from the study to draw his own conclusions, and promote a personal agenda. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
What we learned from Curveball Nov 11, 2007
By: GEORGE F. WILL - The Washington Post. In late 2002, two strong-willed CIA officers, identified only as Beth and Margaret, were at daggers drawn. (North County Times)
I'm with Barry Nov 5, 2007
If the two decades between Goldwater's loss and Reagan's reelection showed the GOP following Goldwater's model of muscular libertarianism, in the two decades since it has moved away from the teachings of the man George F. Will has called "the embodiment of American conservatism." Under Reagan, Republicans embraced a moralist social policy Goldwater abhorred and under George W. Bush a statist approach to power that Goldwater feared. With Republicans no longer preaching suspicion of Washington, a... (Boston Globe)
Congress has war powers Nov 4, 2007
By: GEORGE F. WILL - The Washington Post. Americans are wondering, with the lassitude of uninvolved spectators, whether the president will initiate a war with Iran. (North County Times)
ABORTION ILLUSION Oct 28, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007 Last Update: 06:00 AM EDT. NO CANDIDATE CAN STOP IT OR SAVE IT. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Much ado about abortion Oct 28, 2007
By: GEORGE F. WILL - The Washington Post. Almost 35 years have passed since the Supreme Court decided to end America's argument about abortion. (North County Times)
Line item veto unconstitutional and unnecessary Oct 21, 2007
By: GEORGE F. WILL - Washington Post. Mitt Romney is an intelligent man who sometimes seems eager to find bushel baskets under which to hide his light. (North County Times)
The orthodoxy of social work Oct 14, 2007
By: GEORGE F. WILL - The Washington Post. In 1943, the Supreme Court, affirming the right of Jehovah's Witnesses children to refuse to pledge allegiance to the U.S. flag in schools, declared: "No official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein." Today that principle is routinely traduced, coast to coast, by officials who are petty in several senses. (North County Times)
Democrats Hit the Books Oct 7, 2007
George F. Will, a 1976 Pulitzer Prize winner whose columns are syndicated in more than 400 magazines and newspapers worldwide, is the author of. Be the first to read George Will's column. (Townhall.com)
Fringes tug at both sides Oct 7, 2007
By: GEORGE F. WILL - The Washington Post. "Were the expense of war to be defrayed always by a revenue raised within the year ... wars would in general be more speedily concluded, and less wantonly undertaken.". (North County Times)
NY Times exempts itself Sep 30, 2007
By: GEORGE F. WILL - The Washington Post. Two days before Christmas in 1967, President Lyndon Johnson, visiting the Vatican, presented Pope Paul VI with a foot-high bust of Lyndon Johnson. (North County Times)
Beyond the right-left labels Sep 30, 2007
However, he and others noted that four other conservatives (George F. Will, Kathleen Parker, Patrick J. Buchanan, Victor Davis Hansen) run semi-regularly - thus, the alleged rightward slant. The Media Matters study, "Black and White and Re(a)d All Over," did show that conservative columnists such as George Will (328 newspapers), Cal Thomas (306) and Kathleen Parker (282) have more outlets than any of their liberal counterparts. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
MAYBE THE TIMES CAN'T AD Sep 28, 2007
As columnist George F. Will pointed out on these pages yesterday, this is a paper that whined incessantly when the Supreme Court held that a small Wisconsin advocacy group couldn't be stopped from running TV commercials on the mere grounds that its ads mentioned a senator running for re-election. Still-tougher campaign-finance laws are needed, the Times crowed, to stem the influence of "big corporations" in politics. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Sauce for the Times Sep 28, 2007
George F. Will, a 1976 Pulitzer Prize winner whose columns are syndicated in more than 400 magazines and newspapers worldwide, is the author of ... George F. Will, a 1976 Pulitzer Prize winner whose columns are syndicated in more than 400 magazines and newspapers worldwide, is the author of. (Townhall.com)
HYPOCRISIES OF THE TIMES Sep 27, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007 Last Update: 06:45 AM EDT. September 27, 2007 -- VISITING the Vatican in 1967, President Lyndon Johnson presented Pope Paul VI with a foot-high bust of Lyndon Johnson. (New York Post -- Opinions)
THE MARINE/IRAQ MISMATCH Sep 24, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007 Last Update: 06:20 AM EDT. September 24, 2007 -- HERE at "the crossroads of the Marine Corps," some offi cers are uneasily pondering a paradox: No service was better prepared than the Marines for the challenges of post-invasion Iraq, yet no service has found its mission there more unsettling to its sense of itself. (New York Post -- Opinions)
George F. Will: The Marines in Iraq Sep 24, 2007
George F. Will is a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post (). When asked in 1997 to describe the kind of conflict for which Marines were training, Gen. Charles Krulak, then the Corps' commandant, replied with one word: "Chechnya." He meant ethnic and sectarian conflict in an urban context. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Questions for AG nominee Sep 23, 2007
By: GEORGE F. WILL - The Washington Post. Michael Mukasey, the retired judge nominated to be attorney general, is called a "law and order" conservative. (North County Times)
George F. Will: A law and order conservative Sep 20, 2007
George F. Will is a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post (). The Bush administration says "the long war" -- the war on terror -- is a perpetual emergency that will last for generations. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Belo to Establish Endowment in Honor of France A. Cordova Sep 19, 2007
Hays Press-Enterprise Lectures, 1966-2006 2006 Karen Elliott House, senior vice president, Dow Jones & Company 2004 Tom Curley, president and chief executive officer, The Associated Press 2002 Gail Collins, editorial page editor, The New York Times 2001 Bill Kovach, chairman, Committee of Concerned Journalists 2000 Clarence Page, columnist, Chicago Tribune 1999 Gregory Favre, vice president, news, The McClatchy Company 1998 Tom Winship, former editor, The Boston Globe 1997 Benjamin C. Bradlee,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
UNFAIR PRESS POWER Sep 17, 2007
org's New York Times ad belittling Gen. David Petraeus as "General Betray Us." But the episode also illustrates a.. " But the episode also illustrates a much more fundamental problem with campaign-finance regulations - the advantage that these laws give to the institutional press over ordinary citizens. It's time to admit the unenforceability and hidden favoritism of campaign-finance regulations. As The Post reported, MoveOn may have received a massive and illegal in-kind contribution from the... (New York Post -- Opinions)
OSAMA THE 'STAR' Sep 16, 2007
com features Opinions' columnists including Scott Stringer, Adam Brodsky, George F. Will and Peter Brookes. 00000C9A. (New York Post -- Opinions)
IRAQ & U.S. POLITICS: DEMS' BIG MISTAKE Sep 15, 2007
com features Opinions' columnists including Scott Stringer, Adam Brodsky, George F. Will and Peter Brookes. Read our Opinions section for views on current local, national and international events and issues. (New York Post -- Opinions)
FUNNY-MONEY MESS IS HILL'S OWN FAULT Sep 15, 2007
Clinton's microma naging for her presidential campaign's acceptance of nearly 900,000 in contributions donated or raised by Norman (New York Post -- Opinions)
Iraq Inspection Sep 15, 2007
AGHDADTHERE is no substitute for being on the ground if you want a sense of where Iraq may be headed. The reality is almost always different when you smell it up close. (New York Post -- Opinions)
FRED'S FLOP Sep 13, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007 Last Update: 10:35 AM EDT. September 13, 2007 -- FRED Thompson's plunge into the pres idential pool - more belly-flop than swan dive - was the strangest product launch since that of New Coke in 1985. (New York Post -- Opinions)
George F. Will: Thompson announces!; promptly flops Sep 13, 2007
George F. Will: Thompson announces ... George F. Will: Thompson announces ... George F. Will is a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post (). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
A BITTER WAR OF CHOICE Sep 11, 2007
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Last Update: 10:20 AM EDT. September 11, 2007 -- BEFORE Gen. David Petraeus' report, and to give it a context of optimism, the president visited Iraq's Anbar province to underscore the success of the surge in making some hitherto anarchic areas less so. (New York Post -- Opinions)
George F. Will: Our reflective military Sep 10, 2007
George F. Will is a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post (). Today's officers lead an Army that was sent into Iraq in 2003, and by 2004 the operation became, as an officer here says, "a deployment in search of a mission." Since then, missions have multiplied. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
AN ARMY OF THINKERS Sep 9, 2007
OFFICERS studying at the Army War College walk the ground at nearby Gettysburg where Pickett's men crossed a field under fire. They wonder, how did Confederate officers. (New York Post -- Opinions)
George F. Will: Funny thing, Americans like good cars Sep 7, 2007
George F. Will is a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post (). The short, unhappy life of that automobile is rich in lessons, and not only for America's beleaguered automobile industry. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
THE EDSEL'S LESSONS FOR DETROIT Sep 6, 2007
Thursday, September 06, 2007 Last Update: 10:25 AM EDT. THE EDSEL'S LESSONS FOR DETROIT. (New York Post -- Opinions)
WAR WAS THE ANSWER Sep 2, 2007
ON a bluff above the sand and a half a mile from the ocean's edge at low tide, which was the condition when the first allied soldiers left their landing craft, a round. " Twenty years later, almost all of Western Europe was free. Twenty years after that, Spain, Portugal and Greece had joined the liberal democracies. Today, for the first time in 2,500 years, most Europeans live under such governments. Ash argues that Europe cannot define itself negatively - as not America or not Islam. "Europe's... (New York Post -- Opinions)
Europe's rebirth on Omaha Beach Sep 2, 2007
By: GEORGE F. WILL - The Washington Post. OMAHA BEACH, Normandy ---- On a bluff above the sand and a half a mile from the ocean's edge at low tide, which was the condition when the first allied soldiers left their landing craft, a round circle of concrete five feet in diameter provides a collar for a hole in the ground. (North County Times)
FRENCH UN-TWIST Sep 1, 2007
ARIS 'WE," the finance minister says, "have a terrible past. " She also says: "In a way, we've had it too easy. (New York Post -- Opinions)
George F. Will: This is reform? Aug 27, 2007
George F. Will: This is reform. George F. Will: This is reform ... George F. Will is a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post (georgewill@washpost. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
FOREVER SOCIALIST Aug 26, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007 Last Update: 09:05 AM EDT. SARKOZY WON'T CHANGE FRANCE. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Iraq nears a Weimar moment Aug 26, 2007
By: GEORGE F. WILL - The Washington Post. Come September, America might slip closer toward a Weimar moment. (North County Times)
George F. Will: Whatever Gen. Petraeus reports, some partisans will be unhappy Aug 24, 2007
George F. Will is a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post (georgewill@washpost. com). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
IRAQ ABSURDITIES Aug 23, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007 Last Update: 09:50 AM EDT. CRAZED U.S. DEBATE AHEAD. (New York Post -- Opinions)
UMP'S JOB: IT'S A PITCH Aug 19, 2007
ON a recent night here, as on most summer nights for 37 years, Bruce Froemming went to work. He performed for about three hours in front of a large, attentive and opinionated. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Revealed truths of loan crisis Aug 19, 2007
By: GEORGE F. WILL - The Washington Post. Exactly a century ago, panic seized financial markets. (North County Times)
MORAL OF THE MARKET MAELSTROM Aug 17, 2007
Friday, August 17, 2007 Last Update: 09:10 AM EDT. August 17, 2007 -- EXACTLY a century ago, panic seized financial markets. (New York Post -- Opinions)
BARACK'S JUDGE BIAS Aug 12, 2007
Sunday, August 12, 2007 Last Update: 07:15 AM EDT. PLAYS RACE CARD VS. BUSH PICK. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Obama disappoints on justice Aug 12, 2007
By: GEORGE F. WILL - The Washington Post. Sen. (North County Times)
Brad attitude works for me Aug 11, 2007
George F. Will, the American journalist, once wrote: "American Football combines the two worst features of American life: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings." At No.38, Muhammad Ali apparently once said to a young boxer: "If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.". The Irish golfer David Feherty once said of Jim Furyk's swing that it was "like an octopus falling out of a tree". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Local blessing Jul 30, 2007
It is no coincidence that 20 years ago, when George F. Will began research for the book that became Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball, he soon decided to focus on Gwynn and Ripken. Will concluded they were the two position players who best exemplified commitment to sustained excellence. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Opinion)
McCain reaps his just rewards Jul 22, 2007
By: GEORGE F. WILL - The Washington Post. At noon on April 25, in Prescott Park in Portsmouth, N.H., John McCain announced his presidential candidacy. (North County Times)
