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George F. Will is one of the most widely recognized, and widely read, writers in the world. With more than 450 newspapers, his biweekly Newsweek column, and his appearances as a political commentator on ABC, Will may be the most influential writer in America.
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  • Slipping the constitutional leash

    Slipping the
    constitutional leash

    Ersatz “wars” — domestic wars on various real or imagined vices — also wound the defense of limited government.

  • Scowling face of the state

    Scowling face of the state

    Government requires trust. But progressives demand such inordinate amounts of it that it provokes distrust.

  • Too sweet to kill

    Too sweet to kill

    The big companies like Mars and Hershey can locate plants around the world. The hundreds of family-owned American candy companies cannot.

  • Seeking sense on sentencing

    Seeking sense on sentencing

    Approximately 80,000 persons are sentenced in federal courts each year.

  • A mandate that is off the rails

    A mandate that is off the rails

    Congress relishes such delegation of lawmaking because responsibility is time-consuming and potentially hazardous politically.

  • A ruling to bark about

    A ruling to bark about

    Should judges, acting as robed legislators, decide which creatures should be given elevated status?

  • 'Alice in Wonderland' coercion

    ‘Alice in Wonderland’ coercion

    The letter encourages adoption of speech codes — actually, censorship regimes — to punish students.

  • Will: Courts slow administration lawlessness

    Will: Courts slow administration lawlessness

    This was pretty much what George Wallace did 50 years ago

  • The Loss of Trust

    The Loss of Trust

    These scandals are interlocking and overlapping.

  • Forgetting Watergate's lesson

    Forgetting Watergate’s lesson

    They never learn.