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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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  • Will: Michigan's watershed moment

    Will: Michigan’s watershed moment

    The unions’ frenzy against right-to-work laws is as understandable as their desire to abolish the right of secret ballots in unionization elections: Freedom is not the unions’ friend.

  • Why we're near the cliff

    Why we’re near the cliff

    If you have worked hard for five decades, made pots of money and now want to squander it all in Las Vegas on wine, women and baccarat, go ahead.

  • Obama's budget talk aims to bamboozle

    Obama’s budget talk aims to bamboozle

    The shrillness of “cliff” talk bewitches minds that should be skeptical about the supposed point of all this — deficit reduction.

  • George Will: Closing of the American mind

    George Will: Closing of the American mind

    In 2007, Keith John Sampson, a middle-aged student working his way through Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis as a janitor, was declared guilty of racial harassment.

  • George Will: A cliff of their own choosing

    George Will: A cliff of their own choosing

    When the Republican House majority acts as though it has a mind — and a mandate — of its own, this is not Washington being “dysfunctional,” it is the separation of powers functioning as the Founders intended.

  • Digesting the Twinkies' lessons

    Digesting the Twinkies’ lessons

    Earthquakes may strike, dynasties may fall and locusts may devour the crops, but Oldsmobile and Pan Am are forever. Never mind.

  • For this, we give thanks

    For this, we give thanks

    Among the things for which Americans can, on this feast day, be thankful is Washington’s resolve to temper severity with mercy …

  • CFPB needs a day in court

    CFPB needs a day in court

    Vitiating the Senate’s power to advise and consent to presidential appointments is congruent with the CFPB’s general lawlessness.

  • A casket cartel's comeuppance?

    A casket cartel’s comeuppance?

    Shortly before 123 million voters picked a president, 38 Louisiana monks moved the judiciary toward a decision that could change American governance more than most presidents do.

  • Starting all over again

    Starting all over again

    Conservatives should jauntily sing as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers did in a year in which the country’s chin was on the ground.