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NEWS ABOUT: George Will

George Will stories: 19 news summaries
GEORGE F. WILL

Stop Lefty Thugs Bullying Gay Marriage Opponents

Supreme Court must step in to keep chill off participation

Oct 31, 09 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A movement in Washington state to force the disclosure of the names of those who supported a referendum on same-sex marriage has George Will up in arms over “thuggish liberalism” and its chilling effect on political participation. Signing one’s name in support of such a measure is akin... More »

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Washington state • George Will • referendum • US Supreme Court • liberal interventionism • Proposition 8 • public disclosure • Referendum 71 • political participation

GEORGE F. WILL

 Drug Czar Needs 
 to Look Beyond 
 Worthless Laws  


Enforcement doesn't work, but there is hope elsewhere

Oct 29, 09 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a chat with new czar Gil Kerlikowske, George Will notes that the war on drugs, as it has been waged, is an utter failure. Harsh drug laws have done nothing to reduce drug-taking, he writes, and incarcerating drug users is looking more and more wasteful to strapped states. “... More »

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War on Drugs • alcohol • DEA • Drug Enforcement Administration • George Will • Office of National Drug Control Policy • Obama administration • Gil Kerlikowske

media rare

Logical, Ethical Lapses Beset Washington Post

Op-ed page woes spread to editorial on Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 16, 09 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The next-to-last straw was the Washington Post editorial saying Neda Agha Soltan should have won the Nobel Peace Prize, which isn't awarded posthumously. The last straw was today's op-ed raising—but not bothering to answer—the question of whether President Obama can even accept the honor without violating the Constitution.... More »

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Iran • Washington Post • journalism • Constitution • George Will • Nobel Peace Prize • President Obama • William Kristol • Neda • Neda Agha Soltan • Fred Hiatt • Anne Applebaum

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Newt: Obama 
 School Speech 
 'Good for America' 

Dean: green jobs czar 'brought down'; CDC chief warns of swine flu challenges

Sep 6, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who says bipartisanship in Washington is dead? Today, top Republicans sided with President Obama on both his planned speech to schoolchildren and his strategy in Afghanistan, Politico reports. On Fox News Sunday, Newt Gingrich called Obama’s Tuesday speech “good for America.” On Afghanistan, Tim Pawlenty rejected calls... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Howard Dean • US troops • Tim Pawlenty • George Will • Arne Duncan • Van Jones

(Newser) - George Will’s call today to pull US troops out of Afghanistan is tantamount to “urging retreat and accepting defeat,” fellow conservative William Kristol blogs in the Washington Post. Will’s idea to focus mostly on offshore operations and airstrikes "doesn't sound much more engaged than... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • US military • George Will • al-Qaeda • Afghanistan war • William Kristol • Stanley McChrystal

(Newser) - At their recent summit, the G8 nations vowed to cut emissions 80% ... within 41 years. That seems like a pretty lethargic response to a so-called “emergency,” but as Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi said, the effort is virtually futile while “5 billion people continue to behave as they... More »

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China • climate change • India • George Will • developing world • coal power

OPINION

 Obama Shares 
 McNamara's Fatal Flaw 


Jul 8, 09 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - For some the death of Robert McNamara was the last chapter of a bygone disaster, but as George Will writes, Barack Obama and his team have more in common with the architect of Vietnam than they realize. McNamara's "eerie assuredness pervades the Washington in which he died," writes... More »

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Barack Obama • Vietnam War • George Will • Obama administration • neoconservatives • Robert McNamara

OPINION

Obama's Economic Policies Skirt Abuse of Power

'Dependency agenda' is corrupt: Will

May 14, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s easy for President Obama to be a bold leader, given his administration's “careless regard for constitutional values” and burgeoning “tincture of lawlessness,” writes George Will in the Washington Post. Obama is pursuing a dependency agenda, he argues, “maximizing the number of people and... More »

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Barack Obama • George Will • Obama administration • economic policies

OPINION

 Why Jeans Are Evil 


Apr 16, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Across America, men, women, and children are wearing the same pants: jeans. Not only a sartorial crime, the trend is an “obnoxious misuse of freedom,” rails George Will of the Washington Post. Levi Strauss set out to make tough pants for 49ers who spent all day... More »

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fashion • jeans • George Will • denim

(Newser) - Umpiring is often a thankless job. In Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, they’re typically beheaded as soon as they make a controversial call, and modern fans routinely abuse them and question their eyesight. “But their integrity is unquestioned,” writes George Will... More »

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judicial • umpire • George Will • baseball • umpires

(Newser) - George Will takes a fair amount of flak for his view that global warming is a bunch of hooey. Now he's taking it from the news pages of his own paper, writes David Roberts in Grist. A story today in the Washington Post cites evidence showing a decline in Arctic... More »

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climate change • global warming • Washington Post • Arctic • George Will

 Obama Dines With 
 Conservative Kings 

Dinner with vocal conservative critics

Jan 13, 09 11:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama broke bread with America's most influential conservative opinion shapers last night. The Washington Post reports he was guest of honor at a dinner party given by columnist George Will, along with Bill Kristol, David Brooks, and Charles Krauthammer. Rumors were buzzing that Rush Limbaugh would attend, but a... More »

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New York Times • Washington Post • Rush Limbaugh • Weekly Standard • George Will • David Brooks • President Obama • Chevy Chase Md • William Kristol • Charles Krauthammer

OPINION

McCain Acting Like a 'Flustered Rookie': Will

Conservatives should fear self-righteous loose cannon

Sep 23, 08 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The economic crisis has one presidential candidate acting like a “flustered rookie,” writes George F. Will of the Washington Post, but despite his limited resume, “It is not Barack Obama.” McCain’s response has been incoherent, including a Queen of Hearts-esque call for SEC... More »

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John McCain • Christopher Cox • George Will • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • economy

OPINION

Obama Advisers Please the Right, But Not Much

Two 'pro-free-trade' centrists guide him,
up to a point

Aug 1, 08 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Barack Obama takes office, conservatives can take a small measure of comfort knowing that  two of his top economic advisers have generated angst on the left for being "centrist, pro-free-traders," writes Cesar Conda in the Weekly Standard. Austan Goolsbee and Jason Furman—the latter a Wal-Mart defender—... More »

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Barack Obama • globalization • Medicaid • NAFTA • George Will • free trade • protectionism • Austan Goolsbee • economic adviser • Jason Furman

OPINION

 Beer: Cause of, and
 Solution to, Civilization 

Americans aren't likely to cut back on the suds—and history tells us why, Will writes

Jul 10, 08 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Recently, Investor’s Business Daily had the effrontery to suggest that Americans might cut down on beer “and other non-essential items.” It was a statement that sent Washington Post columnist George F. Will into a frothy rage. Beer is completely essential—without it civilization as we know might... More »

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evolution • alcohol • beer • George Will

 At Lefty U.,
 Plans for
 Right-Wing
 Chair 

University of Colorado seeks 'intellectual diversity,' to qualms on both sides

May 13, 08 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Here’s a recipe for controversy: Take one of the nation’s most liberal schools—the University of Colorado at Boulder—and make it the home of the nation’s first endowed chair for Conservative Thought and Policy. The school’s Republican chancellor tells the Wall Street Journal the campus... More »

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political science • conservative • academia • University of Colorado • George Will

OPINION

George Will Knows the Working Class?

Scribe slams GOP pundit for his stance
on 'Bittergate'

Apr 18, 08 7:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - George Will knows blue collar America? Probably not, Jonathan Chait writes in the New Republic, but the "fabulously wealthy, bow tie-wearing, pretentious" pundit still blasted Barack Obama for saying rural voters "cling to" firearms and religion. And Will is not alone—US leaders have long treated blue collar... More »

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Barack Obama • working class • George Will • blue-collar vote • Bittergate

'Bittergate' Flares Up on Sunday Shows

Bob Casey defends Obama from attacks
left and right

Apr 13, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Bittergate" erupted on talk shows today as pundits hammered Barack Obama for calling some rural voters "bitter," the Swamp blog reports. “He’s going to have to do some more explaining about this,” Clinton ally James Carville said. "It's big," said George Will.... More »

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Barack Obama • James Carville • George Will • Democratic presidential primaries • Meet the Press • Election 2008 • Bittergate

Right-Wing Voices Get
More Ink

Report: 60% of papers run more conservatives, 20% more liberals

Sep 14, 07 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) -  Voices from the right dominate those from the left in US newspapers, with the former reaching 152 million buyers and the latter only 125 million. Sixty percent  of papers print more conservative syndicated columnists, while just 20% run more liberals, according to a report by Media Matters for America.... More »

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media • newspaper • conservative • liberals • George Will • David Broder • Thomas Friedman • columnists

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