George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
mushrooms clouds als
One mushroom cloud would change history. My deepest fear is that this is exactly what they Al Qaeda intend.
government deserve-better deserve
You deserve better from your entire government, all of us.
broken honor the-end-of-the-day
You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. That's all you have. All you have is your reputation built on trust and your personal honor. When you don't have that anymore, well, you know, there you go. Trust was broken.
patience thoughtful iraq
To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these days.
two-sides iraq ties
Iraq... has also had contacts with al-Qaida. Their ties may be limited by divergent ideologies, but the two sides' mutual antipathy toward the United States and the Saudi royal family suggests that tactical cooperation between them is possible.
teaching kids responsibility
Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.
dog years white
In politics, every year in the White House is like dog years, it takes off seven years of your life.
selfish stupid intelligent
The Clinton paradox: How could a president so intelligent, so compassionate, so public-spirited and so conscious of his place in history act in such a stupid, selfish and self-destructive manner?
vocabulary vocabulary-words
I'm learning all the right vocabulary words - 'You're right, I'm wrong.'
halloween apology night
Democrats had a secret meeting in Reid's office on Halloween night at 6:15 and they hatched this plot, ... They said the only way they could get this investigation going was to do it in secret. They say they've been frustrated for a year and a half in getting this investigation into whether the administration twisted the intelligence and they're making no apologies whatsoever for it.
loyalty believe demand
I do not believe that loyalty should demand defending behavior that I find abhorrent.
errors guilt death-penalty
I am haunted by the demon of error - error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die.
illinois arbitrary death-penalty
Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.
years office training
While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant.