George Will
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Another example of futile federal intrusion into educationNov 01, 2021 10:25 pm - No Child Left Behind, supposedly an antidote to the "soft bigotry of low expectations," has instead spawned lowered standards. The law will eventually be reauthorized be...
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Presidential candidates make themselves clear, in a disconcerting wayNov 01, 2021 9:26 pm - WASHINGTON -- Arthur Balfour, the British statesman, once said that a rival's clarity was a liability because he had nothing to say. As the presidential nomination conte...
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Conservatives can't stray from mission of limits on governmentNov 01, 2021 8:23 pm - In the 1920s and '30s, the American left was riven by multiple factions furiously representing different flavors of socialism, each accusing the others of revisionism an...
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Trial lawyers who are out to help themselves, not the little peopleNov 01, 2021 7:29 pm - John Edwards launched his slight public career -- one Senate term, two presidential candidacies -- with the money and reputation he made as a trial lawyer. Today, he is...
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There's nothing progressive about blocking vouchersNov 01, 2021 4:54 pm - In today's political taxonomy, "progressives" are rebranded liberals dodging the damage they did to their old label. Perhaps their most injurious idea -- injurious to th...
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A student candidate spending over $100? We can't have thatNov 01, 2021 4:08 pm - The speech policeman's lot is not a happy one, as the University of Montana at Missoula is learning. Herewith a tale about the mess that institution has made by regulati...
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Democratic pandering that comes up short in math, logicNov 01, 2021 2:45 pm - Explaining a simple proposal to help people squirrel away gold for their golden years, Hillary Clinton said that a person "should not require a Ph.D. to save for retirem...
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Oh, the burdens of being among the very wealthyNov 01, 2021 2:00 pm - Enough, already, with compassion for society's middle and lower orders. There currently is a sympathy deficit regarding the very rich. Or so the rich might argue because...
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OK, here we go: Fifteen questions for Barack ObamaNov 01, 2021 1:03 pm - Is it audacious to hope for more clarity from Barack Obama? Here are 15 questions for him: You advocate leaving in Iraq "some" U.S. forces for three missions -- fighting...
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Times still intent on suppressing speech, except for its ownNov 01, 2021 10:48 am - Two days before Christmas in 1967, President Lyndon Johnson, visiting the Vatican, presented Pope Paul VI with a foot-high bust of Lyndon Johnson. Small choices can reve...