George F Will

How About a Trump Boycott?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.30.2012

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At the very least, Democrats could hit Trump where it hurts most: in his wallet.

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Blame Wall Street, Not Boomers

Leonard Steinhorn | Posted 12.07.2011

We like to think that our economic woes are unique to our time, that ours is the first era in which our democracy seems broken. What we need is a little perspective. And a little understanding of who's responsible.

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The Agenda We Left Behind

Patricia McGuire | Posted 11.14.2011

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After September 11, who could dare speak of the need to reinvigorate the War on Poverty, what with the War on Terror consuming most of our fiscal and emotional resources? A decade later, the region remains divided, unconscionably so.

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Green Energy Innovation: Building A National Commitment

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clean energy may well be the next economic revolution, and the United States can be at the forefront, if we take full advantage of our nation's streng...

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Tucker Carlson Launches "The Right's Answer to HuffPost" -- Why I Wish Him Nothing But the Best

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tucker Carlson launched The Daily Caller today and asked me to write a post for his opening day. I said yes -- and not just because he told the Wall Street Journal he reads HuffPost every day! He says that he and his team are "trying to think through what comes next in journalism." As they do, I hope they'll keep in mind that one of the greatest contributions the digital media can make is to counter the traditional media's obsession with looking at every issue through the cobweb-covered lens of right vs. left. Anyone looking at today's political landscape with clear eyes can see that on issue after issue -- the war in Afghanistan, the bailout, health care, the war on drugs, etc, etc -- the binary division of the debate into right vs. left has become obsolete.

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Reject False Choices Between Law Enforcement & Military

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Obama tasks our independent judiciary with trying more suspected 9/11 terrorists, count me among those who agree with Mayor Giuliani's first position on trying alleged terrorists in US courts: in the yes column

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On Health Reform, George F. Will Just Threw a Spitball

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will's column is a mashup of disparate declamations. As is often his style, he offers quotes that are very enjoyable, but only loosely related to the topic at hand.

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Guys Who Wear Bow Ties: Love It Or Lose It? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

Two weeks ago when we asked "Who's the best-dressed Supreme Court Justice?", your answer was Justice Sandra Day O'Connor for her signature lace jabot....

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Where There's a Will There's a Won't

Stephen Mo Hanan | Posted 05.25.2011

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When did viewing the world with a sense of wonder at its marvels and goodwill toward its occupants ever feel unnatural? It's the most natural state on earth.

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Will Continues Will-Ful Deceit

A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Should anyone wonder that the interview that followed his global warming column simply gave Will another podium for his Will-ful deception?

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Will-ful Deceit on Climate Change: Three Blunt Examples

A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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In all three cases, basic fact checking show that George Will's sources and the experts on the issues fundamentally disagree with him.

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