There is an old saying in journalism: “Always write the same piece three times.” George F. Will has modified that bit to read “Write the same piece on the Moynihan Report seventy-three times.” George’s latest reiteration of Daniel Patrick’s timeless wisdom on prosperity and family structure (which does hold up pretty well) can be found…
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The undeflatable George F. Will
There isn’t much about George F. Will that I find endearing, but the one thing that I find totally endearing is his deep dislike—verging on an irrational loathing, really—of football and, most particularly, the Super Bowl. For some reason, the Super Bowl seems to make George feel like—okay, I’m going to go for it—a Jew…
George F. Will, right on target
How many times have I made fun of George F. Will? I’m not sure, and I won’t take it back, but his latest column, on the U.S.A.’s out of control incarceration machine, the Department of Education’s oppressive puritanism, the civil forfeiture racket, and much, much more, is superb. Rock on, Georgie!
George F. Will, finding that elusive middle ground for right-wing hypocrisy
In a column largely, and justly, devoted to pointing out that President Obama’s excellent Libyan adventure, like his predecessor’s Iraqi incursion, was based on false pretences and has resulted more in chaos than democracy, Georgie F then launches as remarkable a series of non sequitur, false assumption, and disingenuous innuendo as I’ve seen since, well,…
George Packer’s got the New York Blues
Over at the New Yorker, George Packer has a long, earnest take on Amazon, ebook thing, and what it’s doing to the publishing industry. George is earnest and thorough, and includes some intelligent quotes from some authors who say the New York publishing scene pretty much treats them like shit, but you can tell that…
George Will, pissy, prissy, and probably prescient
George Will—or “George F. Will,” as they like to call him at the Gabbing Geezer—when he isn’t sniffing and harrumphing over the “unraveling” of the Obama administration, sometimes gets it right. A case in point is a recent column on the administration’s recent agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear program. After directing a variety of…
George and Jeane, not my favorite Democrats
The recent death of George McGovern occurred when I happened to be reading the biography of someone who detested George—Jeane Kirkpatrick. George is very well remembered by his admirers, as is Jeane—and for very good reasons—but I’m afraid that I will always remember George as a “loser” and Jeane as a traitor. McGovern first helped…
George and Charles, high on pot
What else can explain it? Both George Will and Charles Krauthammer gave last night’s debate to Mr. Stupid, Barack Obama. George, who may have gone a round or two with Snow White earlier in the evening, said it was the best presidential debate he’d ever seen. Charles, who may have borrowed Marion Barry’s crack pipe,…
George Will, tying himself in knots, yet failing to score a touchdown
I find myself agreeing with George Will more often than I like. We are a one on free trade, for example, as well as campaign “reform” (aka incumbent protection and First Amendment reduction). I also admire his early criticism of President Obama’s decision to expand the war in Afghanistan, although his massive silence on civil…
George Patton, even worse than you thought
You’re (probably) familiar with the story about how General George Patton slapped a soldier for claiming to be suffering from shell shock. But it gets worse. According to war correspondent George Seldes, in his autobiography Witness to a Century, in his anger, Patton 1) slapped the wrong guy and 2) exclaimed “There is no shell…