George F. Will
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Why conservatives should support Ukraine
Kyiv’s self-defense is a revolt against the exhausted idea of a “post-national” future and a rejection of cosmopolitanism’s disparagement of nationality. → Read More
Reasons for ambivalence about the ruling on web design and same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court's decision potentially sweeps broadly, beyond considerations of religion and gay rights. → Read More
On student loan forgiveness, Amy Coney Barrett makes a major statement
The justice's concurrence in striking down Biden's overreach should reverberate throughout the sprawling administrative state. → Read More
The court did not ‘end’ affirmative action. This was just a skirmish.
Universities will respond by adopting more disguised preferences, deepening public cynicism about higher education, as its prestige leaks away. → Read More
Why K-12 education’s alarming decline could be a dominant 2024 issue
In 1983, a blue-ribbon education commission decried a “rising tide of mediocrity” in U.S. K-12 education. Two generations on, mediocrity might be an aspiration. → Read More
This South Dakotan wants to end Congress’s chronic immigration failure
Republican Sen. Mike Rounds knows the crucial role immigrants have played in U.S. history. That's why he wants to thaw policies that have been frozen for years. → Read More
Meet the implacable, off-the-grid libertarian working to energize Congress
Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman from Kentucky, has a prickly independence and a less-than-utopian wish list to improve the House's functioning. → Read More
A Supreme Court blunder endangers Native American children
The justices' decision on Thursday was all about tribal power, not the welfare of the young. Some will suffer in the name of identity politics. → Read More
Vivek Ramaswamy runs on the unlimited optimism of the inexperienced
The Republican presidential candidate, a successful businessman, possesses a preternatural confidence that is understandable -- but unconvincing. → Read More
Ruling on redistricting, the Supreme Court again repudiates colorblind law
The justices have strayed far from the original intent of the Voting Rights Act, lubricating the nation's slide into incessant obsessing about race. → Read More
California’s reparations debate adds to a plague of solemn silliness
All calculations of the costs are fanciful, depending as they do on capricious inclusions and exclusions of categories of people from access to the trough. → Read More
Two-thirds of new cars will be EVs in nine years? That will not happen.
The American public is insufficiently interested in buying electric vehicles. Cue the progressive approach to industrial policy. → Read More
The Supreme Court votes for clarity from Congress. How refreshing.
For the second time in 11 months, the court rebuked the Environmental Protection Agency for overstepping its authority. → Read More
DeSantis should learn from one of the biggest blunders in American marketing
The misfired announcement of the Florida governor's presidential campaign was a fitting coda to months of emulating a certain other disastrous product launch. → Read More
Ambivalent about abortion, the American middle begins to find its voice
By overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court commenced the process of letting politics go about the business of accommodating differences. → Read More
Maybe the looming debt ceiling disaster is really just politics as usual
House Republicans have some sensible, moderate proposals. The route to compromise is available, if Biden will defy progressive priorities and take it. → Read More
The Supreme Court’s California pork ruling invites interstate economic warfare
The justices unwisely endorse California's effort to make non-Californians conform to its moral and policy preferences. → Read More
Joe Manchin weighs challenging today’s stagnant party duopoly
The Democratic senator from West Virginia still adheres to his position that all options, including a 2024 third-party presidential run, are "on the table." → Read More
Why even the preppy look is preferable to egalitarian shabbiness
Dressing well is not about "privilege." It quietly asserts that attention to one’s presentation is a form of respect for those to whom one is presented. → Read More
After a month of baseball’s new rules, it’s time to rejoice
Self-described "traditionalists" may deplore the changes, but real conservatives have reasons to celebrate how the game has put a spring back in its step. → Read More