I wrote about Trump’s inauguration address here. But I am no George Will. Here is the conservative commentator on Trump’s second inaugural address: Although few presidential inaugural addresses are remembered, six etched in the nation’s memory felicitous phrases, perfect for […]
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Could Vivek Ramaswamy pass his own citizenship test?
I think the upstart GOP presidential candidate would get at least one question wrong. Here is College of the Holy Cross historian Ed O’Donnell: Here is the full context: See our take on Ramaswamy’s recent GOP debate performance here. George […]
George Will gives a bump to Doug Burgum’s presidential campaign
Until I read Will’s column, the only thing I knew about North Dakota governor Doug Burgum was his gift card strategy. Here is a taste of Will’s “Meet the unusually qualified presidential candidate you’ve never heard of“: If he ever […]
George Will responds to the James Sweet controversy on presentism
Not familiar with this controversy? Get up to speed here. Here is a taste of Will’s Washington Post column: “In the sandbox also known as academic, it’s the golden age of the grovel“: Today, many academic historians, writing history “that […]
George Will rips millennials
Is he right? Here is a taste of Will’s scathing column: Hence the youthful millions who are sour, humorless and disappointed — with America, and everything else less perfect than they. They are fluent in the thin-gruel cant (diversity, inclusion, […]
George Will: “Amend the Constitution to bar senators from the presidency”
Will offers a stinging critique of GOP Senators who appear to be using their Senate seats to run for president. Here is a taste: In Jonathan Haidt’s recent essay for the Atlantic, “Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been […]
George Will calls Trump “a stray orange hair to be flicked off the nation’s sleeve”
Here is the conservative syndicated columnist: Floundering in his attempts to wield political power while lacking a political office, Donald Trump looks increasingly like a stray orange hair to be flicked off the nation’s sleeve. His residual power, which he […]
Historian Jonathan Couser responds to George Will’s column on individualism and identity politics
Yesterday I wrote a post on George Will’s recent column on identity politics and modernity. Over at Facebook, historian Jonathan Couser responded to Wills. Here is his take, published with his permission. –JF George Will is one of the few […]
George Will: “There are a lot of people on campus nowadays who just don’t belong there — they shouldn’t be teachers; they should be political activists”
Over at Politico, Zack Stanton asks George Will if “conservatism” means anything anymore. Here is a taste of his interview with the conservative columnist: In your book, you write that “America’s most dispiriting intellectual phenomenon is the degradation of higher […]
What is patriotism?
George Will uses his syndicated column this week to review Steven B. Smith’s book Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes. Here is a taste: Some on the right mistake their compound of grievances and resentments for patriotism. This mentality […]