George Will
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The empty case for progressive taxationDec 08, 2015 12:00 am - Progressives are increasingly preoccupied with income inequality, and their current hero, Sen. Bernie Sanders, favors increasing the tax system's progressivity. So, in t...
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Affirming a right to dieAug 30, 2015 1:00 am - SAN DIEGO - Brittany Maynard was soon to die. The question was whether she could do so on her own terms, as a last act of autonomy. Dr. Lynette Cederquist, who regrets t...
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The vigorous virtues of Margaret ThatcherApr 10, 2013 5:00 am - She had the eyes of Caligula and the lips of Marilyn Monroe. So said Francois Mitterrand, the last serious socialist to lead a major European nation, speaking of Margare...
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In a rut on Voting Rights ActMar 04, 2013 4:00 am - Progressives are remarkably uninterested in progress. Social Security is 78 years old and myriad social improvements have added 17 years to life expectancy since 1935, y...
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The Fed’s not-so-golden ruleFeb 27, 2013 10:17 am - RICHMOND, Va. — A display case in the lobby of the Federal Reserve Bank here might express humility. The case holds a 99.9 percent pure gold bar weighing 401.75 troy oun...
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The sequester: a manufactured crisisFeb 24, 2013 4:00 am - Even during this desultory economic recovery, one industry thrives — the manufacture of synthetic hysteria. It is, however, inaccurate to accuse the Hysteric in Chief of...
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Solitary confinement’s tollFeb 21, 2013 4:00 am - “Zero Dark Thirty,” a nominee for Sunday’s Oscar as Best Picture, reignited debate about whether the waterboarding of terrorism suspects was torture. This practice, whic...
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The brevity of Silent CalFeb 15, 2013 4:00 am - Before Ronald Reagan traveled the 16 blocks to the White House after his first inaugural address, the White House curator had, at the new president’s instruction, hung i...
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A case for a balanced budget amendmentFeb 08, 2013 4:00 am - The arguments against a constitutional amendment to require balanced budgets are various and, cumulatively, almost conclusive. Almost. The main arguments are: The Const...
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The price of moral grandstandingFeb 03, 2013 4:00 am - Politics becomes amusing when liberalism becomes theatrical with high-minded gestures. Chicago’s government, which is not normally known for elevated thinking, is feelin...