A columnist’s first 50 years

The Washington Post ^ | November 26, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST | George F. Will

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Most people do not read newspapers; most who do skip the op-ed page. This means that the few, the happy few, who do read columns do so because their mental pantries are stocked with curiosity, information and opinions. So, the columnist can assume the readers’ foundation of knowledge, which enables large arguments in small spaces.

George is the poster child for high self-esteem for no apparent reason.

[desertsolitaire]

He’s a modest man. And he has a lot to be modest about.

[Ciaphas Cain]

I had no idea he was still around. I never heard he has passed on but I did assume he had long ago retired.

George Will was always the "conservative voice" that left-leaning newspapers ran columns from so that they could have the appearance of being "balanced".

[cgbg]

We have been in the middle of a fight for the future of our country—and Will sat on the hillside throwing rocks at our side.

https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/15/george-will-backs-harris/

[Larry Lucido]

Kramer: I’ll tell you who is an attractive man… George Will.
Jerry: Really?
Kramer: Oh yeah! Yeah, he has a clean look. Scrubbed, and shampooed...
Elaine: He’s smart.
Kramer: No, no I don’t find him all that bright.

[cgbg]

I call them the House Quislings.

[silent majority rising]

Blah, blah, blah, blah.

[Third Person]

Will can’t help himself, delusional and doomed

[PGalt]

Word salad Will? C’mon George. The best piece I ever read from Will was a column about baseball.

[LeonardFMason]

GeorgeWillasaurus groans from the tar pit of extinction. He will be forgotten, completely, when he assumes room temperature.

[cpdiii]

Most people do not read newspapers; most who do skip the op-ed page.

If you read the front page of the Washington Post you have read the editorial page. The editorial page has become similar to the "two minutes of hate" in George Orwell's nover 1984.

In the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell, the Two Minutes Hate is the daily period during which members of the Outer and Inner Party of Oceania must watch a film depicting Emmanuel Goldstein, the principal enemy of the state, and his followers, the Brotherhood, and loudly voice their hatred for the enemy and then their love for Big Brother.

[HIDEK6]

Paywall. Tell me, how did he work his awareness of the French Revolution into an article featuring #34?

[scrabblehack]

I’ll always remember him for giving an incorrect definition of the Hawthorne effect.

I read op-eds a lot more than eds.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Very well stated!

You have a terrific “about” page.

[Dr. Sivana]

The best piece I ever read from Will was a column about baseball.

The best part of this column was when he was quoting another columnist.

[Responsibility2nd]

George Will, The Washington Post and newspapers in general are as relevant as a typewriter.

They are the go-to sources for lies and propaganda.

[DSH]

George is the poster child for high self-esteem for no apparent reason.

If I should reach the age of 83, I would not presume that anyone would care to hear my opinion about anything.

Will these petrified Boomers ever just quit the stage? The Most Self-Absorbed Generation.

[Alas Babylon!]

Hey George, you are about 30 years past your prime. Retire.

There’s nothing you can say that people want to hear. RINO-ism is dead.

[OKSooner]

And to think that I once thought this guy had something worthwhile to say. BLAHBLAHBLAH

SMH...

[subterfuge]

What a blowhard.