Evening Lecture | George Will: The Political Argument Today
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Evening Lecture | "The Political Argument Today" | George Will | Febuary 28, 2011 Few news columnists are as erudite, opinionated, controversial and widely read as Pulitzer Prize-winning writer George F. Will. Will's newspaper column appears twice weekly in 480 newspapers and has been syndicated nationally by The Washington Post Writers Group since 1974. A Newsweek Contributing Editor since 1976, he produces a back page column addressing diverse topics from politics to baseball. Will writes occasionally for The London Daily Telegraph, is a television news analyst for Capital Cities/ABC News Television Group, and became a founding member of the panel of ABC's "This Week with David Brinkley" in 1981. In addition to his 1977 Pulitzer for commentary for his newspaper columns, Will was named the best writer on any subject in a 1985 readers' poll conducted by The Washington Journalism Review. In 1979, he was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for essays and criticism. He won the 1978 National Headliner Award for consistently outstanding feature columns, and the 1980 and 1991 Silurian Award for editorial writing. Women in Communications awarded him First Place/Interpretive Column in the 1991 Clarion Awards competition. Altogether, eight collections of Will's columns have been published, the most recent being "One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation" (2008). Will has also published three books on political theory, "Statecraft as Soulcraft: What Government Does" (1983), "The New Season: A Spectator's Guide to the 1988 Election" (1987) and "Restoration: Congress, Term Limits and The Recovery of Deliberative Democracy" (1992). In 1990, he published "Men At Work: The Craft of Baseball," which topped The New York Times bestseller list for two months. ***** Will was born in Champaign, Illinois in 1941, and educated at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut; Oxford University, and Princeton, where he earned his Ph.D. in politics. He has taught political philosophy at Michigan State, the University of Toronto and Harvard. Will served on the staff of the United States Senate for Gordon Allott (R-CO) from 1970-72. Will lives and works in the Washington, D.C. area. ***** Disclaimer: The views expressed are the speaker's own and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Naval War College, the Department of the Navy, the Department of Defense, or any other branch or agency of the U.S. Government.
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Proportionate taxation is due to "envy"?
The US has an exceptional constitution because it says what it can't do rather than what it should do?
That's not exceptional at all, it's common place. The constitutions with social rights are part of the second generation of human rights, which was championed by the UN, headed up by the US. The first generation was only political and civil rights, which happened during the mass constitutionalization of the late 17 and 1800s. The US is only exceptional now because other countries were smart enough to have mechanisms for changing the constitution with the times instead of something that would lead to political standoffs and stalemates.
Something tells me this guy hasn't studied much international and constitutional law.
I enjoyed the start of this talk byt toward the middle it devolves into partisan talking points. -
Absolute shit.
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Clear, that it is time for an investigation of the Democratic Party and its vast corruption by the OIG and the FBI. Many of its top leaders (Harry Reid) are likely in serious violation of Federal Law and belong in prison.
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Why should the politicians raid the “trust fund”? Because they can.
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But in the 1960’s, it was possible to price shop for medical care. That is not possible now. Thank you (sic), medical regulations, for removing our “skin” from the game. I don’t normally ask how much a test costs, I ask 1) if it is covered 2) is it effective?
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Without doubt, Will is this nation's foremost and most intelligent political commentator. Such a pleasure listening to his observations and opinions.
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thank you for posting , very interesting
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Green Craniate, I suggest you read ‘Depression, War and Cold War’ and ‘Crisis and Leviathan’ by Robert Higgs and published by The Independent Institute. Additionally, I would recommend you read ‘The Great Depression of 1946’ in The Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 5, No. 2., which will also refer you to other scholarly works.
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He stole the joke of what god looks like from the interview of Liam Neelson on 60 minutes.
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2:20 George starts.
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I'm neutral, I haven't decided which side of the argument is right.
However I have a problem with the conservative/libertarian philosophy of economics. Libertarians/conservatives believe "government interference" causes an economy to suffer. However during and after WW2 there was huge "government interference" and the economy exploded and did awesome. That's a massive contradiction in the conservative/libertarian historical analysis. -
George Will is nothing but controlled opposition. As a "conservative", he finds the 2nd amendment an embarassment, he is for open borders, multiculturalism and mass immigration. That is the kind of "conservative" that gets to keep his job. His job is to corale conservatives into accepting the Left's agenda.
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So, one question is 'does Wisconsin collect union dues for the Unions' or not? Also, does Wisconsin charge public employees for their pensions and healthcare? It seemed that the dispute with Gov Walker was over collective bargaining, but George Will said otherwise. Concerning schools, G. Will described the Coleman and Moynihan reports but did not address why the illegitimacy rate is climbing, the main cause in both reports for underachievement. Concerning Social Security and Medicare, G. Will has a point re: means testing which I think is already somewhat affecting people with state pensions who receive a discounted Social Security check. Lastly, G. Will does not address why the Euro is declining in value. It also seems mysterious why he says that the dollar is losing value because the Fed is "printing money," when the cause of inflation is taxation and printing money simply reflects the amount of money borrowed/lent. When a loan is approved, the money supply increases, otherwise, the fraction of the money supply that is lent would soon exhaust the leveraged funds in each bank.
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Some day, George, you'll find your perfect society and perfect government in the next life.
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There's an age-old expression, George ... "Talk is cheap."
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In every talk, he uses the same joke about his Medicare card ... "Now we'll send the bill to your children." I've watched 4 George Will videos tonight and heard that joke 4 times.
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And he has no talent as a comedian ...
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I wonder what George's excuse is for never running for office in order to put his infallible theories into practice ...
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I bet the "what can my country do for me?" crowd didn't enjoy this lecture much.
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