▼ Author Community Vote 7 days ago George F. Will In the Mideast, the peace process is only a mirage - — JERUSALEM Immersion in this region's politics can convince those immersed that history is cyclical rather than linear — that it is not one thing after another but the same thing over and over. This passes for good news because things that do change … 14 days ago George F. Will Skip the lecture on Israel's 'risks for peace' - — In the intifada that began in 2000, Palestinian terrorism killed more than 1,000 Israelis. As a portion of U.S. population, that would be 42,000, approaching the toll of America's eight years in Vietnam. During the onslaught … 21 days ago George F. Will Netanyahu, the anti-Obama - Two photographs adorn the office ... - — Two photographs adorn the office of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Together they illuminate a portentous fact: No two leaders of democracies are less alike — in life experiences, temperaments and political philosophies — than Netanyahu … 56 days ago George F. Will Another round of Prohibition, anyone? - — The evening of Jan. 16, 1920, hours before Prohibition descended on America, while the young assistant secretary of the Navy, Franklin Roosevelt, drank champagne in Washington with other members of Harvard's Class of 1904, evangelist Billy Sunday preached … 66 days ago George F. Will More questions for nominee Elena Kagan - — Pursuant to Elena Kagan's expressed enthusiasm for confirmation hearings that feature intellectual snap, crackle and pop, here are some questions the Senate Judiciary Committee can elate her by asking: — Regarding campaign finance “reforms” … 84 days ago George F. Will Jobs report a nightmare for Obama progressivism - — Concerning the job numbers from May, one can almost echo Henry James's exclamation after examining letters pertaining to Lord Byron's incest: “Nauseating perhaps, but how quite inexpressibly significant.” Except that the May numbers' significance … 91 days ago George F. Will The danger of a government with unlimited power - — Today, as it has been for a century, American politics is an argument between two Princetonians — James Madison, Class of 1771, and Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879. Madison was the most profound thinker among the Founders. 98 days ago George F. Will Instead of shrugging, Ron Johnson is running for office - — Before what he calls “the jaw-dropping” events of the past 19 months — TARP, the stimulus, Government Motors, the mistreatment of Chrysler's creditors, Obamacare, etc. — the idea of running for office never crossed Ron Johnson's mind. 106 days ago George F. Will Slow learners at the 9th Circuit - — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is a stimulus package for the Supreme Court, which would rather not have one. The 9th Circuit, often in error but never in doubt, provides the Supreme Court with steady work: Over the past half-century … 119 days ago George F. Will In Afghanistan, the clock is ticking - — The ticking clock does not disturb the preternatural serenity that Gen. David H. Petraeus maintains regarding Afghanistan. Officially, the U.S. Central Command is located here; actually, it is wherever he is, which is never in one place for very long.

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