George F. Will

Washington, D.C.

Columnist covering politics and domestic and foreign affairs

Education: Trinity College ; Oxford University; Princeton University

George Will writes a twice-weekly column on politics and domestic and foreign affairs. He began his column with The Post in 1974, and he received the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1977. He is also a regular contributor to MSNBC and NBC News. His latest book, "American Happiness and Discontents," was released in September 2021. His other works include: "The Conservative Sensibility" (2019), “One Man’s America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation” (2008), “Restoration: Congress, Term Limits and the Recovery of Deliberative Democracy” (1992), “Men at Work: The Craft of Baseba
Latest from George F. Will

These two GOP Senate candidates exemplify today’s political squalor

With Kari Lake and Bernie Moreno, conservatives must choose between two awful outcomes: Losing the Senate or losing GOP conservatism.

March 29, 2024
Kari Lake, left, and Bernie Moreno. (Alex Brandon; David Dermer/AP)

You can’t get thrown out for thinking, so take a swing at George Will’s baseball quiz

Worse than a Mets doubleheader would be striking out on these questions.

March 27, 2024

Why good news about inequality is awkward for the left and right

The Census Bureau’s measurement of inequality doesn’t count 88 percent of government transfer payments that enlarge the buying power of lower-income households.

March 22, 2024
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Now, ‘qualified immunity’ fans justify jailing a forgetful grandmother

The Supreme Court will hear the case of Sylvia Gonzalez, who ran afoul of city officials in a Texas suburb by criticizing the way local government was run.

March 18, 2024
Sylvia Gonzalez in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in D.C. (Courtesy of Institute for Justice)

Government has no business bullying social media platforms on speech

The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a high-stakes case involving the Biden administration’s attempts to quash online discussion about pandemic policies.

March 15, 2024
President Biden speaks at the White House with Anthony S. Fauci on Oct. 25, 2022. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post)

On race-based school admissions, the Supreme Court flinched

The court declined to hear a case involving admissions policies at Thomas Jefferson High School in Fairfax County, Va., ignoring its own previous rulings.

March 13, 2024
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Va., in 2020. 
(Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)

A so-called activist Supreme Court shrugs at extreme campus speech rules

Virginia Tech’s “Bias Intervention and Response Team” policy designated administration teams to scurry about in response to reports of unacceptable ideas.

March 8, 2024
A sign on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., seen in 2012. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

Skewering ‘luxury beliefs,’ with a past informed by foster-care chaos

Rob Henderson’s new memoir traces an unusual path from trouble childhood to the Ivy League, the University of Cambridge and the U.S. military.

March 6, 2024

Crybaby conservatives vs. self-appointed democracy savers

After the tumult of 1968, Democrats resolved to let “the people” pick their candidate. No more smoke-filled rooms; primaries galore. Republicans followed suit.

March 1, 2024
Delegates at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, holding banners promoting Eugene McCarthy, who was seeking the party's presidential nomination. (Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Despite anticipation of a Trump nomination, Super Tuesday demands to be heard

Republicans (and others eligible to participate) in the 46 states not yet heard from might experience a mind-opening excitement if Nikki Haley continues to provoke.

February 25, 2024
A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley reacts Saturday after former president Donald Trump was declared the winner of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)