Will: “Texodus” bodes badly for Republicans 聽
In the 2018 "Texodus," five Texas Republican representatives retired (a sixth resigned) and two were defeated. Of the 241 Republicans in the House when Donald Trump was inaugurated, almost 40%...
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Will: Hong Kong’s resistance offers lessons for Taiwan
What happens on Hong Kong Island does not stay there. The ongoing tsunami of discontent washes over this island, which, like Hong Kong, is navigating the choppy waters of relations...
Will: Hong Kong is a “hair’s breadth from destruction”
Physically diminutive, intellectually acerbic and with an eye for the ironic, Margaret Ng -- lawyer, writer and former legislator -- is, at 71, a member of the generation for which...
Will: Trade war shows reality of “America First” in action
In a trade war, as in a real one, people are wounded by friendly fire from their side. Consider some casualties in Donald Trump's "easy to win" -- his promise...
Will: Amash’s independence shows voters they don’t have to settle for binary choice
It is difficult to discourage and impossible to manage Justin Amash because he, unusual among politicians, does not want much and wants nothing inordinately. He would like to win a...
Will: “National conservatism” is “Elizabeth Warren conservatism”
Regimes, however intellectually disreputable, rarely are unable to attract intellectuals eager to rationalize the regimes' behavior. America's current administration has "national conservatives." They advocate unprecedented expansion of government in order...
George Will: Trump doesn’t just pollute the social environment. He is the environment.
When Gerald Ford became president after Richard Nixon's resignation, he told the nation: "Our long national nightmare is over." Today's long -- and perhaps occasionally lethal -- national embarrassment will...
Will: For the Democrats, it’s winnowing time
Winnow: verb. To expose (grain or other substances) to the wind or to a current of air so that the lighter particles (as chaff or other refuse matter) are separated...
Will: Answer these, candidates
The Democratic presidential circus pitches its tent in Detroit this week. It will be especially entertaining if the presidential aspirants are asked some questions like these:
Will: The puzzling problem of vaping
A 29-story office building at 123 Mission St. in San Francisco illustrates the policy puzzles that fester because of these facts: For centuries, tobacco has been a widely used legal...