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

The U.S. debt tsunami meets with a reflexive, mindless bipartisan shrug

Passing the $32 trillion mark caused no apparent alarm about the nation's most important domestic problem, one that will threaten national security.

July 12, 2023

Reasons for ambivalence about the ruling on web design and same-sex marriage

The Supreme Court's decision potentially sweeps broadly, beyond considerations of religion and gay rights.

July 7, 2023

On student loan forgiveness, Amy Coney Barrett makes a major statement

The justice's concurrence in striking down Biden's overreach should reverberate throughout the sprawling administrative state.

July 3, 2023

The court did not ‘end’ affirmative action. This was just a skirmish.

Universities will respond by adopting more disguised preferences, deepening public cynicism about higher education, as its prestige leaks away.

June 29, 2023

Why K-12 education’s alarming decline could be a dominant 2024 issue

In 1983, a blue-ribbon education commission decried a “rising tide of mediocrity” in U.S. K-12 education. Two generations on, mediocrity might be an aspiration.

June 28, 2023

This South Dakotan wants to end Congress’s chronic immigration failure

Republican Sen. Mike Rounds knows the crucial role immigrants have played in U.S. history. That's why he wants to thaw policies that have been frozen for years.

June 23, 2023

Meet the implacable, off-the-grid libertarian working to energize Congress

Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman from Kentucky, has a prickly independence and a less-than-utopian wish list to improve the House's functioning.

June 21, 2023

A Supreme Court blunder endangers Native American children

The justices' decision on Thursday was all about tribal power, not the welfare of the young. Some will suffer in the name of identity politics.

June 16, 2023

Vivek Ramaswamy runs on the unlimited optimism of the inexperienced

The Republican presidential candidate, a successful businessman, possesses a preternatural confidence that is understandable -- but unconvincing.

June 14, 2023

Ruling on redistricting, the Supreme Court again repudiates colorblind law

The justices have strayed far from the original intent of the Voting Rights Act, lubricating the nation's slide into incessant obsessing about race.

June 9, 2023