World War II was the last government program that really worked.

Quote by George F Will

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This is what bipartisanship looks like; constant rubbish from both sides of the aisle.

This is what bipartisanship looks like; constant rubbish from both sides of the aisle.

The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on...

The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture...

American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture...

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy...

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy...

Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues...

Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues...

Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old...

Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old...

Revisiting the Revolutionary War is a bracing reminder that the fate of a continent, and...

Revisiting the Revolutionary War is a bracing reminder that the fate of a continent, and...

You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst...

You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

Politicians employ speech writers as ventriloquists.

Politicians employ speech writers as ventriloquists.

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

Actually, there is only one ''first question'' of government, and it is ''How should we...

Actually, there is only one ''first question'' of government, and it is ''How should we...

Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years...

Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years...

Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.

We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...