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George Will

George Frederick Will (born May 4, 1941) is an American libertarian conservative writer and political commentator. He writes columns for The Washington Post on a regular basis and provides commentary for NewsNation. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America". Will won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in…

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Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1977)
Education
Trinity College (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford (MA) Princeton University (MA, PhD)
Born
George Frederick Will (1941-05-04) May 4, 1941 (age 85) Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
Children
4
Employer(s)
Newsweek The Washington Post
Occupations
Columnist · author

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George Will

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