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George Will, 10/29/99

George Will, 10/29/99

George F. Will

George F. Will visited Carleton College as the sixth Alice Lynch Vincent Fellow. Mr. Will joined the Carleton community for several small group discussions in addition to his convocation address.

George F. Will's newspaper column has been syndicated by the Washington Post since 1974. Today Mr. Will appears twice weekly in 470 newspapers in the United States and Europe. In 1976 he became a regular contributing editor of Newsweek, for which he provides the back page essay twice a month. In 1977 he won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary in his newspaper columns.

Mr. Will has published six collections of his newspaper and magazine essays, three books of political philosophy, and two books on the subject of baseball.

In addition to being a syndicated columnist, Mr. Will is a television news analyst. For seven years (1977-1984) Mr. Will was a regular panelist on "Agronsky & Company." In 1981, he became a founding member of the panel of ABC Television's "This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts."

Highlights from George Will's speech:

  • "American Creed and Government" 480 Kb or 1.4 Mb QuickTime Video
  • "Expansion of the Federal Government" 290 Kb or 850 Kb QuickTime Video
  • "Prosperity and Volatility" 470 Kb or 1.4 Mb QuickTime Video

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