The sequester has forced liberals to clarify their conviction that whatever the government's size is at any moment, is the bare minimum neccessary to forestall intolerable suffering.
George WillStalin's henchman Molotov, 96, died old and in bed, a privilege he helped to deny to millions.
George WillPolitical nature abhors a vacuum, which is what often exists for a year or two in a party after it loses a presidential election.
George WillOn a throne at the center of a sense of humor sits a capacity for irony. All wit rests on a cheerful awareness of life's incongruities. It is a gentling awareness, and no politician without it should be allowed near power.
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