George F. Will

American political columnist — Washington Post, ABC News — two-time Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient — Pulitzer Prize — the most celebrated conservative columnist of the last 50 years — whose combination of baseball writing and political philosophy is his intellectual signature.

Creates the Burkean conservative column as America's highest-prestige opinion writing — Will's column combines philosophical grounding (Burke, Madison, Tocqueville) with specific policy analysis and baseball as a recurring metaphor for American life — at its peak, the most widely read political opinion column in the country.