George Will writes a commentary on the prospect of a presidential bid by Ron Paul, and here is a commentary on Will that attacks Will’s insinuation that Paul is a eccentric out of touch with the glorious modern world of the Leviathan state.
Will has always been a big-government man — Straussian links of some sort — but, more importantly, he is among the multitudes who sees no sense in talking about an ideal that he can’t imagine coming about. But talking about what can and should be is what pushes history forward. The willingness to do so is why some people change history and others are just along for the ride.
