"Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings. "

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George F. Will is a American newspaper columnist, journalist, and author known for reporting with conservative commentary, an erudite vocabulary, and many allusions to political philosophers.

Will graduated form Princeton University with a Ph.D. in 1968 and then taught political philosophy at Michigan State University and the University of Toronto. He began his career in journalism as the editor of the National Review from 1973 until 1976. In 1974 he became part of the Washington Post Writer's Group where he published a bi-weekly column. He became the contributing editor for Newsweek in 1976 writing a back page column. As of today, he still writes both columns. Will also taught at Harvard University in 1995 and 1998.

Will is a founding member of ABC's This Week with David Brinkley and also served as a news analyst for ABC in the early 1980s.

He published two books on baseball: Bunts: Pete Rose, Curt Flood, Camden Yards and other Reflections, and Men At Work: The Craft of Baseball, both which became best-sellers. He also published several on political philosophy, and eleven compilations of his writings for the Washington Post and Newsweek.

Accuracy in Media (AIM) has questioned the ethics of Will's columns, as well as members of The Washington Post who syndicate his column. An example is in an article about the Indian Ocean Tsunami: Will wrote that Catholic priests "roamed the streets" hanging heretics they blamed for the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. However, the charge appears nowhere in recorded history; after notified, Will nor The Post took any action to correct the mistake. Will simply stated that it appeared in 2005 book A Crack in the Edge of the World, by Simon Winchester.