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Paladin

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3. George Will has attained David Brooks status---or vice versa.

Mon May 12, 2014, 08:59 AM

May 2014

Either way, columnists like Will and Brooks have become self-parodies---hardly anybody takes them seriously anymore. Leading female examples of this lowly status: Peggy Noonan and Maureen Dowd.

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I would suggest George Will shove his incandescent light bulbs where the sun don't shine. [View all] kpete May 2014 OP

Only George Will would somehow find a way to talk about light bulbs in the context of kidnapping. yellowcanine May 2014 #1

LOL. This is the guy whose wife threw all his clothes on the front lawn with a sign CTyankee May 2014 #10

My electric bills were cut more than 1/2 by replacing my incandescents n2doc May 2014 #2

Agree........ Swede Atlanta May 2014 #8

Went CFL 7 years ago and now have all LEDs REP May 2014 #20

Lighting accounts for approximately 15% of global power consumption pokerfan May 2014 #31

George Will has attained David Brooks status---or vice versa. Paladin May 2014 #3

The man has no style. randome May 2014 #4

I agree, we might find his head MillennialDem May 2014 #5

Oh it has an effect pipoman May 2014 #6

...but not really.... lighthouse10 May 2014 #27

I never understood how such a stupid man became known for his intelligence. tridim May 2014 #7

the old "Barbara Streisand lethally-narcicisstic Bourgeois Bohemian green only in it for their own MisterP May 2014 #9

A new day, more people not to give a shit about, eh, George? DirkGently May 2014 #11

#BringBackOurLightBulbs Capt. Obvious May 2014 #12

:-) lighthouse10 May 2014 #25

Let's just say that George Will is not the brightest bulb in the box. LeftishBrit May 2014 #13

Maybe he could tell us a baseball anecdote. Orrex May 2014 #14

Or use a big word he just looked up for the occasion. yellowcanine May 2014 #15

Yeah--he uses that word for a book of words that mean similar things Orrex May 2014 #16

"Sports," say the ancient Greeks . . . absquatulatewithme May 2014 #17

Video is private. nt msanthrope May 2014 #22

mr will is a desperate has-been journalist. fox is not journalism. neither is will. spanone May 2014 #18

honestly, he is making a fool of himself Skittles May 2014 #19

Ummmm my little LED's use just 2.5W JCMach1 May 2014 #21

"I would suggest George Will shove his incandescent light bulbs where the sun don't shine" He Snotcicles May 2014 #23

You young whipper snappers and your confounded doohickies! GusBob May 2014 #24

hey, give him a break. ChairmanAgnostic May 2014 #26

still.. lighthouse10 May 2014 #33

barbarians in the wilds of Nigeria? What did Donald Sterling guest write George Wills column? Johonny May 2014 #28

I remember when FM radios were being installed in cars. Some fought that AM radios were better. nt TheBlackAdder May 2014 #29

...but AM radios were not banned in favor of lobbying Big Business, as with light bulbs ;-) lighthouse10 May 2014 #32

But AM Radios also didn't take valuable power from the grid either. TheBlackAdder May 2014 #34

Let's hear it for George ;-) lighthouse10 May 2014 #30

maybe he was referring to our history and other things we have/have not done JI7 May 2014 #35