The Washington Post recently published a 10-page special section called, "A half-century of George F. Will: The Iron Man of America's op-ed pages."… George Will’s first syndicated column for the Washington Post was January 4, 1974….

Inspired by the Washington Post marking five decades of reading George Will …. the C-SPAN podcast “The Weekly” is marking mark four decades of hearing about George Will…

 Like from Republican Illinois Congressman Henry Hyde –– during the Iran-Contra hearings … July 1987:

“There’s another saying and that’s all lies are reprehensible. Some lies are just reprehensible than others. For instance, we politicians We practice what’s called political hyperbole. We don’t lie. We practice political hyperbole. George Will has a great phrase: He has an emancipated view of the facts.”

• What have Congressmen said about George Will?

• What have Senators said about Georgia Will?

• What have presidents and presidential candidates said about George Will?

• And what do other top writers and columnists think about George Will?

Find out in the latest episode of C-SPAN’s “The Weekly” – it’s a best-of mentions of George Will – on C-SPAN

Find C-SPAN’s “The Weekly” wherever you get podcasts.

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