George Will wrangles with God, the conservative sensibility and the dangers of progressivism

In a conversation with Post columnist Charles Lane, George F. Will, author of the new book “The Conservative Sensibility,” defines the plight of the modern conservative. In a political environment hostile to prudent ideas, Will recommends turning away from rampant progressivism and looking to the wisdom of the Founding Fathers. Interview time code guide:
00:27 Daniel Patrick Moynihan and the importance of facts in opinion
2:30 Barry Goldwater and the effect of an overly solicitous government
5:21 Conservatism without theism
10:31 Donald Trump, the culmination of the grotesque inflation of the presidency
13:37 Where do conservatives go from here?
18:12 Rights as dispensations from government
19:30 James Madison’s revolution of democratic theory
22:35 Public choice theory
24:40 Woodrow Wilson: founder of modern progressivism
26:55 The market as an information-generating device
27:28 Conservatives and the law of unintended consequences
28:00 The dangers of the administrative state
30:40 Judicial supervision of democracy
33:40 Elizabeth Warren and getting money out of government
34:50 Abraham Lincoln and reconnecting with the founders
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