George Will, on
Fox News Sunday, really nailed it! Just yesterday, he noted the following:
The distilled essence of progressivism is that [A] government is a benign (that is, disinterested) force -- that's false -- and B, it is stocked with experts who are really gifted at doing things.
I simply cannot imagine a more eloquent (or more accurate) appraisal of both government (which, at its very finest, is a necessary evil--nothing better)
and progressivism...