Michael Gerson
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Impeachment comes down to a question of consequencesOct 23, 2019 1:00 am - The impeachment of President Donald Trump has reached an early point of absurdity. Just about everyone in Washington believes that a quid pro quo - in which Trump used ...
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Gerson: Beto O'Rourke would hand victory to TrumpOct 16, 2019 1:00 am - By MICHAEL GERSON WASHINGTON - Beto O'Rourke, innovative for interpreting a failed Senate campaign as a steppingstone to the presidency, is now famous for (1) his use of...
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The serious danger of politics as tribal conflictOct 13, 2019 1:00 am - "Civilization is hideously fragile. ... There's not much between us and the horrors underneath. Just about a coat of varnish." - C.P. Snow The most serious, practical, ...
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Promoting American nationalism that ignores American valuesOct 01, 2019 1:00 am - One of the puzzling aspects of Donald Trump's hyper-nationalism is its consistent denigration of the nation itself. In a 2017 Oval Office conversation between Trump, Ru...
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The process of impeachment is now inevitableSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - For the first time in American history, the president has pleaded guilty to an impeachable offense. This is effectively what happened when the White House released the ...
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Trump has set his own interests above the nation'sSep 24, 2019 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson In the Trump era, a columnist risks appearing like the boy (or girl) who cried wolf. Time and time again, we say this scandal is the big one. But in o...
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Historical context is no excuse for the founders' failure on slaverySep 11, 2019 9:56 am - Conservative reaction to The New York Times' "1619 Project" - an attempt to tell the story of slavery and its lasting effect on American political, economic and social s...
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Downward spirals of depression can be deadlySep 06, 2019 1:00 am - There are alarming consequences for the survival of human beings and the success of the society they inhabit when the brain suffers without treatment. And it has become ...
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Evangelical leaders are tidying up the kitchen while the house burns downAug 31, 2019 8:28 am - Much white evangelical support for Donald Trump is based on a bargain or transaction: political loyalty (and political cover for the president's moral flaws) in return f...
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The Trump presidency is not just unfolding, it is unravelingAug 25, 2019 1:00 am - Historians studying the Trump presidency will have a prodigious amount of digital material that demands examination but defies explanation. The president's Aug. 21, half...
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