Michael Gerson
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As the year ends, the moral authority of the presidency is in tattersDec 26, 2017 12:00 am - By Michael Gerson Vice President Mike Pence's obsequiousness at a recent Cabinet meeting - "Thank you for seeing through the course of this year an agenda that is truly ...
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A healthy Republican Party can only be built on the ruins of this oneDec 17, 2017 12:00 am - I find myself wandering in an unfamiliar place. As a pro-life conservative, I am honestly happy - no, positively elated - that pro-choice Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama...
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Senate Republicans needlessly spurn positive step on tax reformDec 05, 2017 12:00 am - Some political moments are like an X-ray - revealing down to the bone. Here were Senate Republicans, poised for their first (and only) real legislative victory of the y...
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How tribal politics curse us with tribal moralityNov 28, 2017 12:00 am - By Michael Gerson America is currently cursed, not only with tribal politics, but with tribal morality. Some liberals tend to minimize or excuse offenses against a few w...
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After year of Trump, Democrats facd their own profound crisisNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - Political commentators are supposed to be somewhat objective and analytical when it comes to tracking trends. In that spirit, I find the polling snapshot of President Do...
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America must recapture its democratic spiritNov 05, 2017 1:00 am - Let's assume, just for a moment, that the great political leaders of the past were not cynical, deluded or deceptive when they talked about morality and religion. Let's ...
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Education must mean more than the avoidance of offenseOct 20, 2017 1:00 am - The desire to protect young people from offensive ideas and words is an understandable instinct. In the context of bullying, it is a requirement. In the context of great...
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Gerson: Increasingly, America sees the glass half emptyOct 12, 2017 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson Who is left to defend the simple, often admirable, sometimes disappointing, American experience? Our politics seems deeply divided between those who t...
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The GOP desperately needs the charisma of convictionOct 10, 2017 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson Not long ago, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., - the chair of the Foreign Relations Committee and a man physically incapable of hyperventilation - questioned ...
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How we should prayOct 01, 2017 11:00 pm - One thing we learn from tragedy: that there is always more to come. We experience the death of a loved one, the suicide of a friend, the suffering of a child, and the h...