Michael Gerson
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Trump's dangerous dissing of the intelligence communityDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - Donald Trump has a problem that comes not from the cast of "Hamilton," but from Hamilton himself. In Federalist 68, Alexander Hamilton deals with that odd, anti-democra...
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Three American texts to inspire, guide President-elect TrumpDec 06, 2016 12:00 am - Whatever his other considerable achievements, our president-elect is not known for his broad reading in American history. But Donald Trump is about to enter that history...
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Trump's hypocrisy is good for AmericaDec 01, 2016 4:00 am - WASHINGTON - As Donald Trump's campaign promises have been dunked in reality's strong solvent, many have been transformed in one way or another - modified, moderated, qu...
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The Democrats' troubling head woundNov 20, 2016 12:00 am - By Michael Gerson While the challenges of the GOP - its long-term demographic difficulties, its erratic leadership, the bitter struggle for its ideological soul - are...
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A triumphant GOP, mired in crisisNov 15, 2016 12:00 am - The Republican Party is everywhere triumphant - House and Senate, executive and legislative, national and state - and yet faces a series of crises. There is a crisis of...
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Let's hope Trump discovers a commitment to the common goodNov 11, 2016 12:00 am - "Now all the truth is out," said William Butler Yeats. "Be secret and take defeat." Which is not really an option for a columnist. After so many harsh words for Donald T...
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Where the new right has failedOct 26, 2016 1:00 am - Though Republican prospects are not quite dead, the autopsy has already begun. Which is probably not a good idea, even in metaphor. But the best of the anticipatory auto...
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Trump debate performance gives worst possible outcome for GOPOct 11, 2016 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson A man comes out of a church after a fire-and-brimstone sermon on the Ten Commandments, pauses a moment, and then tells his wife, "At least I haven't...
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Drawing hope from the heart of sufferingOct 09, 2016 1:00 am - Having sat down to produce a column about the vice presidential debate, I found that any topic, even death from cancer, was preferable. So I finished reading a remarkabl...
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Out of his depth, Donald Trump clings to deceptionSep 28, 2016 1:00 am - There is a story from the history of professional wrestling in which a manager named Freddie Blassie comes to the edge of the ring and, while the referee is distracted, ...