Michael Gerson
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Smacked by reality in the Middle EastAug 13, 2014 5:01 am - So ends a foreign policy experiment that began with two choices in 2011. In that hinge year, President Obama decided to stay out of the Syrian conflict and to passively ...
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In health crisis, erosions of trust in science are dangerousAug 10, 2014 1:01 am - A prominent AIDS researcher recently recalled for me the panic at the start of the pandemic in the 1980s. Her superiors asked her not to publicize her work because they ...
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Bet on Africa risingAug 06, 2014 1:01 am - As more than 40 African leaders gather in Washington for an unprecedented summit, Africa's brand problem in America has grown significantly worse. Two events - the kidna...
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The GOP as the party of reformJul 31, 2014 5:01 am - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair came to prominence in the 1990s as an expert in political renovation, transforming the Labour Party from a creaky, socialist rel...
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'Giver' reminds us of power of painJul 23, 2014 1:01 am - In 1993, Lois Lowry wrote a slim book for youth about totalitarianism, euthanasia, suicide, sexual awakening and infanticide. "The Giver" created a blooming genre - the ...
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Corrupting citizens for fun and profitJul 20, 2014 5:01 am - Two of the larger social trends of our time - the growth of payday gambling and the legalization of marijuana - have two things in common: They are justified as the expa...
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Needed: A conservative temperamentJul 15, 2014 5:01 am - A few recent developments have revealed the Tea Party temperament in its most distilled, potent form. Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin called fo...
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The divided states of ObamaJul 10, 2014 5:01 am - The headline - "Poll: Obama Worst President Since World War II" - was both provocative and misleading. The Quinnipiac survey did, indeed, place President Obama at the to...
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On Iraq, difficult choices now and to comeJul 06, 2014 5:01 am - The summary moment of Barack Obama's foreign policy came in August 2013 during a consequential stroll. Walking on the South Lawn of the White House with his chief of sta...
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The power of authenticityJul 01, 2014 5:01 am - When I worked as a Senate aide in the early 1990s, the state of New York was represented by two figures who could hardly have been more different. Democrat Daniel Patric...