Michael Gerson
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The Tea Party hangoverMar 05, 2014 4:01 am - The evidence accumulates that the Republican Party is sobering up - cotton-mouthed and slightly disoriented - from its recent ideological bender. The tone of some rheto...
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The return of the unseenFeb 27, 2014 4:01 am - Each of the GPS satellites that allow me to navigate to a new restaurant carries an atomic clock that needs to be accurate in order to triangulate the speed and position...
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Syria's uncontainable threatFeb 23, 2014 4:01 am - ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan - In a section of the camp designated for newcomers, I'm surrounded by about 20 men from the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, elbowing each other ...
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A new chapter on Syrian conflict long overdueFeb 18, 2014 4:01 am - AL HADALAT, Jordan - For refugees to arrive at this remote eastern border crossing - about 100 kilometers from Iraq - is itself a feat of courage and logistics. Jordan's...
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Praise these OlympiansFeb 16, 2014 4:01 am - LILONGWE, Malawi - Yamikani walks deliberately, intently, with a bean bag on his head, showing a balance that is probably hard-earned. "When he falls," his grandmother I...
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Give me ... your huddled massesFeb 11, 2014 4:00 am - Just after House Speaker John Boehner affirmed the eventual need for Republicans to embrace immigration reform, a commercial for a carbonated beverage, of all things, de...
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A mood swing on immigrationFeb 05, 2014 4:00 am - The Republican Party faces an existential question: Can it make the transition to a more welcoming position on immigration without tearing itself apart or further aliena...
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Obama’s thin agendaFeb 02, 2014 4:00 am - Crafting a State of the Union address often raises an internal debate at the White House: When should a president dispute a negative judgment by the public and when shou...
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The ideological state of the unionJan 27, 2014 2:42 pm - For President Obama, the state of the political union ... could be better. It is not only that the president’s political support is diminished; it is diminished, in lar...
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Our complex presidentJan 26, 2014 4:00 am - There have always been two, not entirely consistent, elements of Barack Obama’s powerful political appeal: his aspirational ambition and his personal sense of complexity...