Michael Gerson
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Many risks, few rewards in warming debateOct 16, 2013 5:00 am - The fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has provided undeniable proof of a remarkable phenomenon: a public debate even more bitter and p...
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Effort against a viral killer hits its final stageOct 13, 2013 5:00 am - ATLANTA — Following a walk through nearly empty hallways, there is no receptionist at Dr. Thomas Frieden’s outer office. Just a ring-for-service sign. The director of th...
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Reforming ObamacareOct 06, 2013 5:00 am - After much struggle and internal strife, Republicans seeking to block Obamacare have arrived at this achievement: Much of the government is closed — except for Obamacare...
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The GOP’s purity factionOct 02, 2013 5:00 am - Like many ideological factions, Tea Party activists display a special intensity in fighting the “near enemy” -- other elements on the right that don’t share their tactic...
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Francis the troublemakerSep 26, 2013 5:00 am - Pope Francis’ blunt, conversational, subversive, disarming, humane, self-critical interview in the Jesuit publication America amounted to a sort of extemporaneous encycl...
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Our casino/government complexSep 22, 2013 5:00 am - After decades of politically useful fiscal mismanagement, many states and localities have become little more than underfunded pension systems with a few public services ...
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The politics of paralysisSep 17, 2013 5:00 am - Recently overheard from a senior House Republican, commenting on prospects for a budget agreement: “At this point we’re hoping Vladimir Putin comes up with a plan.” It ...
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Misunderstanding wartime leadershipSep 11, 2013 5:00 am - In 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt told his speechwriter Sam Rosenman, “It’s a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead — and to find no ...
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Rallying around a gestureSep 06, 2013 5:00 am - In mid-June, the Obama administration said it would begin arming Syrian rebels, partly in response to the use of chemical weapons by the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Refug...
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The preacher and the politicianSep 03, 2013 5:00 am - A speech at the Lincoln Memorial, on the 50th anniversary of perhaps the greatest American speech since Lincoln breathed his last, is a speechwriter’s nightmare. It is c...