Michael Gerson
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Rand Paul’s real warMar 13, 2013 5:00 am - Since arriving in the Senate in 2011, Rand Paul has been probing here and there for issues of populist resonance. Audit the secretive, sinister Federal Reserve. Rein in ...
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Jeb Bush’s line on immigrationMar 11, 2013 4:00 am - When they wrote “Immigration Wars” last year, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Clint Bolick were pushing the boundaries of the GOP’s internal policy debate. The book is ...
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A man who stood for the human raceMar 07, 2013 4:00 am - Out of Mississippi, a milestone in the AIDS pandemic, or at least proof of concept: If you treat an infant early enough — in this case, within 30 hours of infection — it...
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Obama’s adrift on a red-ink seaMar 05, 2013 4:00 am - One revealing stress test of a political viewpoint is the way it deals with facts that are large, consequential and ideologically inconvenient. For conservatives, the ch...
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The Olympics of joyMar 01, 2013 4:00 am - On a rainy Saturday morning, in the packed gym at the Blessed Sacrament School in Northwest Washington, a parade of middle and high school basketball players, many with ...
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Saving the Republican PartyFeb 25, 2013 1:17 pm - In the summer of 1999, George W. Bush chose the first major policy speech of his presidential campaign to pick a fight with Grover Norquist. Bush flatly rejected the “de...
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Washington’s serial abdicationFeb 20, 2013 4:00 am - “I don’t know whether to kill myself or to go bowling,” goes the old country song. Official Washington has apparently decided to do both — permitting a self-destructive ...
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Obama’s ideological fatigueFeb 15, 2013 4:00 am - President Obama’s second inaugural address and his recent State of the Union have been described as “two acts in the same play.” They are matched “bookends.” They belong...
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Words that saved millionsFeb 12, 2013 4:00 am - Even among the few, odd, nerdy children who want to be speechwriters when they grow up (I was one), none dream of writing a State of the Union address. These tend to be ...
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The shell game of contraceptive fundingFeb 06, 2013 8:04 am - The Obama administration’s latest revision of its contraceptive policy was welcomed by some religious people as a breakthrough, even a “miracle.” Upon reflection, it see...