Michael Gerson
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Joe Lieberman: Party of oneSep 05, 2012 5:00 am - Sen. Joe Lieberman — just 12 years after taking the stage in Los Angeles as the Democratic vice presidential nominee — was not invited to this year’s Democratic conventi...
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Polarized to a drawAug 29, 2012 5:00 am - TAMPA, Fla. -- The 2012 presidential election raises two seemingly contradictory questions: First, given a stagnant economy and a sour public mood, why isn’t Mitt Romne...
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The parable of the two congressmenAug 24, 2012 12:34 pm - Take two congressmen — I am tempted to say, please. One exposes his, well, equipment in the Holy Land. The other exposes his ignorance and pride. Who is the more sacrile...
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Obama’s betrayalAug 17, 2012 5:00 am - In the innocent, bygone days of February, President Obama told NBC News that the campaign would get negative against him, but provided this assurance: “I think that you ...
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Romney and his faithAug 09, 2012 5:00 am - Concerning Mormons and Republicans, history offers a large helping of irony. In 1843, an Army officer named John C. Fremont led a geographical expedition of 39 men more ...
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Gun policy's slippery slopeJul 25, 2012 11:00 pm - Following the Aurora shooting, some gun control supporters began immediately hunting through the wreckage for scraps of political advantage. It showed all the sensitivit...
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Our politics of polarizationJul 20, 2012 5:00 am - As his campaign threw out unsubstantiated charges that Mitt Romney might be guilty of a felony, and then mocked Romney’s off-key singing of “America the Beautiful,” Pres...
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Moving beyond generic RepublicanismJul 17, 2012 5:00 am - On economic policy, Barack Obama has left Mitt Romney an opening. The president has responded to a severe, continuing labor market slump with a 4-year-old, marginally co...
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Obama in denialJul 11, 2012 5:39 pm - One would think, given so much practice, that the Obama White House would have been better prepared for last week’s wretched jobs report. Instead, we witnessed the five ...
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Finding freedom in circumcisionJul 09, 2012 5:00 am - “This is my covenant which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised.” -- Genesis 17:10 A distr...