Michael Gerson
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John Roberts’ arroganceJul 04, 2012 5:00 am - The Simpsons on unpredictable judges: Marge: “Do you want your son to become chief justice of the Supreme Court, or a sleazy male stripper?” Homer: “Can’t he be both, ...
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Romney’s strategic failure on immigrationJul 01, 2012 5:00 am - Washington, in common with Rome or Qom, periodically defers to the judgments of the impressively robed — the ex cathedra portion of the political season. The constitutio...
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Choosing life in LiberiaJun 23, 2012 4:42 pm - MONROVIA, Liberia — A young woman named Princess, already a refugee from civil war, was diagnosed with HIV in 2008. She began treatment but stopped taking her medicine. ...
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The endless culture warJun 20, 2012 5:00 am - President Obama’s decision to lead with social issues in his re-election campaign — immigration, gay marriage and contraception — makes some political sense. His ideolog...
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Jeb Bush’s heresies of the obviousJun 14, 2012 2:36 pm - Jeb Bush’s recent field trip to Washington was not pleasant, but it was clarifying — a civics lesson in democracy’s darker side. On June 1, Bush testified before the Hou...
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Playing with dynamite over pensionsJun 08, 2012 5:00 am - Gov. Scott Walker’s decisive victory in Wisconsin admits to a number of plausible explanations: a rejection of overreach in the use of recall elections, a repudiation of...
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Joe Biden and the use of empathyJun 03, 2012 5:00 am - What to make of Vice President Joe Biden? Sometimes he is gaffe-prone comic relief. Sometimes he is the possessor of the worst geopolitical judgment in Washington — as w...
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Bob Kerrey’s entitlement honestyMay 29, 2012 5:00 am - By endorsing Deb Fischer — the surprise winner of Nebraska’s Republican Senate primary — Sarah Palin let a competent candidate slip through her normal screening process....
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Catholics won’t go quietlyMay 23, 2012 5:00 am - In a blowout presidential election, a few large issues dominate. In a tight election, a range of smaller concerns — important to strategic constituencies in battleground...
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Religion as partisan trump cardMay 16, 2012 5:00 am - Mitt Romney did not rise on the power of his rhetoric. At the Detroit Economic Club in February, his speech was swallowed by its stadium venue, overshadowed by a gaffe (...