Michael Gerson
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The big economic pictureMar 22, 2012 9:36 am - Americans and Europeans will remember the last several years as a period of economic insecurity. But the economic history of our times will be recounted very differently...
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Catholics, contraceptives and John LockeMar 18, 2012 5:00 am - It is extraordinary how far some will go to knit the random scraps and patches of events into the quilt of a narrative. So the Susan B. Komen controversy, resistance to ...
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A battle, not a routMar 07, 2012 12:00 am - It is the temptation of the columnist to universalize the moment — to present transient trends as exceptional, predictive and permanent. A direction is presented as a de...
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Afghanistan burningMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - For me, the Quran-burning incident in Afghanistan brought back memories of the horrible morning at the White House when photos of abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison surfaced...
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Assessing Obama’s options with IranFeb 28, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — Anyone who has worked at the White House is keenly aware of two gaps. The first is the gap between the obsessions of the media and the challenges of the co...
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Obama’s bailoutFeb 22, 2012 5:00 am - An extended, contentious nomination contest paradoxically hones and improves a presidential candidate — except when it non-paradoxically does not. It is increasingly di...
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Romney on the edgeFeb 17, 2012 4:00 am - The central narrative of the Republican nomination contest is easy to summarize: Any candidate who is perceived as the main opponent to Mitt Romney immediately ties or l...
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Playing the anti-American cardFeb 14, 2012 4:00 am - Recent provocations by Egypt are both serious and mysterious. In December, its government conducted a series of armed raids on respected human rights and democracy orga...
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Obama’s assault on the poorFeb 08, 2012 4:00 am - Some issues fade; others fester. The Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate on religious charities, hospitals and universities is the festering kind. The initial r...
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Romney matches up well against Obama, if ...Feb 03, 2012 4:00 am - The granting of Secret Service protection following Mitt Romney’s decisive Florida victory did not prevent him from immediately shooting himself in the foot. “I’m not co...