Michael Gerson
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Does Romney’s Mormonism matter?Oct 05, 2011 5:00 am - As a Mormon who did his missionary work in France, Mitt Romney knows something of uphill battles. Imagine spreading a faith that renounces smoking, coffee and alcohol in...
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Life explained in eighth gradeOct 02, 2011 4:00 am - With the school year well under way, and test anxiety blooming like a hardy fall perennial, and parents making the rounds on back-to-school night, it is worth recalling ...
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Obama’s liberal tantrumSep 29, 2011 5:00 am - The adult in the room has just thrown an arched-back, high-decibel, progressive tantrum. In July, President Obama contemplated a deficit-reduction deal involving $3 in ...
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Seeking a voice of calm amid fearSep 23, 2011 4:00 am - Many Americans are still picking through the wreckage of overturned mortgages and lost jobs, trying to rescue old pictures of their middle-class aspirations. But another...
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Republicans and one fact of lifeSep 18, 2011 5:00 am - If Republican presidential candidates want to debate sexual health and hygiene, it would be nice if they displayed more collective knowledge and judgment than your avera...
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In praise of wider security perimeterSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - For me, 9/11 will always dawn bright, still and routine, and end in confusion, helplessness and strange anticipation. The ugly gash was also a dividing line. Those o...
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Perry’s campaign against the new dealSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - It is an ideological milestone that the emerging Republican front-runner is as skeptical of the New Deal as anyone in his position since the New Deal. During the 1936 el...
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Congo’s rule by the ruthlessAug 30, 2011 5:02 am - GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Gen. Bosco Ntaganda is a familiar figure around town, dining at the Le Chalet restaurant, playing tennis on Sunday at the Hotel ...
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Tea party holy warAug 24, 2011 5:00 am - Evangelicals, warned liberal theologian Albert Outler, “want a society ruled by those who know what the word of God is. The technical name for that is ‘theocracy,’ and t...
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Obama stumbling at the gateAug 18, 2011 4:00 am - As the presidential election of 2012 grinds into gear, President Obama is already behind. To be safe, a president needs a Gallup job approval of 50 percent or better on...