Michael Gerson
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The mark of a tired nationAug 14, 2011 4:00 am - ORLANDO, Fla. — It is strange to contemplate the end of the world from The Happiest Place on Earth. Wall Street may be littered with broken dreams, the streets of London...
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When cuts make the vulnerable even more soAug 10, 2011 3:00 am - With varied motivations, human beings tend to invoke the name of God in foxholes, in the throes of passion and in budget debates. During the recent debt-limit showdown,...
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Too dysfunctional to leadAug 03, 2011 3:00 am - Over lunch with columnists a month ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid precisely predicted the future course of the debt-limit debate. Democrats, he said, would not a...
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The strange death of domestic policyJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - This week the fiscal crisis was momentarily interrupted for a public service announcement. The Pew Research Center issued a report showing that the racial disparity in ...
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GOP must be careful with 10th amendmentJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - It is Gov. Rick Perry's main appeal as a presidential candidate that 48 percent of the nation's job creation during the recovery has come in Texas. But his main message ...
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Harry Potter and the power of mythJul 21, 2011 12:00 am - LONDON — Arguably the most famous living Englishman is, technically, not alive. But Harry Potter now determines the American conception of Britishness as thoroughly as S...
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Policy pledges have limited valueJul 17, 2011 3:00 am - A revolt gathers among Republicans against the place of pledges in politics. First, Sen. Tom Coburn declared his independence from a portion of the Taxpayer Protection ...
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A nation born in painJul 10, 2011 12:00 am - AWEIL, South Sudan — Days away from becoming the world’s newest nation, nearly every dusty street here has a splash of flags — raised on high poles over ramshackle huts,...
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Paul vs. PasteurJul 05, 2011 9:00 pm - Speaking recently to the Republican Leadership Conference, Rep. Ron Paul raised an overlooked issue in American politics. The federal government, he warned, is imposing ...
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Obama’s economic irrelevanceJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - If there is a single moment that symbolizes President Obama’s dramatically altered re-election prospects, it was his visit to a Jeep plant in Toledo on June 3. Obama’s r...