Michael Gerson
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A retreat by any other nameJun 26, 2011 12:00 am - Since the beginning of his swift political rise, Barack Obama has fashioned himself a unique historical figure. With his latest speech on Afghanistan, he has finally bec...
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Sharia and the ConstitutionJun 21, 2011 9:00 pm - On the issue of Muslims serving in public office, every explanation by presidential candidate Herman Cain becomes a complication. In three instances Cain affirmed that M...
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The dealing Obama must doJun 16, 2011 12:00 am - The most consequential recent political debate did not take place in New Hampshire. It is being held at Blair House, where Vice President Biden is convening bipartisan n...
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Palin versus the pressJun 14, 2011 12:00 am - It was probably not the intention of liberal investigative journalists to expose Sarah Palin as a figure far more sympathetic than her public image. Twenty-four thousand...
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Modifying the tax oathJun 09, 2011 11:00 pm - The outcome of the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD hung on the matter of a diphthong. The orthodox camp defended the doctrine of homoousios; Arians preferred homoiousios. Se...
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Modifying the tax oathJun 09, 2011 12:00 am - The outcome of the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD hung on the matter of a diphthong. The orthodox camp defended the doctrine of homoousios; Arians preferred homoiousios. Se...
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Budget cutting can have a conscienceJun 05, 2011 8:00 pm - WASHINGTON — British Prime Minister David Cameron has emerged as the most admirable of anomalies: the budget-cutter as leader of conscience. If relocated to America, Ca...
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Medicare reform or bustJun 01, 2011 5:00 am - The political lore of the 1964 presidential campaign has a reporter asking an elderly woman why she was supporting Lyndon Johnson over Barry Goldwater. Goldwater, she an...
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An invitation for judicial activismMay 27, 2011 5:00 am - It is a question that merits its own Federalist Paper: When the legislature consistently fails in a fundamental duty, should the courts step in to provide a remedy? Tha...
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Our three-party governmentMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - As the budget process in Washington lurches from crisis to continuing resolution to debt limit scramble — with Congress seemingly incapable of dealing with fiscal issues...