Michael Gerson
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Will Democrats help Trump turn his fake midterm victory into a real one in 2020?Nov 08, 2018 12:00 am - In the spirit of the political season, I want to claim credit for the most STUPENDOUS, INSIGHTFUL and POWERFUL political strategy since Pericles bound the DELIAN LEAGUE ...
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Fragility of decency is on display in politics of our dayOct 30, 2018 1:00 am - Americans like to think of the military defeat of Nazi Germany and the liberation of death camps as their answer to the most murderous outbreak of anti-Semitism in histo...
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Afghan War reveals the terrible price of security in a hostile worldOct 23, 2018 1:00 am - The Afghan War - really, the war against terrorists and their allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan - has elements of a Greek tragedy. It was unavoidable, but seemingly unw...
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A vacuum of American leadership is filled by cruelty without consequenceOct 16, 2018 1:00 am - Whatever the eventual consequences of the Saudi Arabian regime's suspected murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, President Donald Trump's initial response...
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Gerson: Kavanaugh coverage exposed new media's flawsOct 10, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In the recent Supreme Court nomination showdown, American institutions underwent a stress test. And we saw the political equivalent of the collapse of Lehma...
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Evangelicals need a higher call than street fightingOct 05, 2018 1:00 am - Baptists tend to be teetotalers, but some obviously make an exception for the potent Kool-Aid they serve at the White House. It has produced (metaphorically) a different...
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Gerson: The politics and the trauma of Kavananaugh, FordOct 02, 2018 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson WASHINGTON - In the end, everything - every blasted thing - gets sucked into the polarization black hole, never to emerge again. That now includes the...
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Gerson: The politics and the trauma of Kavananaugh, FordOct 02, 2018 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson WASHINGTON - In the end, everything - every blasted thing - gets sucked into the polarization black hole, never to emerge again. That now includes the...
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This is not politics as usual -- it is political pyromaniaSep 25, 2018 1:00 am - One of the dubious advantages of a Supreme Court nomination battle is how it brings into the open some of the vicious, ideological arguments that are normally hidden by ...
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Kavanaugh nomination now hangs by thinnest of stringsSep 16, 2018 11:00 pm - It is difficult to comment on an unfolding news story, but this one demands it. It is hard to write about someone you know and like, especially concerning matters of cha...