michael gerson

Gerson

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 17, 2022

President Bush, center, flanked by Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., right, acknowledges applause in the House Chamber of the Capitol toward the end of his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Tuesday, Jan. 29,...

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Woke Michael Gerson

By Erik Loomis

On May 29, 2021

Michael Gerson: from war criminal to taking about the need to be "woke" about American history. I'm not real sure what to do with this. But hey, I guess you.

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Everything Would Be Great if Everyone in the World Was Just Like Me!

By Scott Lemieux

On September 16, 2009

I don't really have to say anything about Michael Gerson's column (ht -- I guess -- to Atrios), because Kay Steiger pre-emptively gave the definitive response while discussing another recent.

The Casey Myth Once Again

By Scott Lemieux

In Uncategorized

On April 3, 2008

Bob Somerby notes Michael Gerson once again repeating the Myth of Bob Casey, blubbering about Casey Sr. being "banned from speaking to the Democratic convention for the heresy of being pro-life" without mentioning that Casey refused to endorse the Democratic ticket. (Not that I think...

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Burkean Rhetoric, Supply-Side Policies

By Scott Lemieux

On November 1, 2007

As a follow-up to the point that Mike Huckabee's noblesse oblige rhetoric is not terribly meaningful given that his only significant domestic policy proposal is a massively regressive tax cut,.

Pro Hac Vince Alito don't need no stinkin' facts. He spent much time today trying to generate a hypothetical to justify presidential immunity. Alito had no interest in the facts of the case before him.
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