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It's Official: Recession Kills Divorce

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:18:42 GMT

Divorce is officially a casualty of the Great Recession. Rates are down for the first time in five years, according to the newly released study of the National Marriage Project.
Source: Double X

Michael Gerson: Rally Around the Flag - and the President

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:32:39 GMT

WASHINGTON -- President Obama's decision on Afghanistan was tardy, messy -- and courageous.
Source: Town Hall

Flotsam and Jetsam

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:43:31 GMT

Michael Gerson on the West Point speech: “After a sober, coherent beginning, the speech became defensive and overly self-referential.
Source: Commentary

Too late for regime change in Iran?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:36:11 GMT

In Wednesday's Washington Post, Michael Gerson argues that the Obama administration should try supporting Iran's revolutionaries as a means of countering that country's nuclear threat.
Source: Israel Matsav

An Opportunity Lost

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:59:57 GMT

Michael Gerson, unlike the Obami, concedes that our Iran-engagement policy is in a shambles: the regime has consolidated power, its nuclear program is going full steam ahead, and we have been shown to be very foolish: “Obama’s policy of setting...
Source: Contentions

Michael Gerson: Fatigues Under the Mullah's Robes

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:48:09 GMT

WASHINGTON -- With a decision on Afghanistan, we will now see if a reluctant president can persuade a reluctant Congress and inspire a reluctant nation to accept additional wartime sacrifice. But the administration must feel relieved.
Source: Town Hall

Come Fry With Me -- By: Mark Steyn

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:51:17 GMT

In order to save the planet from global roasting, it seems entirely reasonable to ask Mr and Mrs Joe Peasant to submit to annual " carbon allowance " preventing them flying hither and yon and devastating the environment.
Source: Beltway Blips

Your Destiny Now, Edited by Miguel Diocuore Ph.D.: What Story?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:11:21 GMT

Michael Gerson has lousy timing. In The Washington Post, in one of those now familiar elegies for old media, he writes: And the whole system is based on a kind of intellectual theft.
Source: Town Hall

Quoted in 'The Inside Story on Obama 'Czars' Senate Hearing Thursday'

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:20:18 GMT

Andrew Sullivan said in Politics Daily:

And, in fact, every single critical figure in this White House has been there from the start: political guru Karl Rove, secretary of state Condi Rice, former speechwriter, now policy czar, Michael Gerson, budget director Josh Bolten, and national security adviser Stephen Hadley. Hadley, according to the Post, schedules a full battery of meetings on Saturdays as well.

Quoted in 'Obama a 'Figure of Hope' to World in Winning 'One of the Last Towering Honors on Earth''

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:09:13 GMT

said in Newsbusters:

Former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson says it's all about politics, how else to explain that Republican Ronald Reagan helped end the Cold War but never won the peace prize, while three leading Democrats have won in just the past seven years.

Michael Gerson

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:54:17 GMT