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Roger Hertog Senior Fellow
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Phone: +1-202-518-3403
E-mail: jkvernen@cfr.org
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Washington, DC
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Former presidential policy adviser and speechwriter. Author of Heroic Conservatism, released in October 2007.
Expertise:Democracy promotion; human rights issues; health and disease; religion and politics.
Experience:Assistant to the President for Policy and Strategic Planning (2005-2006); Assistant to the President for Speechwriting and Policy Adviser (2002-2005); Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Speechwriting (2001-2002); Chief Speechwriter and Senior Policy Adviser, Bush Presidential Campaign (2000); Senior Editor, Politics, U.S. News and World Report.
Current Research Project
July 30, 2008
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
The passage of the President’s Plan for AIDS Relief has highlighted the ability of Congressmen such as Joe Biden and Tim Coburn to work towards bipartisan progress in a branch of government that is otherwise overwhelmed by cynicism and bitterness, writes Michael Gerson.
See more in Global Health, Congress
July 16, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Writing from within the Arctic Circle, Michael Gerson, describes the harsh realities of an ecosystem being tangibly changed by the climate disruption that stems from global warming.
See more in Arctic, Climate Change, Natural Resources Management
July 9, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson argues that despite rising food prices, the U.S. government has the ability to practically end hunger within its borders. And while there may be many explanations for why it has not already done so—there are no excuses.
See more in Poverty, U.S. Strategy and Politics
July 4, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson finds that Barack Obama’s willingness to embrace a faith-based initiative is a good example of moderation without cynicism.
See more in Religion
June 27, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that Barack Obama is properly understood as a man of the religious left, in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr. However, while he has made progress gaining support in the religious community, his stance on abortion continues to keep him from gaining widespread evangelical support.
See more in Population, Religion
June 25, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Punishing American oil companies for the global energy crisis will only reinforce America’s dependence on foreign oil and augment the massive transfer of wealth to rich, oil producing countries like Saudi Arabia and U.A.E., argues Michael Gerson.
See more in Middle East, Business & Foreign Policy, Energy
June 20, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
When it comes to bucking party trends Barack Obama’s track record falls well short of John McCain’s, says Michael Gerson, calling into question Obama’s stance as a centrist candidate.
See more in Congress, Presidency
June 18, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson argues that Al Franken, a candidate for Senator from Minnesota, has a particularly offensive brand of vulgarity that must be left out of the political arena despite Franken’s claim that it is merely a product of his “satire.” Rather than lampooning the emptiness and viciousness of our political discourse—a proper role for satire—Franken has powerfully reinforced those failures.
See more in Society and Culture
June 11, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson describes the miraculous political comeback of John McCain’s campaign, which, a year ago this summer, was nothing more than a “bankrupt political joke.”
See more in Presidency
June 4, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson talks about the American kick-off of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, analyzing its goal of promoting mutual religious sympathy.
See more in Religion
May 30, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
“In the wake of liberal failures, do conservatives offer any hope to addicts and the homeless, to disadvantaged children in need of mentors and adequate education, to people living among the broken glass of durable poverty?” Michael Gerson discusses this and other questions regarding the viability of compassionate conservatism as he delves into the realm of biblical scripture and its application to modern politics.
See more in Religion
May 28, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Late April saw a letter from President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa to President Bush, angrily condemning the U.S. for taking sides against Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. Michael Gerson points out that this is just one of many examples of the South African president’s apparent endorsement of regimes that violate human rights.
See more in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Human Rights
May 21, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ realism and the success of the Gates Doctrine has helped put at least one aspect of US foreign policy back on course, says Michael Gerson.
See more in Defense/Homeland Security, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 16, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
In light of the debate over the deisgn of the Martin Luther King memorial in Washington DC, Michael Gerson comments on Dr. King’s place in the “distinguished tradition of African American outrage.”
See more in Society and Culture, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 14, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson considers the motives of seven senators who are blocking the passage of an A.I.D.S. relief bill, asking “How much do seven members of the U.S. Senate weigh?”
See more in Global Health, Congress, Foreign Aid
May 9, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson looks at the sticking points of the “Obama narrative.”
See more in U.S. Election 2008
May 7, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael J. Gerson debunks the myth of a Republican “war on science” and discusses the moral politics of science and law.
See more in United States, Health, Science, and Technology, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 2, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
In the past few weeks Barack Obama has learned the political perils of condescension, argues Michael Gerson.
See more in U.S. Election 2008
April 30, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson asks: is America treating these related insurgencies with sufficient seriousness?
See more in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq
April 25, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
International institutions are desperately needed and woefully ineffective, argues Michael Gerson.
See more in NATO, U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
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