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May 7, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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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 5, 2008
| Author: | Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics |
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Washington Post
Of all the strange features of this presidential race, the tarnishing of Barack Obama has got to be the most ridiculous. In this Washington Post op-ed, Sebastian Mallaby writes that the Obama-Wright "revelations" are really a revelation about our political culture: About its failure to distinguish the important from the trivial and about the inevitability that the race card will eventually be played against a black candidate.
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May 2, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Washington Post
In the past few weeks Barack Obama has learned the political perils of condescension, argues Michael Gerson.
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May 2, 2008
| Author: | Amity Shlaes, Senior Fellow for Economic History |
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Bloomberg
“Jimmy Carter’s in the news again. The former president wants a windfall-profits tax. No wait, he wants America to recognize Hamas. Hillary Clinton is the one who wants a windfall-profits tax,” says Amity Shlaes.
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April 25, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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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
April 23, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Washington Post
Michael J. Gerson discusses the political ins and outs of McCain’s anger issues.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
April 22, 2008
| Author: | Amity Shlaes, Senior Fellow for Economic History |
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Bloomberg.com
While Pennsylvania happens to be the physical location of the latest contest between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, in terms of political culture, their duel is situated in Chicago. Amity Shlaes writes that the battle can be viewed as one between two neighborhoods on the Windy City's South Side—the “Daleyesque clout” of Bridgeport and the “liberalism at its best” of Hyde Park. Yet, the Hyde Parker eventually morphs into a Bridgeporter.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
April 17, 2008
| Author: | Amity Shlaes, Senior Fellow for Economic History |
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New York Sun
Amity Shlaes explains why “this economy is to the Great Depression what an April drizzle is to Hurricane Katrina.”
See more in Economics, U.S. Election 2008
April 16, 2008
| Author: | Amity Shlaes, Senior Fellow for Economic History |
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Bloomberg
The current economic slowdown has recently been compared to the Great Depression of the 1930s. In this Bloomberg column, Amity Shlaes argues that this analogy is absurd; stocks have not declined nearly as substantially, unemployment is nowhere near 1930s levels, and only one big bank has collapsed. The U.S. simply can’t afford to luxuriate in a Depression image; doing so takes away time from devising policies that would really make the economy more competitive.
See more in Economics, U.S. Election 2008
April 16, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Washington Post
Obamaism requires an unfavorable comparison of Americans to Obama himself, argues Michael Gerson.
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April 10, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Washington Post
Paradoxically, on Iraq, Obama invokes the past as McCain envisions the future, says Michael Gerson.
See more in Iraq, U.S. Election 2008
April 8, 2008
| Author: | Roger M. Kubarych, Henry Kaufman Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics and Finance |
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Financial World
Economics wasn’t supposed to be the central theme of this year’s campaign, yet the high probability that the U.S. economy will either be in or just emerging from a mild recession on election day has brought economic issues to the forefront of the race. In this Financial World article, Roger Kubarych looks at the candidates stances on taxes, healthcare, trade, and the housing and associated credit markets. He argues that, in the end, it’s not “the economy, stupid” but “the economy, naturally.”
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April 8, 2008
| Author: | Peter Beinart, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy |
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Washington Post
If presidents govern the way they campaign, then Obama will be a fine leader, argues Peter Beinart.
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April 2, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Washington Post
Obama has endorsed partial-birth abortion. So how can he appeal to pro-life supporters like Robert Casey? Michael Gerson discusses.
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March 28, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Washington Post
Michael Gerson suggests that McCain should pay close attention to the British conservatives, as he may have a thing or two to learn from the reincarnation of “compassionate conservatism.”
See more in United States, U.K., Organization of Government
March 20, 2008
| Author: | Peter Beinart, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy |
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Time Magazine
Peter Beinart writes that the Iraq war has spelled the end for muscular moralism in U.S. foreign policy.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Democracy Promotion
March 19, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Washington Post
Michael J. Gerson states that “Obama’s excellent and important speech on race in America did little to address his strange tolerance for the anti-Americanism of his spiritual mentor.”
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
March 2008
| Author: | Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy |
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The Atlantic
Walter Russell Mead discusses how America’s evangelicals are growing more moderate—and more powerful.
See more in United States, Religion, U.S. Election 2008
March 7, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Washington Post
Michael J. Gerson argues that “a successful president should strive for America to be liked—and expect, on occasion, for America to be resented in a good cause.”
See more in United States, Diplomacy, Public Diplomacy, U.S. Election 2008
March 5, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Washington Post
Michael Gerson believes that Hillary Clinton is the GOP's dream candidate.
See more in United States, U.S. Election 2008
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