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November 5, 2008
Washington Post
Michael Gerson looks back after the election.
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November 5, 2008
Washington Post
Michael Gerson discusses Senator Barack Obama being President-elect.
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November 3, 2008
Washington Post
Peter Beinart writes that "this won't be the first time a culture war has come to a close."
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October 29, 2008
Bloomberg.com
In this Bloomberg op-ed, Amity Shlaes takes a good look at McCain's economic program and finds it to be a serious agenda. McCain remembers a lot about the economic past and is the candidate who can best prevent us from repeating it.
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October 29, 2008
The Washington Post
Michael Gerson considers what lies behind stump speeches.
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October 25, 2008
Newsweek
Richard Haass writes that "the United States cannot dominate, much less dictate, and expect that others will follow."
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October 24, 2008
Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that "if McCain benefited politically from being correct about the surge, why has Barack Obama not been punished for opposing it?"
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October 23, 2008
Bloomberg.com
A split Washington, in which at least one of the two chambers is led by a party other than the president's, points to a better total return for the S&P 500 than a unified Washington. In this Bloomberg op-ed, Amity Shlaes suggests that markets may be bracing for an all-Democratic Washington.
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October 22, 2008
The Washington Post
Michael Gerson gives his opinion on Senator Barack Obama and the decisions that he has made over the years.
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October 21, 2008
South China Morning Post
Richard N. Haass discusses foreign policy differences between the two presidential candidates.
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October 15, 2008
Washington Post
Michael Gerson considers Senator John McCain's current position in the presidential campaign.
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October 13, 2008
Wall Street Journal
Vali Nasr argues that U.S. diplomacy can turn Tehran against Russia.
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October 12, 2008
Parade
Leslie H. Gelb discusses the impact the U.S. president has on shaping the world.
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October 10, 2008
The Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that "Iran may be a different proliferation threat from any we have faced before."
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October 9, 2008
Bloomberg.com
In this Bloomberg op-ed, Amity Shlaes compares the role of accounting rules in the current crisis to the Savings and Loans Crisis of the 1980s. The effect of blaming accounting merely postponed the needed implosion because, as today, the structural problem of insolvency hadn't been addressed.
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October 9, 2008
Time Magazine
Peter Beinart writes that "even though Obama is ahead, the attacks have taken their toll."
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October 8, 2008
Washington Post
Michael Gerson considers the differences in Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama's tactics on healthcare.
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Fall 2008
World Affairs Journal
Max Boot compares John McCain and modern day conservatives with Theodore Roosevelt.
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October 4, 2008
The Globe and Mail
The next Canadian government must try to nudge the next U.S. administration back to the spirit of the 2001 Smart Border accords, which attempted to balance security and commerce concerns. Edward Alden writes that rebuilding trust between the U.S. and Canada over border issues will be critical for both countries.
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October 3, 2008
The Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that "with months remaining in his term, Bush's influence is not what it once was."
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