“To restrict or legalize abortion, to allow or forbid gay marriage, a legislator would need to write and pass a law, get it signed by the president or a governor, and perhaps override a veto. A Supreme Court justice need… — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
This has all the appearance of a foreign power trying to undermine structures of legitimacy of an American election. That is a serious matter.… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
“Freedom requires virtues it does not produce and may even help undermine.” — Michael Gerson Copy Share
The Republican Party has become more conservative. The Democratic Party has become marginally more liberal. There's almost no overlap in the middle, ideological overlap,… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
It's hard when the worst people in the country are cheering, the people with the confederate flag, the people that do anti-Semitism on Twitter,… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
Parenthood offers many lessons in patience and sacrifice. But ultimately, it is a lesson in humility. The very best thing about your life is… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
Atheists can be good people; they just have no objective way to judge the conduct of those who are not. — Michael Gerson Copy Share
The problem with these presidential debates like this is that you can't really prepare for them, because the questions are so individual and personal… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
“To restrict or legalize abortion, to allow or forbid gay marriage, a legislator would need to write and pass a law, get it signed… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
When your goal is to bring together the country in a substantive way to say that we're united by values and more - that… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
When you analyze it, Mike Pence could only defend Donald Trump in some circumstances by projecting an image of himself, as though he were… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
The NSA is not looking through people's address books and Visa bills and violating the rights of average citizens. That's not what the NSA… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
There is some of the paradox of foreign policy polling. So on Iraq and Syria, the President is pretty much doing what Americans want,… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
“The rational arguments against suicide are compelling. It causes intense suffering for loved ones that few would intend in their right mind. It is… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
“To this point, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has been the Republican flavor of the year. Events from the IRS scandal to NSA revelations… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
