“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. If I were the media, I would be wary of using anything that came out of these document dumps which serves the purpose of a foreign power. But, at the very least, Americans have to discount… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
“Freedom requires virtues it does not produce and may even help undermine.” — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Atheists can be good people; they just have no objective way to judge the conduct of those who are not. — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
