Latest from Michael Gerson
  • Opinion
Horse-race political analysis is important — and flawed. We need more moral journalism.
Political coverage must be rebalanced.
  • Nov 26, 2020
  • Opinion
The GOP deserved to lose even worse. Here’s why it didn’t.
Trumpism won on economics, Hispanic turnout and sloganeering.
  • Nov 19, 2020
  • Opinion
Trump is engaging in U.S. history’s deadliest-ever sulk
While the outgoing president pouts about the election results, U.S. covid-19 cases and deaths are multiplying.
  • Nov 16, 2020
  • Opinion
This is a massive failure of character among Republicans — with evangelicals out in front
Evangelicals’ main justification for supporting Trump has become a serious danger to the republic.
  • Nov 12, 2020
  • Opinion
The election is over, but there’s no end to Republican bad faith
Having aided Trump’s autocratic delusions, they are now abetting his assault on the orderly transfer of power.
  • Nov 9, 2020
  • Opinion
This election was a reflection of who we are as a country
No large group of voters came away chastened or sobered.
  • Nov 5, 2020
  • Opinion
We’ve tried a president with ‘authenticity’ instead of character. It didn’t work.
The presidency is not a stage for one man’s ego and drama.
  • Nov 2, 2020
  • Opinion
Trump’s handling of race is the single most important issue in this election
Reelecting this president would move America further down the path of exclusion.
  • Oct 29, 2020
  • Opinion
Here are the Trump administration’s four most profound failures in the pandemic
President Trump's four failures in dealing with the coronavirus.
  • Oct 27, 2020
  • Opinion
Trump wants parts of the country to secede — at least in their minds
He has been president for only a portion of the country.
  • Oct 22, 2020
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