Michael Gerson

Washington, D.C.

Opinion columnist Michael Gerson is a nationally syndicated columnist who appears twice weekly in The Post. He is the author of “Heroic Conservatism” (HarperOne, 2007) and co-author of “City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era” (Moody, 2010). He appears regularly on the “PBS NewsHour,” “Face the Nation” and other programs. Gerson serves as senior adviser at One, a bipartisan organization dedicated to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable diseases. Until 2006, Gerson was a top aide to President George W. Bush as assistant to the president for policy and strategic planning. Prior to that appointment, he served in the White House as deputy assistant to the president and director of presidential speechwriting and assistant to the president for speechwriting and policy adviser.

Books by Michael Gerson:
City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era
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Heroic Conservatism: Why Republicans Need to Embrace America's Ideals (And Why They Deserve to Fail If They Don't)
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Latest from Michael Gerson

Opinion

Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is a terrible risk

The president has provided mostly inadequate justifications for a decision that is likely to be costly to America.

Apr 19, 2021

Opinion

If you are healthy and refuse to take the vaccine, you are a free-rider

It takes common cause to fight a pandemic, yet too many Americans are choosing selfishness over the public good.

Apr 15, 2021

Opinion

Tucker Carlson shows what mass-marketed racism looks like

This is what poll-tested, shrink-wrapped, mass-marketed racism looks like.

Apr 12, 2021

Opinion

Biden sidesteps the culture wars, and that’s good for America

The president is spending big, but his agenda runs in older, familiar ideological grooves.

Apr 8, 2021

Opinion

Why tearing down Fauci is essential to the MAGA myth

If Fauci has been right, Trump and his servants presided over a deadly debacle.

Apr 5, 2021

Opinion

Good Friday shows that anguish is the proper response to the horrors of death

We may need a God who understands unfair and unjust death.

Apr 1, 2021

Opinion

The GOP is facing a sickness deeper than the coronavirus

Republican governors’ record indicates a wide streak of social Darwinian callousness in the American right.

Mar 29, 2021

Opinion

If there were ever an issue where conscience should rule, it is this one

The Republicans’ argument for gun rights has nothing to do with genuine patriotism.

Mar 25, 2021

Opinion

Ron Johnson isn’t a Republican outlier

I could not advise a young person to join today’s GOP.

Mar 22, 2021

Opinion

Biden’s stimulus is neither socialism nor a New Deal

The president is mainly adding more money to existing programs and mediating institutions.

Mar 15, 2021

About Michael Gerson

Michael Gerson is a nationally syndicated columnist who appears twice weekly in The Post. He is the author of “Heroic Conservatism” (HarperOne, 2007) and co-author of “City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era” (Moody, 2010). He appears regularly on the “PBS NewsHour,” “Face the Nation” and other programs. Gerson serves as senior adviser at One, a bipartisan organization dedicated to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable diseases. Until 2006, Gerson was a top aide to President George W. Bush as assistant to the president for policy and strategic planning. Prior to that appointment, he served in the White House as deputy assistant to the president and director of presidential speechwriting and assistant to the president for speechwriting and policy adviser.