Michael Gerson

What we talk about when we talk about experience

McCain has often shown a stubborn sense of decency that should appeal broadly.

Obama's challenge: getting Democratic secularists on board.

What caused the unraveling of the Republican Party? The president's former speechwriter explains.

Pat Robertson's support for Giuliani surprised many. It should not have.

In a new book, former Bush speechwriter and NEWSWEEK contributor Michael J. Gerson warns against learning the wrong lessons from Iraq.

During my time in the White House, the most intense and urgent evangelical activism I saw did not come on the expected values issues--though abortion and the traditional family weren't ignored--but on genocide, global AIDS and human trafficking.

The issue of stem cells was the first test of the infant Bush administration, pitting the promise of medical discovery against the protection of developing life and prompting the president's first speech to the nation.

Five Washington Augusts ago, for me, is not just a different time; it is a distant country. At the White House, we debated the nuances of stem-cell research.