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		<title><![CDATA[GOP's Leadership Challenge]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- It is often argued, including by me, that the GOP needs
its own Bill Clinton or Tony Blair -- a leader to reposition the party
and reinvigorate its political appeal. But if these figures are examples
of successful reform, British ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/michaelgerson/s-1343696</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/18/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Poisoning of Patriotism]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- A number of libertarians and conservative populists have
found data collection by the National Security Agency to be the final
confirmation of their worst fears about Barack Obama and modern
government. It is an attempt, according to...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/michaelgerson/s-1341700</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/14/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Power of Conviction]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- President Obama's newly designated national security
adviser, Susan Rice, and his proposed United Nations ambassador,
Samantha Power, are political loyalists. They are also known as liberal
interventionists -- emotionally seared by ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/michaelgerson/s-1339840</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/11/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Fresh Air of Pope Francis]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- We tend to remember leaders in characteristic poses. For
Pope Benedict XVI, the college professor, it was delivering a
much-misunderstood lecture at the University of Regensburg, which made
controversial reference to Islam. For Pope ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/michaelgerson/s-1337780</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/07/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Misplayed Great Game]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- A few months ago, the worst-case scenario in Syria was a
protracted stalemate along the lines of the Lebanese civil war. Now, the
worst case is that Bashar al-Assad wins with the full backing of
Hezbollah, Iraqi Shiite militias, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/michaelgerson/s-1335935</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/04/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mr. President, meet Mr. Holder]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- So, Attorney General Eric Holder approved a search warrant
targeting Fox News' James Rosen for the crime of journalism with malice
aforethought. Then the Justice Department shopped around for a judge who
would keep the surveillance ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/michaelgerson/s-1333382</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/31/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Other IRS Scandal]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Let us stipulate that now might not be the best time --
with IRS officials exposed for abusing power, caught in self-serving
deceptions, invoking their constitutional right against
self-incrimination -- to dramatically expand the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/michaelgerson/s-1330397</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/24/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Baseless Fears of Common Core]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Modern conservatism comes in two distinct architectural
styles. The first seeks to build from scratch, using accurate
ideological levels and plumb lines, so every wall is straight and every
corner squared. The goal of politics is to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/michaelgerson/s-1328761</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/21/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Government's Heavy Hand]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- So, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
has investigated the IRS investigation of conservative groups. And the
FBI has launched a criminal investigation of the IRS. And the State
Department's Office of Inspector ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/michaelgerson/s-1326189</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/16/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The IRS Needs an Audit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Suppose that the Environmental Protection Agency were to
admit offhandedly that the fluoridation of water had only modest
communist mind-control effects. Or the United Nations were to concede it
has been running fleets of black ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/michaelgerson/s-1325063</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2013</pubDate>
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