American political speechwriter and columnist (1964–2022)
Michael Gerson
Gerson in 2014
White House Director of Speechwriting
In office January 20, 2001 – June 14, 2006
President
George W. Bush
Preceded by
Terry Edmonds
Succeeded by
William McGurn
Personal details
Born
Michael John Gerson
(1964-05-15)May 15, 1964 Belmar, New Jersey, U.S.
Died
November 17, 2022(2022-11-17) (aged 58) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Dawn Gerson
Children
2
Education
Georgetown University
Wheaton College, Illinois (BA)
Michael John Gerson (May 15, 1964 – November 17, 2022) was an American journalist and speechwriter. He was a neoconservative op-ed columnist for The Washington Post, a Policy Fellow with One Campaign,[1][2] a visiting fellow with the Center for Public Justice,[3] and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.[4] He served as President George W. Bush's chief speechwriter from 2001 until June 2006, as a senior policy advisor from 2000 through June 2006, and was a member of the White House Iraq Group.[5]
Gerson helped write the inaugural address for the second inauguration of George W. Bush, which called for neo-conservative intervention and nation-building around the world to effect the spread of democracy to third world countries.[6]
In 2018, Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes co-hosted In Principle, a politically conservative-oriented television talk show that ran for eight episodes on PBS.[7][8]
^Pulliam Bailey, Sarah (November 10, 2010). "Faithfully and Politically Present". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on April 7, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
^"ONE Welcomes the Washington Post's Michael Gerson". Retrieved July 4, 2011.
^"Michael J. Gerson, Visiting Fellow". Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
^Schaefer Riley, Naomi (October 21, 2006). "Mr. Compassionate Conservatism". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on October 25, 2006.
^Isikoff, Michael; David Corn (September 8, 2006). Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War. New York: Crown Publishers. ISBN 0-307-34681-1.
^"The Believer". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
^"PBS launching new conservative political talk show". The Seattle Times. February 28, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
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peace-of-the-future prize as a compliment." The Washington Post columnist MichaelGerson wrote that the committee members "have forfeited any claim to seriousness...
may be highly motivated by "white male grievance culture". Columnist MichaelGerson argues that in American politics, the Republican Party has been "swiftly...
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others (link) Gerson, Mark (1996). The Neoconservative Vision: From the Cold War to the Culture Wars. Madison Books. p. 63. Lind, Michael (February 8,...
original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2013. Barbaro, Michael; Grynbaum, Michael M. (August 21, 2016). "Stephen Bannon, a Rookie Campaign Chief...
National Review, and conservative columnists, such as Jennifer Rubin, MichaelGerson, and John Podhoretz. In September 2017, NPR noted that Fox News had...
actual response to an emergency. According to U.S.-based columnist MichaelGerson in 2015, only the U.S. military and NATO have the global capability...
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shaping the global security system according to US interests'". British MP Michael Meacher made similar allegations in 2003, stating that the document was...
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