Michael Gerson

Michael Gerson
Gerson in 2014
White House Director of Speechwriting
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 14, 2006
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byTerry Edmonds
Succeeded byWilliam McGurn
Personal details
Born
Michael John Gerson

(1964-05-15)May 15, 1964
Belmar, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedNovember 17, 2022(2022-11-17) (aged 58)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDawn Gerson
Children2
Education

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]

  1. ^ Pulliam Bailey, Sarah (November 10, 2010). "Faithfully and Politically Present". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on April 7, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
  2. ^ "ONE Welcomes the Washington Post's Michael Gerson". Retrieved July 4, 2011.
  3. ^ "Michael J. Gerson, Visiting Fellow". Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  4. ^ Schaefer Riley, Naomi (October 21, 2006). "Mr. Compassionate Conservatism". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on October 25, 2006.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "The Believer". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  7. ^ "PBS launching new conservative political talk show". The Seattle Times. February 28, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  8. ^ "In Principle: Season 1 Episodes". PBS.org.

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