Michael John Gerson (born May 15, 1964) is an op-ed columnist for The Washington Post, a Policy Fellow with the ONE Campaign, a visiting fellow with the Center for Public Justice, and a former senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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.He 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.Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes are the co-hosts of a politically conservative-oriented television talk show on PBS titled "In Principle," since April 13, 2018.