Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Columnist

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry is a writer and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His writing has appeared at Forbes, The Atlantic, First Things, Commentary Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Federalist, Quartz, and other places. He lives in Paris with his beloved wife and daughter.

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Opinion

The bald-faced hypocrisy of progressives' refusal to reform Medicaid

If a conservative justice joins the Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia would be proud.

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Opinion

The quiet intellectual push behind conservatives' court coup

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Analysis

What the Bible really says about government

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Opinion

Vladimir Putin's own goal

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Opinion

Trump pwns the GOP

Opinion

The Trump-Kim summit should be hailed as a success

early christianity wasnt the end of intellectualism

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Opinion

The maligning of early Christianity

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Opinion

Hey, populists: Hire some eggheads

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Opinion

If Europe is serious about challenging Trump, it should actually challenge him

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Opinion

Will Ethiopia be the next China?

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Opinion

Why are the French so much better than Americans at taking a joke?

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Opinion

Hamas' propaganda coup

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Opinion

America is seriously overreacting to Putin

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Opinion

America needs a driver's license for gun ownership

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Feature

How the cloud will revolutionize the way we work

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Feature

Which tech giant will become master of the cloud?

America has a good thing going in Thanksgiving.

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Feature

Thanksgiving is awesome!

Emmerson Mnangagwa (left) Vice President of Zimbabwe stands behind Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in Dec. 2014.

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Opinion

Why Zimbabwe's next dictator will be even worse than Mugabe

A demonstrator holds a sign supporting a border wall.

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Opinion

Why Democrats need to act tough on immigration

House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. Mitch McConnell.

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Opinion

The GOP's fractal incompetence problem

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Opinion

How an anti-Trump Republican could beat Trump

A candle light vigil in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

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Opinion

In defense of 'thoughts and prayers'

Women push for Harvey Weinstein to be charged in Manhattan.

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Opinion

The 'Harvey Effect' is changing how we talk about sexual assault

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Opinion

Abandon Trump!

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Opinion

If the GOP establishment rises up against Trump, he will destroy them

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Opinion

The magic of Abenomics

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Opinion

Is Hollywood sitting on a pedophilia scandal?

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Opinion

Why America is coming apart at the seams

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Opinion

The hypocrisy of Bob Corker

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Opinion

Everyone is wrong in America's gun debate

Newly re-elected German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Opinion

Angela Merkel won. But how long can Germany's center hold?

Paris unveils a display of the Olympics rings in front of the Eiffel Tower.

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Opinion

Why Paris' desperate craving for the Olympics is so utterly French

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Feature

Free Martin Shkreli!

A balloon tied to the door of Rep. Steve Scalise's office.

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Opinion

The perils of reflexively politicizing tragedy

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Opinion

In defense of Theresa May

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Opinion

Who knew the Middle East could be so complicated?