RIP Michael Gerson: "When the days seem limited, we more fully inhabit them."

Also: thoughts from Ezra Klein on praise vs criticism, and a tribute to musician Brian Blade

Hello friends,

Michael Gerson died yesterday, at age 58, due to complications from cancer.

My friend Yuval Levin’s tribute to Gerson noted that “it was his courage in this final phase” of his life “that was the most impressive side of him I’ve known.”

“His afflictions rivaled Job’s — Mike had long had serious heart problems, but these were then compounded…