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Michael Barone: Maybe Larger Families Will Produce Better Leaders, as in the Early U.S.
Why was America in the Revolutionary War era, with 3 million people, able to generate leaders of the quality of Benjamin Franklin and George...
Michael Barone: A Fail-Safe Society is Sure to Fail
When are we going to trust our fellow Americans again? When are we going to allow qualified individuals with responsibility to make decisions without...
Michael Barone: Disorder on the Border Remains a Problem for Biden Democrats
What were they thinking? Did President Joe Biden and the folks who put together his immigration policy imagine the voting public would celebrate policies...
Michael Barone: Today’s Leaders Are Not Living Up to Constitutional Norms
How are America's leaders measuring up against the standards set by the Constitution and the examples of the Founding Fathers? It's a question I've...
Michael Barone: The Electric Car Fiasco
Donald Trump's anodyne if overexcited comment that the U.S. auto industry would face a "bloodbath" if he's not elected and doesn't impose 50% or...
Michael Barone: Democrats are Losing Their Hold on California and California is Losing its...
Last week's Super Tuesday results ensured the renominations of former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, barring some unanticipated adverse health events. So,...
Michael Barone: Are Voters Recoiling Against Disorder?
The headlines coming out of the Super Tuesday primaries have got it right. Barring cataclysmic changes, Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be the...
Michael Barone: Some Idiosyncratic Observations From the Election So Far
Herewith some idiosyncratic, perhaps eccentric, observations on the electoral contests so far in this presidential cycle.
1. Turnout is down. In the first five contests...
Michael Barone: Biden’s Open-Door Policy: Some Facts and Historical Context
What's been missing these past couple of months from the coverage of and debate over the failed immigration bill? Some important basic facts and...
Michael Barone: America’s Dysfunctional Overclass
What does America's overclass think of the rest of us? The short answer is "not much." They think ordinary people's splurging on natural resources...
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A Case for Deficit Reduction – Analysis
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