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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...
Michael Barone: Toward a Demotic Republican Party
What happens when a political party becomes demotic? Before answering the question, note that the word in question is not demonic, from the Greek...
Michael Barone: Systemic Lying Corrodes Once-great Institutions
The last six or seven months have been a couple of tough seasons for public policies based on lies. Two examples come to mind....
Michael Barone: DeSantis Withdrawal Paved the Way for Likely Trump-Biden Rematch
What went wrong with Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign? You can list many arguable mistakes, as you can with any campaign, and you can add,...
Michael Barone: No Gary Hart Bounce for DeSantis or Haley
Forty years ago, when Walter Mondale won 49% in Iowa's Democratic caucuses, far ahead of Gary Hart's 16%, the media spotlight nonetheless immediately focused....
Michael Barone: Democracy Not at Risk, but Not Operating Optimally
Is democracy at risk this election year?
Yup, is the answer given by President Joe Biden in his speech last Friday, ahead of the third...
Michael Barone: Our Inevitably Negative Politics
To explain the latest young generation's pessimism, Washington Post opinion writer Taylor Lorenz took to what was then called Twitter last February to lament...
Michael Barone: Startling Surprises in Latest Census Numbers
How's America doing? Government statisticians provide mounds of data that provide useful clues, and none more so than the Census Bureau's estimates of population,...
Michael Barone: The Politics of Incumbent Rejection
At a time when voters have rejected the party of the incumbent president in the last two elections, and in which current polling has...
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Climate Change Weekly #505: The High Price of Climate Alarm
The air and water quality in China is another daily reminder of the perils of communism for human well-being and the environment.
Gains in Government Jobs Couldn’t Save Biden’s Economy in April
Growth in government jobs slowed in April, bucking the pattern that has contributed to above-trend job growth over the past several months, according to...
Illinois Democrats Approve Changes to Election Law in Less Than 24 Hours
(The Center Square) – In less than 24 hours, Illinois Statehouse Democrats passed a measure that changes election law, a move Republicans say is...
