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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...
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...
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Washington State Voters Keep Long-Term Care Tax
Voters in the state of Washington rejected a proposal that would have made a payroll tax to fund long-term care optional.
The proposal, known as...
Trump Promises to Mandate IVF Coverage
During his campaign, President-elect Trump promised to require coverage of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments.
Trump’s base voters raised concerns about the ethical concerns raised...
Health Policy Under President-elect Trump Can Build on First Term
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) nominee Robert Kennedy, Jr. will have an opportunity to build on health policy reforms from President-elect Donald...
