Michael Barone
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Today's leaders are not living up to constitutional normsApr 04, 2024 3:30 am - 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 been asking as I seek ...
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The electric car fiascoMar 26, 2024 3:30 am - 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 100% tariffs on cars prod...
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Democrats losing their hold on California and California losing its hold on AmericaMar 20, 2024 3:30 am - 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...
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Some idiosyncratic observations of the elections so farMar 04, 2024 2:33 pm - 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 —...
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Biden Open-Door Policy: Some Facts and Historical ContextFeb 28, 2024 3:30 am - 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 lots of historical contex...
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America's dysfunctional overclassFeb 20, 2024 1:30 am - 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 is destroying the plane...
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Toward a demotic Republican PartyFeb 15, 2024 10:52 am - What happens when a political party becomes demotic? Before answering the question, note that the word in question is not demonic, from the Greek word daimon, meaning a d...
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Systemic lying corrodes once-great institutionsFeb 06, 2024 2:40 pm - The last six or seven months have been a couple of tough seasons for public policies based on lies. Two examples come to mind. One is the Disinformation industry, which h...
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No Gary Hart bounce for DeSantis or HaleyJan 23, 2024 11:11 am - 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. With the he...
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Democracy not at risk, but not operating optimallyJan 13, 2024 11:14 am - Is democracy at risk this election year? Yup, is the answer given by President Joe Biden in a recent speech ahead of the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on...