Michael Barone
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Moving away from the template of ‘oppressor vs. oppressed’May 14, 2024 3:50 pm - The violent campus takeover by protesters — some of them students, many not — has had the unintended effect of discrediting the premise underlying the protest. That premi...
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Campus riots and a Chicago convention: Déjà vu all over again?May 07, 2024 3:11 pm - As the philosopher and baseball player Yogi Berra once (supposedly) said, it's déjà vu all over again. Student protesters are occupying campuses of famed universities acr...
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A turning point for American foreign policy?May 02, 2024 4:00 am - Was the passage by the House and the Senate of the foreign aid package with money for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan a turning point in American foreign policy? It certainly ...
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Maybe larger families will produce better leaders as in the early U.S.Apr 20, 2024 4:14 pm - Why was America in the Revolutionary War era, with 3 million people, able to generate leaders of the quality of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, while today's Ame...
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A fail-safe society is sure to failApr 13, 2024 4:27 pm - When are we going to trust our fellow Americans again? When are we going to allow qualified individuals with responsibility to make decisions without consulting detailed ...
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Disorder on the border remains a problem for Biden DemocratsApr 11, 2024 4:00 am - What were they thinking? Did President Joe Biden and the folks who put together his immigration policy imagine the voting public would celebrate policies that resulted in...
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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 —...