Michael Barone
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America's peak socialism — abandoned a century agoAug 02, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone:
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Lindsey Graham, politician and ChurchillianJul 21, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Politics is a matter of personal relationships and the skill of maintaining your principles and working with those who don't share them, without renouncing one or antagonizing the other. Lindsey Graham excelled at this.
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Dropping candidates is getting to be a habit — and it’s not a sign of strengthJul 14, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone:
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The background that made the Revolution possibleJun 30, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone:
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Not following the example of President James K. PolkJun 24, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: erhaps Trump believes he can intimidate Iran's evil leaders not to do things he doesn't want, the way he has apparently intimidated Venezuela's not-so-savory leaders. But it's not clear that such intimidation is working optimally.
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Gordon Wood and the historians who told the real stories of the FoundersJun 16, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: The sudden death of the historian Gordon Wood, just weeks before the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, is one more mark of the closure of a golden age of the historiography of the Revolutionary era
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Which party will recover first from its current self-harm?Jun 09, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Last Tuesday saw the usual first-week-of-June gaggle of state primary elections. It's a feature of the American federal system that states choose when to hold primary and local elections.
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The California Dream ends in empty reservoirs and homeless tentsJun 02, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone:
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Can Trump handle the world he has changed?May 27, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Ten years ago this month, Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination for president. How fares America — and the world today?
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A foreign policy of persistenceMay 13, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: