Jewish World Review
Michael Barone
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03/15/24: Dems Losing Their Hold on California and California Losing Its Hold on America
03/08/24: Are Voters Recoiling Against Disorder?
03/01/24: Some Idiosyncratic Observations of the Elections So Far
02/23/24: Biden Open-Door Policy: Some Facts and Historical Context
02/16/24: America's Dysfunctional Overclass
02/09/24: Toward a Demotic Republican Party
02/02/24: Systemic Lying Corrodes Once-great Institutions
01/26/24: Alexander Hamilton on 2024 --- sans DeSantis
01/19/24: No Gary Hart Bounce for DeSantis or Haley
01/12/24: Democracy Not at Risk, but Not Operating Optimally
01/05/24: Our Inevitably Negative Politics
12/29/23: Startling Surprises in Latest Census Numbers
12/22/23: The Politics of Incumbent Rejection
12/15/23: The Intellectual Elite's Institutional Rot
12/08/23: For True Evil, Look Not to Israel or America
12/01/23: Orwell and Monroe Got It Right
11/23/23: Give Thanks to the Founders
11/10/23: Memo to Hamas: Settler Societies Aren't Evil
11/10/23: Young Voters Spring (Contradictory) Political Surprises
11/03/23: Is a Trump Renomination Really Inevitable?
10/27/23: Can a New Speaker Reinstate an Old Norm?
10/20/23: Time to Stop Appeasing Terrorist Iran
10/13/23: The Gathering Storm
10/06/23: New Deal politics turned upside down
09/28/23: The Problems With Net Zero
09/22/23: The surge of populism --- and nationalism
09/15/23: People of Color Trending Republican
09/08/23: Legalized shoplifting becomes a racket
09/01/23: The Tom and Daisy Buchanans North of Richmond
08/25/23: Republican Debate: Whatever Happened in the Debate, Fundamentals Could Still Matter
08/18/23: Single Women Are the Odd Men Out, Politically
08/11/23: Which States Attract Outsiders and Which Don't -- 21st Century Version
08/04/23: Trump and Biden may be hurting nation's credit rating
07/28/23: The Proximal Origin of a Scientific Fraud
07/21/23: The Press's War Against Free Speech
07/14/23: Different Groups That 'Don't Look Like America' Together Produce Success in America
07/07/23: Supreme Court Rejects Lib Arguments Based on Lies
06/30/23: The Arc of the Moral Universe Just Wobbles Around
06/23/23: A Tale of Two Indictments: Politics in a Doom Loop
06/16/23: The Trump Indictment: Irresponsibility Squared
06/09/23: Sununu's Good Move and Bad Advice
06/02/23: Only One Republican Candidate Gets Results
05/30/23: Mugged by Reality? Or Respectful of Common Sense?
05/19/23: The Russia Collusion Hoax: Unpatriotic?
05/12/23: 'Segregation' Is a Deliberate Act
05/05/23: Republicans Aren't Disappearing -- and May Even Be Growing Stronger
04/28/23: How to Stop Lies Begetting Lies
04/21/23: Joe Biden's King Canute Environmentalism
03/31/23: Will Republicans Find a Way to Get Their Way in 2024?
03/24/23: America Seems to Go Crazy Every 50 Years or So
03/10/23: Anatomy of the Chicago Mayor's Election
03/03/23: Lab Leak Story: How Elite Scientists Lied and Concealed the Truth
02/24/23: Give Credit to Jimma
02/17/23: Disinformation Inc vs. the Founding Fathers
02/10/23: Will Biden's Primary Schedule Have Unintended Consequences?
02/03/23: We Don't Need Racial Quotas to Showcase America's Diversity
01/27/23: Are Public Employee Unions Unconstitutional?
01/20/23: Time for Truth and Reconciliation on the Russia Collusion Hoax
01/13/23: What the Dem Trifecta Hath Wrought
01/06/23: Let's Base Policy on Real Facts, Not Misleading Statistics
12/30/22: COVID Only Accelerated the Blue State Exodus
12/23/22: 3 Big surprises of 2022
12/16/22: Are the Silicon Valley Fraudsters Today's Robber Barons?
12/09/22: The Downward Spiral of Disgraceful Misconduct
12/06/22: In a Winter of Discontent, Americans Vote for the Status Quo
11/25/22: Give Thanks for the Northwest Ordinance
11/18/22: Finaly, Good Sign for GOPers in 2024
11/11/22: BIG Losers: Trump AND Biden
11/04/22: It Looks Like the Republican Wave Is Coming In
10/28/22: This Campaign's Missing Issues: Foreign Policy and Economic Redistribution
10/21/22: Fundamentals, from COVID to Crime, Favor Republicans
10/14/22: The Dem Party's Risk Aversion Is Harming Us All
10/07/22: It's a hinge year in history --- for Russia and China
09/30/22: Are Polls Understanding Republicans' Support?
09/23/22: Queen Elizabeth II Showed Monarchy's Surprising Resilience
09/16/22: On Ukraine and on Welfare, Morale Trumps Materiel
09/09/22: Why so many political Careers Are Ending in Failure
09/02/22: Student Loan Forgiveness: A Payoff for the Woke
09/02/22: In 'Systemically Racist' America, Lots of Whites Vote for Blacks
08/19/22: The Espionage Act of 1917 Once Again Rears Its Ugly Head
08/12/22: Will Dobbs Help Dems? Will the Mar-a-Lago Raid Help Republicans?
08/05/22: The West's Long-Lasting Enemies Cannot Be Cajoled
07/29/22: Sorry, Progressives, But America Isn't Intersectional
07/22/22: How inevitable is a third consecutive nomination of Donald Trump?
07/15/22: James Madison, 21st Century Pundit
07/08/22: Who's Behind Slow Joe's Leftward Lunge?
07/01/22: United States of Diversity: The Founders and Dobbs
06/24/22: Can Government Build Things Again?
06/17/22: The Secular Right Versus the Woke Left
06/10/22: What Was the Left Thinking?
06/03/22: Politics as the Leisure of the Theory Class
05/27/22: Primary Results: Trump Repudiated, Republicans Enthused, Dems Focused On Theoretical Issues
05/20/22: It's Still Not Exactly Trump's Republican Party
05/13/22: Progressives' Version of 'Democracy': 2 Plus 2 Equals 5
05/06/22: Redistricting 'controversy' Proved to be much ado about not very much
04/29/22: People Are Fleeing the Self-harm Progressives Inflicted on Their Own Cities
04/25/22: The Yankee Reform Impulse Gets Some Issues Right, Some Wrong
04/15/22: The Verdict on Lockdowns: High Cost, Minimal Benefits
04/01/22: Turning a Corner, Away from Excessive Risk Aversion
03/25/22: Another Party Hack President
03/18/22: Ukraine Suggests Dangers of the Eurasian Heartland Axis
03/11/22: Ukraine Shows We DO Live in a Nationalist World
03/04/22: Volodymyr Zelensky Transforms Germany -- and Europe
02/25/22: Ukraine's Fate Is Rooted in a Tragic History
02/18/22: Must Government Be a 'Big, Waddling, Sluggish Beast'?
02/11/22: Lamentations About Redistricting Ending Democracy Prove Hypocritical --- and Wrong
02/04/22: Returning to Normalcy on School Masks
01/28/22: Voters Oppose 'Transformative' Policies, Want Reform of Dysfunctional Bureaucracies
01/21/22: Abolish Parenthood? No, Family Trumps 'Equity'
01/14/22: Biden's Deplorable Lies May Not Even Be in His Partisan Interest
01/07/22: Those John Lindsay Dems
12/31/21: Plague-Year Immigrants Headed to Trump Country
12/24/21: A (Statistical) Journal of the Plague Year
12/17/21: Against the Religion of 'Woke Anti-Racism'
12/10/21: Redistricting Helps Republicans but Doesn't Guarantee Control
12/03/21: A Post-Roe Abortion Political 'Revolution' Is Unlikely
11/29/21: Rittenhouse's Offense: Insufficiently Respecting Rioters
11/19/21: Biden Stimulus Failures Could Produce 1920s-Style Republican Victories
11/12/21: History Has Some Bad News for Biden Dems
11/05/21: Biden Dems lose big --- and on cultural issues
10/29/21: Health and Education Elites Forced To Confess Error
10/22/21: Ignoring repeated GOP wins across the fruited plain
10/15/21: Bill de Blasio Is On the Way Out, But His Mindset Lingers
10/08/21: Both Parties' Ignorance of Electoral Reality Has Led To Our Present Discontents
10/01/21: Biden Policies Need Better Arguments Than 'Orange Man Bad'
09/24/21: Hillary Clinton Must Apologize for the Biggest Political Hoax Since Titus Oates
09/17/21: California Voters Get What They Deserve
09/10/21: The Feminization of America: What Will It Look Like?
09/03/21: Joe Biden Is No Jimmy Carter
08/27/21: A Tale of Two Airlifts
08/20/21: Fiddling While Kabul Falls
08/13/21: Cali Libs Flunking First Test of Government
08/06/21: The Manhattan Project's 'Martians' Didn't Look Like America
07/30/21: Do We Have to Watch Their Wretched Movie All Over Again?
07/23/21: Speech Suppression is Habit-Forming
07/16/21: Joe Biden's Big Lie
07/09/21: Both Parties Fail to Respond to Signals in the Political Marketplace
07/02/21: REVEALED: Split Between Democratic Constituencies --- and why it matters
06/25/21: Charles Murray's Two Uncomfortable Truths and His Not Bad Advice
06/18/21: This Juneteenth, remember Americans who put slavery on the path to extinction
06/11/21: Adolescents need constraints, not indulgence
06/04/21: Facebook's Speech Suppression Argues for Repeal of Section 230 and a Facebook Stock Price of Zero
05/21/21: Soft-on-crime prosecutors might hang on, but national Dems might not
05/14/21: British Labour's Problems Could Hurt Dems, Too
05/07/21: Some Rotten Underpinnings of Biden's Positive Rating
04/30/21: The 2020 Census: Small Republican Gains in a Nation Hunkered Down
04/23/21: The Ebbing of 'the Misperception That Bigotry Is Everywhere'
04/16/21: Workers Don't Share Democrats' Nostalgia for Unions
04/09/21: Will Joe Biden's Jim Crow Big Lie Boomerang?
04/02/21: Too Much Risk Aversion Is Too Risky
03/26/21: Can the Biden Administration Stop China?
03/19/21: What Explains Biden's Chameleonlike Transformation?
03/12/21: Biden Moves Forward With Open-Doors Immigration Policy. Why?
03/05/21: New Things to Worry About
02/26/21: Partisan Strife Produces High Voter Turnout --- and No Big Boost for Either Party
02/19/21: Will Biden Payoff to Teachers Unions Repeal Suburban Parents?
02/12/21: The Republican Party Won't Fall Apart This Time Either
02/05/21: 'Mostly Peaceful' Violence and Dueling Double Standards
11/07/18: Voters Head to the Polls to Relitigate 2016
06/01/18: Danger of Authoritarianism May Come From the Center, Not the Right
03/02/18: Still Saddled with the Politics of the Seventies
02/09/18: Gentry Libs Own the Democratic Party
02/02/18: Toward a Trump Republicanism
01/26/18: Eschewing Euphemisms Frames Immigration Issue Trump's Way
10/27/17: Both Parties Trying Even Harder to Defeat Themselves
10/16/17: Today's Turn-of-the-Century Problems
09/15/17: House Republicans' Frustrations May Doom Their Majority
09/01/17: Time to admit that talents and interests aren't proportionately distributed in a fair society
08/25/17: Trump's Palmerstonian Policy
08/18/17: What Identity Politics Hath Wrought
08/04/17: Ignoring the Lessons of Effective Presidents
07/07/17: Will Trump Republicans Avoid the Off-Year Curse?
06/16/17: The Violent Political Left
06/09/17: Is College Worth It? Increasing Numbers Say No
05/26/17: Trump Acts Like a Competent, Conventional President Abroad
05/19/17: The Demotic Politics of Theresa May --- and Donald Trump
05/12/17: James Comey Is the Latest Victim of the Clintons
05/05/17: Cultural Appropriation: A Modest Proposal
03/31/17: Doesn't Anybody Know How to Play This Game?
02/10/17: Free Trade's Effect on 'Earned Success'
01/13/17: The Intelligence Community, Russia and Trump
01/06/17: Government by Faculty Lounge Subject to Repeal
12/27/16: Trump Nixes Pet Projects of Liberal and Conservative Elites
12/20/16: How the Political Rules Changed in 2016
12/13/16: Some Free Advice for the Democratic Party
12/09/16: The Collapse of the Political Left
11/25/16: The Arc of History Doesn't Always Bend Toward Justice
11/18/16: Stop blaming Comey: Why Hillary was abandoned in areas hitherto reachable for Dems
11/08/16: 2016: The Demise of Small-r Republican Politics
11/04/16: Is Team Clinton Booting the Election?
11/01/16: Let's Play 'Let's Pretend'
10/28/16: So Far, Trump Not Sinking Down-Ballot Republicans
10/26/16: The Politics These Two Unpopular Nominees Hath Wrought
10/21/16: Despite Trump, Demotic Protest Politics Doesn't Always Fail
10/14/16: Donald Trump's Invisible Shackles
10/07/16: Robin Hood Economics Falls Flat in Debates
10/05/16: Voters Reject John Lennon's 'World as One'
09/30/16: What the Debate Tells About How Candidates Would Govern
09/23/16: What Happens to the Democratic Party if Clinton Loses?
09/20/16: Will Democratic Success Breed Clinton's Failure?
09/16/16: The Year of Political Re-enactors
09/13/16: How's That Fundamental Transformation Going?
09/02/16: The Battle of the Secret Cabals
08/26/16: Is 2016 Redrawing the Political Map?
08/23/16: Sympathy for Victims Can Be Misdirected --- and Backfire
08/16/16: Will Trump Take Down Congressional Republicans?
08/12/16: Nationalism Is Not Necessarily a Bad Thing
08/09/16: The End of History Not Turning Out as Hoped
08/05/16: Donald Trump's Opportunity Cost
08/02/16: Does Either Party Have a Winning Strategy? Not Clear
07/15/16: Events Roil the 2016 Campaign
07/08/16: Hillary Clinton's Non-Indictment May Not Help Her
07/06/16: Racial Discrimination on Campus Likely to Go on Forever
06/27/16: Trump Pivoting Away From Tabloid-Style Campaigning
06/14/16: Possible Errors in Exit Polls Suggest More Election Surprises Ahead
06/10/16: Bernie Sanders Wins, Even While Losing
06/07/16: Neither Candidate Is Getting the Immigration Issue Right
06/03/16: The Dogs That Aren't Barking -- and Those That Are -- in 2016
05/31/16: Cities Should Have Room for Everyone
05/27/16: Trump, Clinton Tied in Polls: Were All the Wise Men Wrong?
05/24/16: Hillary Policies to End Pay Gap Would Just Make It Larger
05/20/16: 'Ferguson Effect' Is Real, and It Threatens to Harm Black Americans Most
05/17/16: America Today Resembles 1910 More Than Postwar Era
05/13/16: Will the Trump Nomination Change Our Polarized Partisan Patterns?
05/10/16: Looking Back on the Two Cuban-American Also-Rans
05/06/16: Can Trump Disrupt the General Election as He Did the Primaries?
04/05/16: Are Trump Voters Really Victims?
03/22/16: Donald Trump Has 37 percent. Hard to Get to 270 Electoral Votes
03/15/16: Will the Politics of Nostalgia Trump the Politics of the Future?
03/08/16: Will a Republican majority rally to defeat Donald Trump?
02/19/16: Who Will Win the Electability Vote?
02/06/16: Probing for Clues in the Iowa Caucus Numbers
01/26/16: Americans Tired of Elites Considering Them Stupid and Vicious
01/19/16: The Republican Race Heats Up While Hillary Falters
01/15/16: American Exceptionalism: How Has It Fared in the Obama Years?
01/04/16: Obama Reshapes Presidential Politics --- But Maybe Not To Democrats' Benefit
12/22/15: The Known -- and Unknown -- Unknowns in the Republican Race Ahead
12/15/15: Questions Legitimate Journalists Should Be Asking Hillary Clinton
12/11/15: 'Misunderestimating' the American People
12/04/15: The State of Play in the Republican Race
12/01/15: History Returns Violently in the Mediterranean and Beyond
11/24/15: Which Party Will Emerge From Its Gathering Storm?
11/20/15: Obama Gets Really Angry ... at Americans
11/10/15: Surge of Dem Turnout Has Yet to Appear
10/06/15: Liberals' Response to Dissent: 'Shut Up'
10/02/15: The Dogs That Aren't Barking in the 2016 Campaign
09/28/15: Reflections on Speaker John Boehner and the House Republicans
09/25/15: Walker Withdrawal Shows Changes in Republican Contest
09/22/15: Are Our Familiar Political Alignments Suddenly Changing?
09/18/15: Europe's Humanitarianism Is, Sadly, Not Humanitarian
09/16/15: How Obama Has Fundamentally Transformed American Politics
09/01/15: Another Impossible Thing May Happen: Change in Partisan Alignments
08/28/15: Two Impossible Things That Could Happen in 2016
08/18/15: The Strange Death of the Center-Left
08/14/15: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton: Incapable of Embarrassment
07/28/15: Is America Entering a New Victorian Era?
07/21/15: HUD's 'Disparate Impact' War on Suburban America
07/17/15: Hillary Clinton's Economics: Suddenly It's 1947
07/03/15: Patriotism, Optimism and Good-Natured Debate
06/30/15: Supreme Court Lets Obama Administration Say Words Don't Mean What They Say
06/19/15: Foreign Policy Downplayed in Jeb and Hillary Announcement Speeches
06/02/15: Is it Time for Civil Disobedience of Kludgeocratic Bureaucracy?
05/22/15: Can Hillary Clinton Reverse the Six-Year Decline in Democratic Turnout?
03/31/15: Where the Red Line Came From --- Before it Was Crossed
03/13/15: Obama's Policies Leave Democrats Weak Candidates in 2016, Except -- Maybe -- Hillary Clinton
03/06/15: Most Members of Congress Share Netanyahu's View
03/04/15: If America Is Mars and Europe Venus, How Is Europe Doing?
02/27/15: Watch Out for China Winning its 100-Year Marathon
02/24/15: The 2016 Political Environment Has Shifted
02/20/15: Barack Obama's 'Reckless Disregard' of the Law
02/13/15: Obama's Quest for a Grand Bargain With Iran Seems Unwise
02/06/15: A Candidate With Appeal to Both Suburban and Countryside Republicans?
01/30/15: My Mistakes About 2016 Presidential Race
01/23/15: Government Created the Housing and Financial Crises --- and Might Be Doing it Again
01/13/15: Can Jeb Bush -- or Anyone -- Come up With a Platform for Primaries, General and Presidency?
12/22/14: Jeb and Hillary: Dynastic Politics in America?
12/05/14: Clinton's Stock Declining in Futures Market
11/18/14: Where The Polls Were Wrong --- And, Maybe, Why
11/14/14: Is This the Political Map of the Future?
11/11/14: Two Hidden Factors in the 2014 Campaign
11/04/14: Obama Will Leave the Democrats in Shambles
10/31/14: Democratic Dogs That Aren't Barking
10/28/14: Reagan's Campaign Speech Continues to Reverberate 50 Years Later
10/24/14: Why the House Will Stay Republican
10/21/14: Does the End of History Result in Political Decay?
10/20/14: Hispanics Seem to Be Souring on Obama Dems
10/13/14: Dems on Defensive Over Role of Government
10/07/14: GOPers politically opposed to a president wouldn't mind seeing him or his family murdered?
10/03/14: It Looks Like a GOP Wave; the Question is How Far it Goes
09/30/14: Obama Stands Aloof From America's Four Foreign Policy Traditions
09/23/14: Why has Immigration Shifted?
09/19/14: Which Is the Weaker Party? Your Call
09/16/14: Obama Forced by Events to Reverse Course ---- and Disillusion Base
09/09/14: Obama's Delusions Dispelled? Well, we Can Hope for Change
09/05/14: Dems Look Increasingly Like the Party of the Past
09/03/14: The President who Is Uninterested in Other People
08/29/14: Obama's Segue From Constructive Tax Proposals to Low-Grade Demagoguery
08/26/14: A Decent Lawyer Should Tell Libs They're Damned Fools and Ought to Stop
08/19/14: What ol' Dick Nixon could have taught Hillary
08/12/14: Three Hundred Years Later, Americans Owe a Debt to King George I
08/08/14: What now? Primaries Show GOP Voters Wary of Tea party Candidates, Skeptical of Party Establishment
08/05/14: Big Government Worked Better in the Industrial Age; Not so Much in Digital Era
08/01/14: Bipartisanship is Alive and Well, but not in the Obama White House
07/29/14: Fighting Parasitic Bureaucracies and Crony Capitalism
07/22/14: Obama Dragged Down by Chaos at Home and Abroad, not by the Economy
07/18/14: How Obama is Turning Liberalism Into an Instrument of Coercion
07/11/14: Obama Skitters, Scampers and Scuttles Away From Failure
07/08/14: Racial Differences Are Real but no Cause for Discrimination
07/01/14: Why Government Isn't Working and How to Make it Better
06/24/14: Hispanics Sour on Obama as Young Illegals Surge Across Border
06/20/14: Are the Two Political Parties About to Crack Up?
06/17/14: Obama Follows Polls in Foreign Policy but Public Turns Against Him
06/04/14: Dems' Nightmare Scenario for 2016
05/28/14: Scenario for a Republican Nightmare in the 2016 Elections
04/23/14: Political Competition, Not Racism, Changes Voter Alignments
04/11/14: If You Think the Sky is Falling, Check out the Prophecies of the 1970s
04/01/14: Obama's Top-and-Bottom Coalition Shows Signs of Strain
03/25/14: Why Hillary Clinton Won't Have an Easy Ride to Presidency
03/18/14: Democratic Strategists in 2014 Are Like French Generals in 1940
03/06/14: Obama's Mistaken Belief That Others See the World as He Sees It
03/04/14: Don't Write Those Tea Party Obituaries Just Yet
02/18/14: The Failure of Obama's Aristocracy of Merit
02/14/14: 'Disparate Impact' Doctrine Often Hurts Those it's Intended to Help
01/03/14: Democracy and Peace Pushed Farther Away
12/10/13: Obama Abandons Friends Abroad in Hopes of Appeasing Foes
12/09/13: How Obamacare's Architects Plugged Their Ears and Succeeded at the Misleading Public
11/29/13: Welcome to the Kludgeocracy
11/26/13: Broken Families Dragging Down Growth
09/24/13: America's new Isolationism
09/17/13: Republicans Need Future-Looking Policies, not old Bromides
08/27/13: Obama Could Learn From FDR on How to Get Things Done
08/12/13: Cheating Is Rife in Colleges --- by Admissions Officers
07/19/13: A Better System for Picking Presidential Candidates
07/16/13: Obama Finds Foreign Affairs Do Not Bend to His Whims
07/09/13: With Dems on Defensive, GOP Has Chance to Recapture Senate
07/05/13: With Its Roots in the Nuclear Family, the Nation Evolves Into America 3.0
07/02/13: In U.K. but Not U.S., Young Voters Turn Against Big Government
06/25/13: Dems Struggle With Scandals; GOP Can't Agree on Policy
06/24/13: Study Casts Doubt On Whether Health Insurance Improves Health
06/13/13: NSA Surveillance, If Ungentlemanly, Is Not Illegal
06/10/13: America Will Pay a Price for President Obama's Inaction in Syria
06/06/13: With Lautenberg Gone, WW II Vets Fade From Politics
05/30/13: Unintended Consequences Often Bedevil Reformers
05/23/13: Low-skilled Worked Get Raw Deal Under ObamaCare
05/13/13: Did Clinton and Obama Believe Their Benghazi Baloney?
05/09/13: College Bubble Bursts After Decades of Extravagance
05/06/13: Fewer border crossings, e-Verify system justify bill
05/02/13: Obama's Blink on Syria Could Bring Peril to Allies
04/29/13: Benghazi report revives troubling questions
04/25/13: As Bush stays silent, his reputation steadily gains
04/22/13: At Every Turn, Things Were Spinning out of Contro
04/18/13: Not such a hot idea: Liberal and conservative parties
04/08/13: Mexico becomes a stable, politically diverse neighbor
04/01/13: Republicans Grow Less Hawkish in Wake of Iraq War
03/25/13: New Census Data Show People Go Where the Money Is
03/21/13: Republicans Must Show Support for Hispanic Dreams
03/11/13: Obama flails as Republicans stand firm on sequeste
03/07/13: Spending Cuts May Be Answer to Slow Economic Growth
03/04/13: For Obama, politics always trumps governing
02/28/13: Build a legacy from discord and disarray?
02/25/13: Calvin Coolidge gets new deal in revisionist history
02/21/13: Republicans struggle to agree on candidates who can win
02/18/13: For Dems to Win House, Obama Must Rise in Polls
02/14/13: Obama's Gangster Government Operates Above the Law
02/11/13: Congressional Hearings Show Obama Treading Dangerous Global Path
02/07/13: At last, Republicans make their case to Main Street
02/04/13: Fewer dollars and babies threaten social programs
01/31/13: Better tools for immigration reform than in 1986
01/28/13: Dems' dream of permanent dominance is unlikely
01/24/13: Obama's address long on audacity, short on hope
01/21/13: GOP Puts Spotlight on Feckless Senate Dems
01/17/13: Ivory-tower Obama Can't Abide Views He Doesn't Share
01/14/13: History suggests that era of entitlements is nearly over
01/10/13: Obama lurches left with pick of Chuck Hagel, denial of spending problem
01/07/13: Why bankruptcy rules work best when big institutions break down
01/03/13: If Demography Is Destiny, Good News for Texas, D.C.
12/31/12: When good intentions go awry
12/27/12: For good reason Romney lost even with Obama's popularity slipping
12/24/12: With no governing party in sight, 'fiscal cliff' look inevitable
12/20/12: Tim Scott and Daniel Inouye Show a Better America
12/17/12: While Feds Dawdle, States Tackle Fiscal Problems
12/13/12: Fiscal Cliff Creates Problems That Don't Faze Obama
12/10/12: Mexican Migration May Be Over
12/06/12: Higher Tax Rates Won't Support Entitlement State
12/03/12: American men find careers in collecting disability
11/29/12:The tyranny of good intentions at U.S. colleges
11/26/12: In States, Americans Seem To Prefer One-Party Government
11/22/12: Dems have edge, but presidency still in play
11/19/12: Both sides must give ground to avoid 'fiscal cliff'
11/15/12: To win, Obama sacrifices House, state legislatures
11/12/12: Obama wins by going negative and turning out base
11/07/12: America Is Two Countries, Not on Speaking Terms
11/05/12: Going out on a limb: Romney beats Obama, handily
11/02/12: Changing Demographics Won't Mean the End of Republican Party
11/01/12: Romney Pressures Obama by Expanding Electoral Map
10/29/12: Busting some myths about race and politics
10/25/12: Affluent Suburbs Swing to Debate-tested Romney
10/22/12: If Obama wins, will he be another Woodrow Wilson?
10/18/12: To more and more women, Romney is the safer choice
10/15/12: Biden and Obama run a campaign fit for the 1980s
10/11/12: A Lawyer by Training, Obama Ignore Rules of Law
10/08/12: Romney's debate win opens cracks in Obama fire wall
10/04/12: Quips, slips and gaffes in presidential debates
10/01/12: When it comes to polls, readers beware
09/27/12: Obama: Industrial Age Solutions to Information Age Challenges
09/24/12: Obama's comfort zone is campaigning, not governing
08/23/12: GM Goes From Bad to Worse Despite Obama Bailout
08/20/12: Ryan anchors GOP ticket in values of founders
08/13/12: Romney-Ryan Ticket Puts Entitlement Crisis at Center of Campaign
08/13/12: To Stop Mitt, Obama Targets N.C., Florida, Ohio
08/09/12: More Scared of History Than Destined To Repeat It
08/06/12: Supporters of Ted Cruz and Chick-fil-A break news
08/02/12: Partisan Divide: Eggheads Get What They Wished For
07/30/12: 2012 campaign very different than Kerry vs. Bush
07/26/12: Conservatives Backtrack on Long Prison Sentences
07/23/12: Booming North Dakota City Shows Wisdom of Markets
07/19/12: Booming North Dakota City Shows Wisdom of Markets
07/19/12: Obama Believes Success Is a Gift From Government
07/16/12: Like Charter Schools, Britain's Academies Aim High
07/12/12: A Muddled Outlook for Olympics-ready London
07/09/12: With little to say, Obama eats grits in Rust Belt
07/05/12: What If They Held an Election and Nobody Came?
07/02/12: Obamacare Survives, but Political Playing Field Has Changed
06/28/12: Supreme Court Sets Stage for Immigration Reform
06/25/12: Obama backers use race as alibi for ebbing support
06/21/12: Romney Needs Big Share of White Working-class Vote
06/18/12: 'Angry' money gives funding edge to GOP and Romney
06/15/12: Obama Listens to Rich Liberals, at His Own Peril
06/11/12: Good day for the GOP in Wisc. & California
06/07/12: Walker Changes Attitudes on Public Employee Unions
06/04/12: Are We at a Demographic Inflection Point?
05/31/12: Obama Campaign May Be Fooling Itself
05/29/12: Obama's Bain Attacks Could Backfire
05/24/12: Cocooned Libs Are Unprepared for Political Debate
05/21/12: Obama pursues higher tax rates, growth be damned
05/17/12: Recent News Could Cause Panic for Obama Campaign
05/14/12: Three Different Ways to Look at the 2012 Campaign
05/10/12: Long, Hard Slog Ahead in Presidential Race
05/07/12: Warren ancestry claim puts light on corrupt system
05/03/12: Obama's Chicago Politics: Thuggery Not Civility
04/30/12: Rock star no more, Prez both wants and needs to give Millenials an education
04/30/12: Shrinking Problem: Illegal Immigration From Mexico
04/23/12: Liberal Nostalgiacs Don't Understand Jobs of the Future
04/19/12: To Win Burbs, Romney May Pick 'Double-vanilla' Veep
04/16/12: Ouch! Decade of Obamacare to cost $1.2 trillion
04/12/12: Romney Trails Obama, but Key Numbers Break His Way
04/09/12: Can Romney Show Voters That Obama Is Out of Date?
04/05/12: Colleges Skimp On Science, But Spend Heavily On Diversity
04/02/12: Americans Are Worrying About the Constitution Again
03/29/12: Obama's Gaffe Hints at Hidden Agenda in Second Term
03/26/12: Obama campaign doc: not morning in America
03/22/12: Ryan's Budget Kicks the Can at Timorous Dems
03/19/12: Redistricting Not a Big Story in 2012
03/15/12: Pundits Gasp as Economy Dents Obama's Poll Numbers
03/12/12: Can Mitt lure upscale whites back to GOP?
03/08/12: On Iran and Entitlements, Obama Kicks the Can Down the Road
03/05/12: James Q. Wilson's insight improved America
02/27/12: Why Libs Like Taxing the Wealthy
02/27/12: Romney, Santorum show different white Americas
02/23/12: Loose lips can turn convictions to controversy
02/20/12: Prudence can end Obama's 'soft depotism'
02/16/12: A Failure of Imagination Put Metro on Wrong Track
02/13/12: Romney Appeals to White Collars, Santorum to Blue
02/09/12: GOP must convince young it's a party of options
02/06/12: Obama's isolation leads to skewed decisions
02/02/12: After Big Win, Romney Faces Tough Opponents in a Long War
01/30/12: Obama hides on Earth, Newt crash lands on moon
01/26/12: Unlike Obama, GOP talks seriously about governing
01/23/12: A Few Words in Defense of Negative Campaigning
01/19/12: South Carolina Hoping to Pick Next President
01/16/12: Obama's 1-man rule thumbs nose at Founders
01/12/12: 'Tactical voters' went for Romney in Granite State
01/09/12: Weaknesses sap GOP candidate strengths
01/05/12: Romney's watchwords in Iowa: Divide and Conquer
01/02/12: Steady in Ia., Romney counts on NH, Fla.
12/29/11:Voters want growth, not income redistribution
12/26/11: Abroad, Obama follows Bush, Clinton
12/24/11: New Hampshire Quick to Divorce Candidates, Not Marry Them
12/19/11: A Democrat reaches across the aisle on Medicare
12/15/11: Romney bets on old rules as Newt moves under radar
12/12/11: Obama, Romney Change Tacks in Week of Political Risks
12/08/11: Obama pursues poor, not white working vote
12/01/11: Newt vies for America of his imagination
12/01/11: Untouched by '60s, Romney reflects corny '50s
11/28/11: Entitlements not tax cuts widen income gap
11/24/11: Web and debates change rules of presidential race
11/21/11: Put Tax Breaks for Mortgages, Local Taxes on Table
11/17/11: Obama Has a Knack for Ticking off America's Friends
11/14/11: Tea Partiers and OWS? No, the peace movements of old
11/10/11: Romney, beware: Cain may bob through the straits
11/07/11: Can Cain keep flouting rules of politics?
11/03/11: Cain Catches Flak, but Will It Sink His Candidacy?
10/31/11: Abroad, Obama needs respect, not love
10/27/11: Revolt against experts helps Herman Cain
10/24/11: Public cools to global warming alarmism
10/20/11: Congress says yes to high-skill immigrants
10/17/11: Romney Buoyed by Good Luck --- and Hard Experience
10/13/11: Congress, govs nix Obama's high-speed rail
10/10/11: Obama team: How to rally unruly coalition?
10/06/11: Obama Drags Feet to Avoid Offending Political Pals
10/03/11: Time to raise Cain to contender status
09/29/11: Daniels dares GOP candidates to be grown-ups
09/26/11: Still looking for choice to replace Obama
09/22/11: What 'Developing' Countries Can Teach the U.S.
09/19/11: As President, Obama Acts as Shop Steward in Chief
09/15/11: Obama Tainted by Loan Guarantees to Solar Firms
09/11/11: Obama buys the drinks other guys pay for
09/08/11: GOP Needs a Front-runner Stronger Than Candidate X
09/05/11: Speech fiasco an 'audacity of weakness'
09/01/11: Obamacare and the Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas
08/29/11: Obama, rivals duck the entitlement crisis
08/25/11: Traveling back to the future on inter-city buses
08/22/11: Same-Sex Marriage Moving Toward the Mainstream
08/18/11: Harry S. Obama?
08/15/11: GOP Has Momentum, Needs Clear Direction
08/12/11: Debate Leaves Republican Field Unaltered
08/11/11: Bachmann Shows Why She's the Straw Poll Favorite
08/08/11: Americans want the honor of 'earned success'
08/04/11: Chasing votes by promising to do impossible things
08/01/11: Republicans Win When the Fight Is Over Cuts Not More Taxes
07/28/11: Under Obama, Millennials Move Into the Republican Fold
07/25/11: To Get a Mandate, GOP Must Win Another Election
07/21/11: Will Higher Ed Be Next Bubble To Burst Open?
07/18/11: Federal expansion the real issue in debt ceiling debate
07/15/11: New Reality Emerging on Illegal Immigration
07/11/11: 'Man-cession' ends as males learn new job skills
07/07/11: Racial quotas, speech codes and the thought police
07/04/11: Replacing property as a source of wealth creation
06/30/11: Why the civil service is no way to run a business
06/27/11: Like Chauncey Gardiner, Obama is profoundly aloof
06/23/11: Feds Crack Down on Campus Flirting and Sex Jokes
06/20/11: Government looks to past, free enterprise to future
06/10/11: Free Market, Not Government Policy, Drives Energy Boom
06/06/11: Obama tunes out, and business goes on hiring strike
06/02/11: Gates' verdict: Pentagon's biggest enemy is itself
05/30/11: Pro-Obama Media Always Shocked by Bad Economic News
05/26/11: Obama Skirts Rule of Law to Reward Pals, Punish Enemies
05/23/11: Obama Channels W. Except on Israel and Palestinians
05/19/11: Gingrich and Romney Run Against Their Own Party
05/16/11: Obama's hypocritical rhetoric on immigration reform
05/12/11: History Weeps at the Partition of India and Pakistan
05/09/11: What the GOP can learn from Canada's Conservatives
05/05/11: To Get Bin Laden, Obama Relied on Policies He Decried
05/02/11: On Foreign Policy, Obama Leads From Behind
04/28/11: Barbour's Withdrawal Gives No Clues to GOP 2012 Nominee
04/25/11: Even U.S. can't afford generous defined benefit systems
04/21/11: Mr. Obama: Taxing the Rich Won't Increase Revenues
04/18/11: President Whatever finds things not going his way
04/14/11: When Politicians 'Bicker,' They're Really Negotiating
04/11/11: Spending cuts are hot in the political marketplace
04/07/11: Ryan steals march on Obama as fiscal crisis looms
04/04/11:
GOP Shouldn't Panic If Whites Become a Minority
03/31/11: Is the Tea Party pooped? It must keep making its case
03/28/11: The Eyes of Texas Are Sparkling in the 2010 Census
03/24/11: The damning contradictions of Obama's attack on Libya
03/21/11: US Is the Unilateral Power in a Multilateral World
03/17/11: The Framers never imagined a New Hampshire primary
03/14/11: On Libya and budget, President Obama votes 'present'
03/10/11: Why NPR Should Urge Congress to End Its Subsidy
03/07/11: Who's to Blame for Union Woes?
03/03/11: Government Shutdown No Longer a 'Train Wreck'
02/28/11: Voting for the national interest, not self-interest
02/24/11: Public unions force taxpayers to fund Dems
02/21/11: Daniels and Christie light fuse under GOP lawmakers
02/17/11: Obama Budget Offers Inertia, Not Hope and Change
02/14/11: The risk that 2/11/11 will end up like Iran's 2/11/79
02/10/11: Lieberman, Harman and Vanishing Democratic Moderates
02/07/11: As with other fallen allies, Egypt will vex the U.S.
02/03/11: Obama's antique vision of technological progress
01/31/11: Politics by the Numbers: Good Omens for the GOP in 2012
01/27/11: Old rules won't determine GOP presidential candidate
01/24/11: Shriver and Lieberman take link to JFK with them
01/20/11: High-speed rail is a fast way to waste taxpayer money
01/17/11: A sigh of relief when mad and evil people are foiled
01/13/11: Systematic Assassinations Not Part of Our Politics
01/10/11: Deal-maker Daley: Obama's emissary to Boehner?
01/06/11: Wily Old Dems Take on Whippersnapper Republicans
01/03/11: Personal well-being overshadows income inequality
12/30/10: A truce in culture wars as voters focus on economy
12/27/10: Even after shellacking, 2012 looks OK for Obama
12/23/10: Census: Fast Growth in States With No Income Tax
12/20/10: Reid and Pelosi Finally Get Mugged by Public Opinion
12/16/10: Holbrooke Thought Highly of Himself, for Good Reason
12/13/10: Obama riles Dems by spurning New Deal complacency
12/09/10: While His Base Rages, Obama Faces Tax-cut Reality
11/28/10: For tottering states, bankruptcy could be the answer
11/25/10: In 2010 Sweep, Even the Finns Voted Republican
11/22/10: Ways to come to grips with America's fiscal mess
11/18/10: The Fed's $600 Billion Bond Buy Lays an Egg Here and Abroad
11/15/10: Bush had ups and downs, but the surge counted most
11/11/10: GOP Freshmen Will Hold Boehner to His Big Promises
11/08/10: GOP poised to reap redistricting rewards
11/04/10: Voters Reject Obama's Big-Government Ambitions
11/01/10: Obama's Economists Missed What Voters Plainly Saw
10/28/10: Public Employee Unions Funnel Public Money to Dems
10/25/10: Voters Fed up With Obama's Big, Bossy Government
10/21/10: Tea Party Neophytes Outshine the Dems' Old Pros
10/18/10: Dems Find Careers Threatened by Obamacare Votes
10/15/10: The Democratic 'D' Now Stands for Demagoguery
10/11/10: Can Skinflint Mitch Daniels Win the Presidency?
10/07/10: Dems Turn on Obama Over Iraq, Afghanistan, Gitmo
10/04/10: Pelosi's Vote to Adjourn Could Be Her Last Hurrah
09/29/10: Obama's Policies Drag Down Democratic Governors
09/27/10: The new GOP battle cry
09/20/10: Dems at War: Public Unions vs. Gentry Libs
09/16/10: When Policies Flop, Political Enthusiasm Wanes
09/13/10: Gangster Government Stifles Criticism of Obamacare
09/06/10: The Higher Education Bubble: Ready to Burst?
09/02/10: Down With Big Government, Big Business, Big Labor
08/30/10: From Alaska to Australia, voters surprise the establishment
08/26/10: Redistricting Could Prolong the Dems' Pain
08/23/10: Economic doldrums leave Americans in no mood for Obama’s liberal agenda
08/19/10: Big Government Forgets How to Build Big Projects
08/16/10: Flaws aside, Rosty and Stevens put the public first
08/12/10: Obama's State Capitalism: A Failure of Modesty
08/09/10: Republicans Ask 'What Do I Do Now?'
08/05/10: This year's election may mirror Democrats' setback of 1966
08/02/10: Voters Want Super-sized Government to Crash Diet
07/29/10: House Democrats head for a thumping at the polls
07/26/10: Some welcome signs of life from private sector
07/22/10: Rising Speculation About Bombing Iran's Nukes
07/19/10: Dems Sour on Obama's "Good War" in Afghanistan
07/15/10: As Obama Kowtows, Unions Eye the Private Sector
07/12/10: Obama Economy Sends Americans to Their Mattresses
07/08/10: Thomas' Principled Jurisprudence in Arms Case
07/05/10: Administration undermines bipartisan framework with election-year politics
07/01/10: Robert Byrd's Life -- Good, Bad and All American
06/28/10: Americans relate to Founders, not Progressives
06/24/10: Whether He Likes It or Not, Obama Must Command
06/21/10: Obama's Thuggery Is Useless in Fighting Spill
06/17/10: Voters in Big States Prefer Skinflint Candidates
06/14/10: Big Labor Is Humbled by Blanche Lincoln's Win
06/10/10: The Transformative Power of Rick Santelli's Rant
06/07/10: Oil slick, joblessness may stymie Dems' rebound
06/03/10: Obama's 'Chicago Way' Plunders the Private Sector
05/31/10: Oil spill tars Dems' reputation for competence
05/27/10: Down in the Polls, Dems at War With Themselves
05/24/10: The gathering revolt against government spending
05/21/10: The Golden Age of Centrism Wasn't So Golden
05/17/10: An obvious but muzzled truth: Islamist terrorism
05/13/10: Obama and Kagan Whisper in the Faculty Lounge
05/10/10: In Britain, a cautionary tale for U.S. parties
05/06/10: In Downcast Britain, a Pox on All Three Parties
05/03/10: The Left Loses Its Way by Abandoning 'Third Way'
04/29/10: After Policy Stumbles, Obama Turns to Politics
04/26/10: old the VAT --- taxpayers may prefer spending cuts
04/22/10: Gangster Government Becomes a Long-Running Series
04/19/10: Tea parties fight Obama's culture of dependence
04/15/10: GOP Should Push Tough Regulation of Wall Street
04/12/10: ObamaCare will be at center of high court hearing
04/08/10: Losing the Stomach for Humanitarian Interventions
04/05/10: Under Obama, a diminished sense of opportunity
04/01/10: Tea Partiers Embrace Liberty, Not Big Government
03/29/10: Obama slights our friends, kowtows to our enemies
03/25/10: Bond Markets Reflect the True Cost of Obamacare
03/22/10: Health Plan Means Bigger Deficits and Higher Taxes
03/18/10: What's Good for House Leaders Is Bad for Members
03/15/10: Tea Party Brings Energy, Change and Tumult to GOP
03/11/10: Dems Are Stuck With a Mess of Their Own Making
03/09/10: Low-Tax Texas Beats Big-Government California
03/04/10: Will Senate Say Aloha to Racial Discrimination?
03/01/10: Dems' health strategy doesn't add up to a win
02/25/10: Obama's Nanny Care Insults the American Spirit
02/22/10: Obama lacks one crucial ingredient --- intuition
02/18/10: With Dems Sinking, GOP Better Come up With a Plan
02/15/10: Under Obama, crony capitalism again rules the day
02/11/10: With Absolute Power, Team Obama Grows Stupid
02/08/10: Public-sector unions bleed taxpayers
02/04/10: How Climate-Change Fanatics Corrupted Science
02/01/10: Obama impresses 'educated class' but not terrorists
01/28/10: Dems Fall as Fast as Nixon Republicans in 1974
01/25/10: Voters spurn the 'boob bait' of the educated class
01/18/10: Dems' lock on Senate is mixed blessing for Obama
01/14/10: Obama's Rapturous Style Versus Tea Party Substance
01/11/10: Imagine Waugh writing about the Christmas bomber
01/07/10: Can Cocksure Obama Change Course and Keep His Nerve?
01/04/10: GOP Should Push Education and Pro-Family Tax Reform
12/31/09 It's a Wonderful Life Working for the Government
12/28/09 Texas Shows Its Swagger in New Population Estimates
12/24/09 When Legerdemain Is Used to Pass an Unpopular Bill
12/21/09 When Lib Dreams Collide With Public Opinion
12/17/09 Amid Rumbling Discontent, Dems Head for the Exits
12/14/09 Could Obama's Speeches Reflect a Foreign Policy Shift?
11/30/09 Global Warming Consensus: Garbage in, Garbage out
11/26/09 Damn the Deficit: Full Speed Ahead on Health Care
11/23/09 Immigration Looms as the Next Test for Congress
11/19/09 Obama Bows, but the World Refuses to Bow Back
11/16/09 Pushing Health Reform When Job Losses Are Rising
11/12/09 History Is Calling Will Obama Answer?
11/05/09 Virginia, New Jersey Races Showing Voters Changing Course
11/02/09 Hold the Champagne Happy Days Aren't Here Again
10/29/09 Four Races Will Test the Strength of Obama's Majority
10/26/09 Obama at Odds With His Own Vision for the World
10/22/09 Obama Hits Opponents With Chicago Brass Knuckles
10/19/09 Unlike Obama, Americans reject European model
10/15/09 The Trouble With Health Care Is Paying for It
10/12/09 'Conceptual Language' Hides Health Care's Costs
10/08/09 Weak Himself, Obama Draws Strength From Bush
10/05/09 A War of Necessity Turns Out Not So Necessary
10/01/09 Dems Win Lobbyists but Lose Basic Reforms
09/28/09 With Obama, too much nuance, not enough power
09/24/09 Obama's Time Warp: The U.S. Is Still the Bad Guy
09/21/09 Strangers to Dissent, Liberals Try to Stifle It
09/17/09 Job-Killing Policies Could Doom Democrat Hopes
09/14/09 Tom Friedman Hails China's One-Party Autocrat
09/10/09 The Convenient Fantasies of President Obama
09/07/09 Obama Cannot Escape Hard Choices in September
09/03/09 New Facts Undercut Old Positions on Immigration
08/31/09 The End of America's Experiment With Royalty
08/27/09 Obama's Lyrical Left Struggles With Liberalism
08/24/09 Dems' Colorado Gold Rush turns into a bust
08/20/09 The Netroots Put Winning Ahead of Convictions
08/17/09 Young voters should take another look at Obama
08/13/09 When lib leaders confront a centrist nation
08/10/09 Government health care in stealth mode
08/06/09 Obama Would Stifle Military and Medical Creativity
08/03/09 Beware the High Cost of Unintended Consequences
07/30/09: Obama has aura but doesn't know how to legislate
07/27/09: Stumbling governors signal trouble for Dems
07/23/09: A Month of Gloomy Thursdays for Health Care Plan
07/20/09: Britain and United States Go in Different Directions
07/17/09: The Price of Leaving the Details to Congress
07/13/09: Chaos on Capitol Hill: All politics is loco
07/09/09: Getting Cold Feet Over Dem Proposals
07/06/09: We need a systemic risk advisor, not a regulator
07/02/09: Firefighter case shows seamy side of racial politics
06/29/09: No excuse for Dems' sticker shock on health care
06/25/09: The adolescent angst of Barack Obama
06/22/09: Dodge facts, Skip Details, Govern Chicago-style
06/18/09: All politics is turnout and enthusiasm is key
06/16/09: When detainees get rights they don't deserve
06/11/09: Qualms and questions about Obama's health plan
06/08/09: Obama needs crash course in Middle East history
06/04/09: Advancing civil rights by overturning old laws
06/02/09: Will Sotomayor's style blunt her liberal views?
06/01/09: GOP should run against the power of the center
05/27/09: No time for tea-and-crumpet interrogations
05/21/09: Why the U.S. Should Listen to India's Voters
05/19/09: Faced with hard choice, Obama puts nation first
05/14/09: Obama Offers Security at the Expense of Liberty
05/11/09: On guns and climate, the elites are out of touch
05/07/09: We have just seen an episode of Gangster Government
05/04/09: Beware of Mandatory Arbitration in Card Check
04/28/09: U.S. moving toward Europe, but do Americans want to go?
04/27/09: The Left's Angry Mob Recalls Madame Defarge
04/24/09: Obama Lets Congress -- and Lobbyists -- Do the Work
04/21/09: Back to the Future: Obama's Foreign Policy
04/13/09: Unions Can't Move the World
04/06/09: Obama Abroad: In Some Ways, Much Like Bush
03/30/09: Not Yet Ready for a Welfare State
03/26/09: Obama Cap-and-Trade Will Meet Coal-Fired Energy Political Opposition
03/25/09: The Geithner Paradox: Unregulated Institutions Bailing Out Regulated Ones
03/23/09: Card Check: Good for Unions, Bad for America
03/16/09: Criticism Shows Obama Is Losing Focus
03/08/09: Crushing those animal spirits
03/02/09: Liberals Turning Blind Eye to Human Rights
02/26/09: Wall Street Became Over-Dependent on Numbers, Lost Touch With Reality
02/23/09: Count on the Constitution
02/20/09: Obama Is High in Polls, But Issues Like Mortgage and Auto Crises Help Republicans
02/18/09: The Real Lessons of the Great Depression
02/11/09: GOP chair Steele owes his victory to Puerto Rico, other territories
02/09/09: Calm and Cool on a No Good, Very Bad Day
02/02/09: The GOP should go upscale
01/30/09: Barack Obama smart on Republican response to stimulus
01/26/09: The Obama-Kennedy Connection
01/22/09: Obama inauguration speech sent the wrong message on diversity
01/19/09: Is a change in migration patterns at hand?
01/12/09: Obama's economic strategy
01/09/09: Bush and Obama's Presidential Meeting Unique in History
01/05/09: No permanent majorities in America
12/29/08: Obama May Be an Aloof President
12/22/08: Expectations of Hope and Change
12/18/08: We could do much worse than Caroline Kennedy and other dynasty senate candidates
12/15/08: Obama's beginning to pay up
12/08/08: Message From Georgia: This Too Shall Pass
12/02/08: Despite Charlie Rangel's tax problems, he might help GOPers keep Bush's tax cuts
12/01/08: Managing risk in an unstable world
11/25/08: Higher taxes on high earners and increased unionization didn't work for FDR
11/24/08: The Limits of Success --- and Failure
11/20/08: Sunrise isn't so uncommon
11/17/08: Detroit Automakers a Relic of the Past
11/10/08: Triumph of Temperament, Not Policy
10/31/08: Election Prediction: Democrats Won't Get a Filibuster-Proof Senate
10/29/08: Obama's New New Deal No Better Than the Old One
10/28/08: Why John McCain Continues to Trail Barack Obama in Pennsylvania
10/27/08: A Reality Check on Obama's Wish List
10/20/08: Can Joe the Plumber Turn it Around?
10/13/08: The Coming Obama Thugocracy
10/10/08: The race isn't necessarily over for Barack Obama and John McCain
10/06/08: The year of campaign chaos
09/30/08: Note to Paulson: The Key to Passing the $700 Billion Bailout Is Insurance
09/29/08: Are we at an inflection point?
09/22/08: The old economic rule doesn't work
09/17/08: McCain has the advantage over Obama in post-convention polls
09/15/08: McCain Flies His Campaign Past Obama
09/10/08: Why Should Palin and Voters Be Reverent Toward Obama's Community Organizing?
09/08/08: The battle of the party themes
09/04/08: GOPers open door to reforming the delegate selection process
09/03/08: Is Palin Like Geraldine Ferraro, Katherine Graham, Nancy Pelosi, and Madeleine Albright?
09/02/08: Outrageous vulnerabilities
08/29/08: Bill Clinton a Little Slippery on Whether Obama Is Ready to Be Commander-in-Chief
08/28/08: Convention Observations: McGovern, Danny Diaz, Carville, and the Food Stand Guy
08/27/08: The Edgiest Democratic Convention Since 1988
08/26/08: No wonder Obama moved his acceptance speech a mile and a half away
08/25/08: Why Won't the Mainstream Media Question the Obama Narrative?
08/18/08: Echoes of Berlin
08/11/08: The Ghosts of Political Leanings
08/04/08: Polls Continue to Show an Unstable Presidential Campaign
07/28/08: A Step Back From Enviro Lunacy
07/24/08: Will Obama Get a Bounce in the Polls After His Foreign Trip?
07/23/08: Can McCain and Obama Win by Targeting Specific Age Groups in Swing States?
07/21/08: Ghosts of 1976 in today's campaign
07/18/08: Obama's Lack of Historical Knowledge Clouds His Iraq Position
07/17/08:
Latest Presidential Polls Show a New List of Target States for Obama and McCain
07/14/08: We're Not Leaving
07/11/08: Congress and the Next President Should Repeal the War Powers Act
07/08/08: Obama: Beyond the Race Test
07/01/08: Is immigration a killer issue for Congress?
06/30/08: Why Veeps Now Matter
06/25/08: Are Americans too racist to vote for Obama for president?
06/23/08: The Facts in Iraq Are Changing
06/17/08: The race factor in the 2008 presidential election
06/16/08: The key counties to victory for Obama and McCain
06/13/08: In defense of lobbyists
06/08/08: General Election Campaign Begins With New Playing Field
06/08/08: How McCain and Obama Should Choose Their Vice Presidents
06/03/08: Are Dems destined to lose after an eight-year Republican presidency?
06/02/08: A New Electoral Map: In the General Election, McCain Leads in Electoral Votes Against Both Clinton and Obama
05/30/08: A Political Reality Check on the Economy
05/27/08: Obama's mainstream problem isn't going away
05/20/08: Will the Democratic race end on tomorrow?
05/19/08: An Unconventional 2008 Election Season
05/12/08: Rethinking the Iraq Critics
05/06/08: Why the London election matters
05/05/08: Wright controversy affects the polls
05/01/08: Obama throwing Wright under the bus
04/28/08: Popular vote gives Hillary an edge
04/24/08: Pennsylvania results mean Clinton could win sort of
04/22/08: The Rules Are Changing for Obama
04/16/08: No train wreck in Denver
04/14/08: Uncle Sam Pays? Sure, Whatever
04/11/08: Is America a Good Country or Not?
04/08/08: John McCain Was One Lucky Guy in Primary Race With Romney
04/07/08: The Democratic Tribes at War
04/03/08: In Terms of Geography, Obama Appeals to Academics and Clinton Appeals to Jacksonians
03/28/08: Missing a generation
03/24/08: Will Obama lose Millennial support?
03/21/08: State by State, Obama and Clinton Stack Up Differently Against McCain
03/14/08: The Importance of Fallon's Fall
03/07/08: Clinton has only one plausible path to the nomination
03/03/08: Throw Out the Old Electoral Maps in 2008
02/29/08: Buckley: a History Changer
02/26/08: Delegate Counting in Texas and Ohio
02/25/08: Let's face it, the General Election Campaign Has already begun
02/21/08: No comeback for Hillary
02/19/08: More on a Hillary comeback
02/18/08: Is Hillary Due for a Comeback?
02/15/08: A Superfight Down the Road
02/11/08: The verdict of Super Tuesday
02/01/08: The Parties Change Places
01/31/08: Republicans Unite; Democrats Divide
01/28/08: South Carolina has set the stage for general election
01/23/08: The Political Plot
01/21/08: Mostly decent politics
01/14/08: The Political Landscape After Iowa and New Hampshire
01/11/08: Another Few Rounds for the Dems
01/10/08: New Hampshire fallout
01/09/08: Young women, feminism, and Hillary
01/07/08: A first cut for the real contenders
12/31/07: Lessons from the surge
12/24/07: Looking for Mr. Right
12/21/07: The Putin choice: Shame
12/17/07: A taxing time for Dems
12/10/07: A year later, signs of progress around the world
12/03/07: Iowans start choosing favorites
11/26/07: Political pounding on both sides isn't enough
11/19/07: Looking at Iraq in macrotime
11/12/07: Teacher unions' gain is children's loss
11/09/07: Clinton, Giuliani, and the Polls
11/06/07: Wavering Republicans
11/05/07: A watershed moment on immigration
10/31/07: Giuliani on a Roll?
10/29/07: When There's No Life in the Party
10/22/07: We're Not in 2006 Anymore
10/15/07: Is the tax issue back?
10/08/07: Ivory Tower decay
10/01/07: GM strike marks end of an era
09/24/07: Return on Success?
09/17/07: The Overlawyered War
09/12/07: The Petraeus and Crocker Testimony
09/10/07: The public looks beyond Iraq
09/04/07: Surge politics
08/30/07: Blacks and Law School Discrimination
08/28/07: Divest Iran
08/23/07: Michael Vick, a true Virginian
08/20/07: Verdict on the architect
08/13/07: Stuck in the past of trade
08/06/07: Good news on auto accident trends
07/31/07: Good news on auto accident trends
07/30/07: Our national funk
07/23/07: Leaving Boomer conflicts behind
07/09/07: Two Troublesome Powers
07/02/07: Immigration bill shut down
06/25/07: Untangling the Polls
06/22/07: Who Does Mayor Mike Hurt?
06/18/07: A primary fix
06/13/07: Polls that move and polls that don't
06/11/07: Different realities and those who can make a difference
06/04/07: Questions before going into Darfur
05/29/07: Why enforcement matters
05/21/07: Senate immigration bill is progress
05/14/07: The Contented Young
05/08/07: How Sarkozy won France: Anatomy of a political upset
05/07/07: Prioritizing our problems
04/30/07: Feeling Safe Isn't Safe
04/26/07: Boris Yeltsin, R.I.P.
04/23/07: Funding the Troops
04/17/07: Imus firing has cut off pipeline for Dems
04/16/07: Of victims and virtues
04/11/07: The Road to Damascus
04/02/07: Three Scenarios for '08
03/26/07: Gore's faith is bad science
03/23/07: Will the District of Columbia get another electoral vote?
03/19/07: The Blame-America-First Crowd
03/12/07: A Tale of Two Crimes
03/05/07: Reaching a deal on education
02/26/07: Where's the Beef.com?
02/19/07: The misuses of intelligence
02/12/07: A fair health fix
02/05/07: Turning toward Iran
01/29/07: Empty words from the U.S. Senate
01/24/07: Live reactions to the State of the Union Address
01/22/07: Presidential pickings
01/15/07: Open-field presidential politics in 2008
01/12/07: Thoughts on the President's Speech
01/08/07: We're going to see a very loud and bitter clash on the Hill
01/05/07: Partisanship in the House
01/05/07: Gerald Ford, Cold Warrior
12/26/06: The down-side of optimism
12/21/06: What Next in Iraq?
12/18/06: The Experience Factor
12/13/06: Lobbying and the way the world works
12/12/06: House Seniority and Committee Leadership
12/11/06: There is a way
12/08/06: Governors and the Presidency
12/06/06: Karl Rove on Iraq; A Third Way?
12/05/06: The 2008 Presidential Race
12/04/06: Sticking to his guns
11/30/06: The Balance in the Senate
11/28/06: Does Gates's History Mean Continuity or Change in Iraq?
11/27/06: Where do Dems go from here?
11/22/06: The abortion issue: No longer salient?
11/21/06: The Pentagon's new plan
11/20/06: Wanted: New Ideas
11/20/06: Wanted: New Ideas
11/14/06: The basic political balance
11/13/06: Post-thumpin' politics
11/10/06: The political marketplace does its work
11/10/06: Thoughts in the wee hours of election night
11/07/06: The weekend's numbers
11/06/06: Stuck in the '60s
10/30/06: The Story Behind the Polls
10/23/06: Uneasy for a reason
10/16/06: Dems lack ideas for 2008
10/13/06: What Warner's bowing out says about the Dems
10/09/06: A Democratic House?
10/03/06: The Disappearing Us
09/25/06: The Growth of a Nation
09/18/06: Have the GOPers mastered the first and most important rule of politics?
09/14/06: What the election results really mean
09/11/06: A new narrative
09/14/06: What the election results really mean
09/05/06: A rare, intriguing race
08/28/06: As election looms, GOP seeing terrorist factor bounce in polls
08/21/06: Our covert enemies
08/18/06: Is Iran retreating?; The evil of multiculturalism
08/15/06: Primary Colors: What sets Lieberman apart from fellow Democrats is his belief in America
08/14/06: London plot, Tuesday victory exposes Left
08/11/06: Thoughts on the primary defeat of Joe Lieberman
08/07/06: The New Americans
08/01/06: Blueprint's new idea
07/31/06: And now, the good news
07/28/06: Trade talks in ruins powerful farmers win; most others lose
07/31/06: And now, the good news
07/24/06: At least there is no cry for the non-solution of land for peace
07/17/06: Close Elections: Is This a Trend?
06/27/06: A 1970s education proposal
06/26/06: How safe will we remain when our protection depends on the NYTimes
06/20/06: Vietnam, Watergate and Rove
06/19/06: Stronger than he seems
06/14/06: The plight of the Republicans
06/12/06: Souring public opinion against GOPers won't necessarily translate into Dem wins at polls
06/06/06: A bipartisan issue
06/05/06: Bush knows his history
05/22/06: Heard the good news?
05/19/06: Bush's seven freedoms
05/09/06: The Ugly Duckling Issue
05/04/06: Dems and the working class
05/02/06: Blowback on the press
04/26/06: What's up down South
04/10/06: Slouching toward France
04/07/06: The K Street Project
03/31/06: Checking party IDs
03/27/06: Living with illegals?
03/24/06: Are there any swing voters anymore?
03/14/06: The Lessons of 1994, Con't
03/13/06: The Lessons of 1994
03/09/06: The Supreme Court on military recruiters
03/02/06: Bush's grand strategy
02/27/06: Bush's grand strategy
02/13/06: A higher calling
02/08/06: Who does research?
01/23/06: Messy but not broken
01/13/06: The House Republican leadership race
01/10/06: Other Americans Vote
01/09/06: K Sera, Sera: Lobbyists will always be with us
01/04/06: What's up (and down) with state populations
01/03/06: The Wal-Mart Model
12/19/05: Lessons of 25 Years
12/15/05: CEOs who share the wealth
12/12/05: Reforms that foster accountability and competition
12/05/05: Getting specific
11/30/05: E.J. Dionne's Labor's Lost Story
11/23/05: The ombudsman as schoolmarm
11/18/05: John Murtha's call for withdrawal
11/18/05: What Bob Woodward knew
11/18/05: What Bob Woodward knew
11/16/05: Bookshelf: Thomas Barnett's Blueprint for Action
11/15/05: I think it's a lie to say that the president lied
11/14/05: Ahmad Chalabi speaks
11/10/05: The election results
11/07/05: Getting immigration right
10/31/05: Down but Not Out
10/17/05: Spurning America
10/10/05: Down but Not Out
09/30/05: The Tom DeLay indictment
09/27/05: John McCain
09/26/05: The big picture
09/19/05: Real Estate Moms
09/12/05: Blame Aplenty
08/29/05: An End to Polarization?
08/22/05: Of Minds and Metrics
08/08/05: Cultures Aren't Equal
08/02/05: Supreme Court Should Reduce Reliance on Law Clerks
08/01/05: CAFTA: Points on the board for Bush
07/25/05: Bush Bashing Fizzles
07/22/05: Roberts will redefine mainstream
07/11/05: Our House of Lords
07/06/05: Nomination Battle Won't Help Either Party
07/04/05: An emerging alliance with India
06/27/05: Rove speech exposes fundamental split
06/20/05: A Less Perfect Union
06/06/05: Future Shock
05/23/05: Opposing Free Trade
05/16/05: It's the Third Way, Old Chap
05/09/05: Tony Blair's Last Hurrah
05/03/05: The Perils of Obstructionism
04/16/05: Faith in Our Future?
04/11/05: The Hardest Numbers
04/05/05: One man can change the course of history
03/28/05: No, it wasn't a cynical ploy
03/21/05: The trustfunder left
03/14/05: Democrats are out of gas
02/28/05: Minds are changing
02/22/05: 2000 changed everything
02/14/05: Blogosphere politics
02/07/05: A transformative president
01/24/05: Revolutionary president
01/17/05: Eyes on the future
01/03/05: The lessons of Clintoncare
12/27/04: The new status quo
12/20/04: Bush proved to be a successful Jacksonian and Hamiltonian president how about Wilsonian as well?
12/13/04: Nonviolent protest
12/06/04: Burdens of proof
11/29/04: Pro-health insurance
11/22/04: Reshaping the electorate
11/15/04: A bad election for old media
11/08/04: The 51 percent nation
11/03/04: The second Bush term
11/01/04: Unfounded certitudes
10/25/04: A late-breaking election?
10/18/04: The third debate
10/11/04: OK, curb your enthusiasm
10/04/04: Behind the ambivalence
09/27/04: Peaceful regime change
09/20/04: The campaign always reflects the candidate
09/13/04: The Dems' real problem
09/07/04: The president takes control
08/30/04: No truce in the culture war
08/23/04: Winter in Cambodia?
08/09/04: A choice on trade
08/02/04: Kerry's risky strategy
07/30/04: Edwards Night: A Tale of Two Hotels
07/29/04: A star is born
07/28/04: My heart belongs to daddy
07/26/04: The Boston Democrats
07/06/04: The company they keep
06/21/04: Changing Warhorses in Midstream:
An electoral loss by Lincoln in 1864 would have greatly altered U.S. history. The situation is similar today
06/14/04: He stands in history
06/11/04: It wasn't always easy for the Gipper
06/09/04: The 'Bush lied' lie
06/07/04: Forgetting the Founding Fathers 06/01/04: Forging ahead in Baghdad
05/24/04: The Pentagon's new map
05/19/04: Hard reality for soft America
05/17/04: Ownership society, anyone?
05/14/04: Poll-gazing: Are the numbers moving?
05/12/04: Permission to gerrymander
05/10/04: No, it's not the American way
05/03/04: New Europe vs. Old
04/19/04: An election on a knife's edge
04/09/04: The jobless recovery may not have been jobless
04/05/04: The long shadow of Vietnam
03/26/04: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
03/16/04: Heartening progress in Iraq
03/08/04: In the steps of JQA and FDR
02/27/04: Bush's reelection campaign
02/20/04: After Wisconsin
02/09/04: But what would Kerry do?
02/06/04: After February 3
02/02/04: The shape of things to come
01/30/04: After New Hampshire
01/26/04: The shape of things to come
01/23/04: After Iowa
01/12/04: The new shoe-leather politics
01/05/04: Waging the last campaign
12/03/03: Choice and accountability
11/24/03: Those divided Dems
11/10/03: Harshness and vitriol
10/27/03: Stopping rogue nukes
10/13/03: Governor Arnold
09/29/03: Reading the reversals
09/15/03: Iraq in historical perspective
09/02/03: Prez has knack for reframing
08/11/03: California's action hero
07/30/03: The good news coming from Iraq
07/21/03: An Irish parable, unfinished
07/08/03: A question of confidence
06/27/03: Yes, she's running for president. Is that good for the Dems?
06/16/03: Making new amigos
06/03/03: Next stop, Medicare?
05/19/03: Statues fall, minds change
05/09/03: Kicking it off in Columbia: First Democratic debate was really three
05/05/03: A tale of two nations
04/22/03: Changes for the better
04/08/03: After the fighting, democracy
03/25/03: Shaping world opinion
03/21/03: Diplomatic debacle? Not so … Countering the president's critics
03/10/03: The next stage of war
02/18/03: Sakharov's advice for us
02/03/03: A new light on the issues
01/13/03: Waging postindustrial war
01/06/03: Crunch time
12/24/02: Showing where they stand
12/09/02: Feeling some heat
11/27/02: Remaking the Middle East
11/11/02: No more 49% nation
11/04/02: The deeper currents
10/21/02: Dems have to do more than complain about the economy
10/14/02: Playing by the rules?
10/07/02: Latino voters and American politics
9/30/02: The Dems' dilemma
9/23/02: Taking the U.N. seriously
9/17/02: A special moral responsibility
8/09/02: An unusual step: Why did Andrew Cuomo drop out of the race for governor of New York?
08/21/02: Too clever by half
08/19/02: Corn dogs and candidates
08/13/02: No Democratic tide
07/31/02: South of the border
07/26/02: Poll position
07/18/02: Europe follows Bush
07/16/02: Dinner at Granita
07/09/02: The only major country where a "third way" center-left government is thriving
06/26/02: Rightward march?
06/11/02: The road to Baghdad
05/23/02: If dipping into the Social Security surplus is so terrible, why did Democrats do it every chance they got for 24 years?
05/19/02: America's interest in protection against attack is secured not by arms control but by regime change
05/07/02: Sizing up the 2002 races
04/29/02: Living with conflict
04/22/02: Old ways die hard
04/16/02: Our Vichy gamble
04/08/02: Off the Side Track
04/01/02: Europeans for the U.S.
03/18/02: The common good
03/11/02: What happens in the eight months until California's general election?
03/05/02: Latin America and the 'war on terrorism'
02/27/02: The nature of the regime that replaces Saddam Hussein's is of critical importance
02/25/02: Power & the American Presidents
02/21/02: A Big Stick: TR's sure sense of America has much to tell us today
02/19/02: Politics of the investor class
02/11/02: Toujours l'audace!
02/04/02: What America stands for
01/28/02: Tainted data
01/23/02: Leaving well enough alone
01/21/02: "New kind of war" will bring new kind of result: No feeding the welfare state
01/14/02: A turn in the polls?
01/14/02: Deficit politics
01/10/02: Trading places
01/07/02: Bush's Republicanism
01/02/02: Domestic squabbling
12/21/01: How the Democrats have changed in the past 12 months
12/17/01: Domestic squabbling
12/11/01: 'Go to the source'
12/03/01: Winners and losers
11/27/01: Sticking with the plan
11/19/01: Now, on to Baghdad
11/14/01: Dirty diamonds
11/06/01: Time to stand and fight
11/01/01: The costs of war: Civilian casualties and collateral damage are inevitable in any war
10/29/01: Burden of proof
10/24/01: The second front
10/22/01: A decision of historic importance
10/16/01: By silence betrayed
10/08/01: War and government
09/17/01: War, and we must win
09/11/01: After quotas, a better way
09/04/01: That four-letter word
08/06/01: The CEO at DOD
07/25/01: Americans seem wedded to a life of less crime and welfare
06/18/01: Labor's love lost?
06/05/01: The death of the Bush agenda may be greatly exaggerated
05/21/01: Italian lessons: Why Silvio Berlusconi's victory affects America, too
05/08/01: Delay the golden years
05/02/01: Be our guest
04/23/01: Kennedy and Bush are more alike than you might think
04/11/01: Bully (for) Bush
03/27/01: Following the money
03/13/01: Politics of the possible
02/26/01: End it, don't mend it
02/13/01: The durable Reagan
01/30/01: The missing answer
01/17/01: Boomers but not twins
01/02/01: President-elect Bush aims to make friends, one at a time
12/18/00: Red Queen rules
12/04/00: Lies and statistics
11/28/00: Thou shalt not steal
11/14/00: How Bush can lead
10/31/00: Puzzled by the state poll results? So are the candidates
10/18/00: When talk is cheap
10/03/00: The death of Big Media
09/09/00: A fair question
08/28/00: Making labor's day
07/11/00: The new Mexico: The 20-year history behind an overnight change
07/06/00: A textbook campaign: Bush makes hay before the convention lights shine
06/23/00: Beat the press
06/06/00: Reining in regulators: Will the Supreme Court clip Washington's wings?
05/25/00: In plain English: Bilingual education flunks out of schools in California
04/28/00: Gore in the balance: His book reveals a fanatical approach to the environment
04/04/00: President-elect Putin offers a basis for hopes–and for fears
03/14/00: Over the long, long haul, the issues may yet favor the Republicans
03/02/00: Will unions rule? Indispensable to Gore, labor may be the campaign's secret winner
02/15/00: A reformers' party
01/03/00: The voters rule: In Manchester, Mexico, and Moscow, an imperfect system works
01/19/00: The era of Big Promises
12/08/99: Welcome to the world of 'good enough'
11/2/99: Just saying no
11/12/99: Money talks, as it should
10/28/99: Mexico votes – for real
10/03/99: Going against type
09/28/99: The unions go public
08/31/99: China's strait flush
08/25/99: The first two contests
08/03/99: Paddling upstream
07/08/99: Taking Hillary seriously
06/22/99: Trying the lawyers
06/07/99: Facts on the ground
©2001, Michael Barone
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