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Michael Barone

Michael Barone is the senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, a resident fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, and the longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.

‘Bambi versus Godzilla’
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‘Bambi versus Godzilla’

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A federal gas tax financed 90 percent of the cost of Interstate highways, with states paying the other 10 percent. (AP/Ed Andrieski)
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Use private capital for roads and bridges, not taxpayer money

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A common delusion: Only the US has sprawl

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Read Almanac of American Politics 2014 introduction online
Beltway Confidential

Read Almanac of American Politics 2014 introduction online

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Detroit’s huge population loss was a response to the city’s high rates of violent crime and the inability or unwillingness of city government to reduce them drastically over the years. (AP File)
Beltway Confidential

Unions hurt Detroit but crime killed it

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, left, greets Democratic challenger Terry McCauliffe at the start of the Virginia Bar Association convention debate at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Va. Saturday, July 20. (AP/Steve Helber)
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Off-year elections will turn on personal factors, not issues

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Why did so many people move out of Detroit? The quick answer: crime abetted by welfare. (AP File)
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Crime bankrupts Detroit, public unions mug two California cities

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Not everyone wants to be CEO
Beltway Confidential

Not everyone wants to be CEO

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About one month after the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, an allied correspondent examines the landscape of destruction at Hiroshima, Japan. (AP Photo)
Beltway Confidential

Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the right thing to do

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University of California, Berkeley students walk through Sather Gate. A column by a reader of applications at the college has raised questions about discrimination in college admissions. (AP File)
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Cheating is rife in college — by admissions officers

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