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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.

We cannot resurrect the postwar America that, in different ways, inspires nostalgia in both liberals and conservatives, argued the Washington Examiner's Michael Barone. (AP Photo)
Beltway Confidential

No, we can’t bring back postwar America, however great our nostalgia

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As David French points out, an evenly split court could have left the Court of Appeals decision, in which case the government would have won and the Little Sisters lost. (AP Photo)
Beltway Confidential

Unanimous SCOTUS rules for religious liberty, against Obama admin.

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The America of 1910 was a lot more like today's America than you might think. (AP Photo/Arcadia Publishing)
Columnists

American nostalgia, but for the wrong era

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If you go back in history, you will find much greater regional differences in wages between North and South. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Beltway Confidential

Does the data back up assertion that unions boost wages substantially?

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The United States has the world's best freight rail, run by the private sector. The United States has crappy passenger rail, run by the public sector. (AP Photo)
Beltway Confidential

California’s “High-Speed” Rail boondoggle: Getting worse all the time

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Donald Trump's Republican opponents charged that his nomination could produce a landslide defeat like 1964 and 1972, when Barry Goldwater and George McGovern got 38 percent of the vote. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)
Columnists

Will the Trump nomination change our polarized partisan patterns?

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Given the demonstrated incapacity of government to manage programs and deliver services — think of VA hospitals, the Flint water supply, Washington's Metro — does Hillary Clinton really plan to defend this proposal on the stump and in debate? (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Beltway Confidential

Hillary Clinton’s proposal for bureaucrats to ‘help’ illegal immigrants

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These are striking findings, suggesting that Donald Trump is more competitive against Hillary Clinton than the national polling average indicates. (AP Photo)
Beltway Confidential

Quinnipiac target state polls: No slam dunk for Hillary Clinton

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Donald Trump has taken a hard stance on immigration. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Beltway Confidential

Increase in illegal border crossings could help Trump

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The rivalry between Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida boiled over on Thursday. (AP Photos)
Columnists

Cruz and Rubio, the also-rans

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