Tag: Michael Barone

"We have to fight against nationalism, we have the duty not to follow populists but to block the avenue of populists," Jean-Claude Juncker said. (AP Photo)

Maybe borders aren’t the worst invention ever

Michael Barone · August 28, 2016 4:01 am

Most colleges and universities restrict speech with speech codes, "safe spaces" and the like. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Where free speech is allowed on campus

Michael Barone · August 26, 2016 4:03 pm

Is 2016 redrawing the political map?

Michael Barone · August 24, 2016 10:20 pm

Canada and Australia encourage high-skill immigration by a points system which gives priority to those who have the capacity to contribute to their chosen country economically and civically. (AP Photo)

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To reform immigration, imitate Canada and Australia

Michael Barone · August 22, 2016 7:58 pm

A city of Milwaukee employee cleans up a gutted beauty supply store was destroyed by fire and looting. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Sympathy for victims can be misdirected — and backfire

Michael Barone · August 21, 2016 9:00 pm

Polls suggest that Trump may be doing poorer in target states than he is nationally. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Does Trump have a target state problem?

Michael Barone · August 21, 2016 8:04 pm

Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt had skills, not fully appreciated in their times, that made running a big government and being president in your seventies look easier than they are for most people. (AP Photos)

Today’s candidates don’t measure up to Roosevelt and Reagan

Michael Barone · August 17, 2016 10:11 pm

Book gives vivid sense of what American politics was like on the ground in the nineteenth century. (AP Photo)

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‘The Virgin Vote’

Michael Barone · August 17, 2016 6:08 pm

On the diversity point, people join voluntary associations like churches because they think they have much in common with other members, that they trust they will be similar in belief and behavior. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick)

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Is the end of white Christian America a good thing?

Michael Barone · August 16, 2016 10:38 pm

House Republicans will struggle to deal with Donald Trump's disruptive appeal, but they're likely to keep their majority. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

Will Trump take down congressional Republicans?

Michael Barone · August 14, 2016 9:00 pm

No other nation is going to disrupt the world or American economy as China did from 2000 to 2009. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump platform addresses yesterday’s problems

Michael Barone · August 12, 2016 4:52 pm

Michael Barone’s New Blockbuster

Jonathan V. Last · August 11, 2016 12:10 pm