Michael Barone

Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho and Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas hold hands during an election campaign rally of their government coalition in Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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Portugal is latest proof that ‘austerity’ is not political poison

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October 7, 2015 5:23 pm

(Photo courtesy of Joseph Novak, via Flickr)

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The most egalitarian town in America supplies few clues on how to reduce inequality

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October 6, 2015 9:17 pm

A new study usedÂ a series of simulations to assess the results of raising the top rate to 50 percent and found

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If you really, really want to reduce economic inequality …

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October 5, 2015 8:14 pm

In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, Dr. Russell Dohner, right, talks with nurse Rose Busby about a patient's prescription in Rushville, Ill. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Opinion

Why Washington doesn’t have all the answers to policy

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October 5, 2015 4:02 am

Migrants ride on top of a northern bound train toward the US-Mexico border in Ixtepec, in Oaxaca, southern Mexico, Thursday, March 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

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‘Bloviating about making the Mexicans pay for a wall’ is distraction: Immigration critic

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October 1, 2015 6:38 pm

Nationally O'Malley'sÂ numbers are even worse, coming in at justÂ 0.6 percent. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Columnists

The dogs that aren’t barking in the 2016 campaign

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September 30, 2015 9:40 pm

If your goal is holding down spending, then the sequester has been very effective, and so has John Boehner. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

How effective was John Boehner as speaker?

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September 29, 2015 4:41 pm

The South Bronx, with its low rents and reasonable (not terrific) proximity to Manhattan jobsites, has become attractive to young renters and homebuyers.Â (AP file photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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New York Times reports on progress in Bronx — but not on how Times tried to stop it

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September 28, 2015 7:22 pm

Columnists

Is there any historical precedent for Donald Trump?

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September 28, 2015 4:01 am

Beltway Confidential

Reflections on Speaker John Boehner and the House Republicans

Michael Barone -

September 25, 2015 8:59 pm

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Portugal is latest proof that ‘austerity’ is not political poison

The most egalitarian town in America supplies few clues on how to reduce inequality

If you really, really want to reduce economic inequality …

Why Washington doesn’t have all the answers to policy

‘Bloviating about making the Mexicans pay for a wall’ is distraction: Immigration critic

The dogs that aren’t barking in the 2016 campaign

How effective was John Boehner as speaker?

New York Times reports on progress in Bronx — but not on how Times tried to stop it

Is there any historical precedent for Donald Trump?

Reflections on Speaker John Boehner and the House Republicans

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