Tag: Michael Barone

President John F. Kennedy rides in a motorcade with his wife Jacqueline moments before he was shot and killed in Dallas, Tx., Nov. 22, 1963. Texas Governor and Mrs. John Connally are also in the car. (AP Photo)

How JFK’s assassination changed American politics

Michael Barone · November 1, 2013 4:00 am

The state of Oregon, faced with limited Medicaid funds, held a lottery in which the winners got Medicaid coverage and the losers did not. This provided the opportunity to conduct a randomized study of the effects of Medicaid coverage.

Beltway Confidential

Is Obamacare based on a false assumption?

Michael Barone · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

Texas's low-tax, light-regulation policies have produced a highly diversified economy that from 2002 to 2011 created nearly one-third of the nation's highest-paying jobs. In those years, its number of upper- and middle-income jobs grew 24 percent. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Americans keep moving to states with low taxes and housing costs

Michael Barone · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

If you think the Obamacare IT screwup is bad, …

Michael Barone · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Foreign troops, part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, investigate the site a day after an assault on an international compound in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP/Ahmad Jamshid)

Little wars turn messy because of politics on the ground

Michael Barone · October 27, 2013 4:00 am

Early this summer, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was willing to agree with House Speaker John Boehner to let the sequester spending cuts continue with slight modifications, without demanding tax increases in return. (Photo: Thinkstock)

In shutdown fight, the dog that didn’t bark: Taxes

Michael Barone · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Terry O'Sullivan, president of the Laborers International Union, said he wanted Affordable Care Act "fixed, fixed, fixed" and, if not, "then I believe it needs to be repealed."

Unions turn on Obamacare, but don’t call them hypocrites

Michael Barone · October 20, 2013 4:00 am

Poor design choices and a compressed development timetable spelled disaster for Healthcare.gov from the start, some say. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

A software installer’s view on the Obamacare IT mess

Michael Barone · October 20, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Tyler Cowen’s evil twin: The Republicans came out ahead

Michael Barone · October 18, 2013 4:00 am

This photo provided by HHS shows the main landing web page for HealthCare.gov. (AP/HHS)

What if Obamacare software crashes and burns?

Michael Barone · October 16, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

How to delay Obamacare

Michael Barone · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

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What to do about America’s low-skill workforce

Michael Barone · October 13, 2013 4:00 am