Subscribe to this tag Colleges Shouldn't Replace Military History With Women's Studies, Crocheting
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 3, 2009
Ignoring military history is like burning down the library at Alexandria.
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Corporations Are Already Gaming the Carbon Cap-and-Trade System
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 3, 2009
It's hard to design a carbon cap-and-trade system that will be fair and work.
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The Worst Intersections in the United States Are in New York, Chicago and LA
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 3, 2009
Most are in the New York, Los Angeles or Chicago metropolitan areas.
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Reverse Latino Immigration: 3 Million Mexicans May Be Returning Home
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 3, 2009
Millions of Mexican immigrants may return to Mexico in the coming months.
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Specter v. Toomey, again? Pennsylvania Will Be Tough For a Conservative to Win
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 3, 2009
"Card-check" vote could prove critical for incumbent moderate Republican.
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The Political Trends of the late New Deal--and the Republican Resurgence
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 2, 2009
The Republican Party came back strong in the 1938 elections.
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More Than Anna Nicole Smith's Husband: The Oil-Soaked Life of J. Howard Marshall
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 2, 2009
Recalling the life of a smart and ingenious oil man.
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Republicans Could Be Poised to Pick Up Upstate New York Gillibrand House Seat
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 2, 2009
A new poll indicates Republican strength—this is not surprising.
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Chris Dodd Is Ripe For the Picking for GOP in 2010—Sen. Kudlow of Connecticut?
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 2, 2009
Republicans have a good chance to take down the Connecticut Democrat in the next elections.
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Minnesota Senate Race, Plagued With Defects, Could End in Supreme Court or Revote
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 2, 2009
Bush v. Gore looms, whether the Supreme Court wants it to or not.
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Obama's Threat to Charities and Universities: His Budget and Taxes
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 27, 2009
Barack Obama evidently wants to shift vast sums from charities to bureaucrats.
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A Mortgage Securities Fix: Instant Online Financial Data
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 26, 2009
Companies should report all data on mortgage-based securities, in real time.
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Wall Street Became Over-Dependent on Numbers, Lost Touch With Reality
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 25, 2009
Fascination with the Gaussian copula led to economic doom.
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Will Obama White House Politicians Cook the Census Numbers?
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Michael Barone
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Opinion - February 25, 2009
Sampling doesn't work, and we should not politicize the census.
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Intellectual Honesty Among the Not So Intellectual House Democrats
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 24, 2009
If Mickey Kaus can endorse a candidate for Rahm Emanuel's House seat, why can't I?
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Why the Census Is Important
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 23, 2009
The Census is very much a political issue.
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Michigan Voters Favor Auto Bailout for Chrysler, GM in Poll, Unlike Rest of Nation
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 23, 2009
Surprisingly, Michigan voters don't favor the auto bailout by as high a margin as one might think.
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California Liberal Gentry Empowers Unions to Plunder the Private Sector Economy
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 23, 2009
The State won't criminalize or restrict abortion, and same-sex marriage will soon be legalized.
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Major Healthcare Overhaul Less Likely for Obama Now Than When Daschle Pulled Out
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 23, 2009
The chances for major healthcare legislation dim as health czar position fades.
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Foreclosures Are a Regional, Not a National Problem--Half Are in Four States
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 20, 2009
Nevada, California, Arizona and Florida have about half the nation's foreclosures.
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Obama Is High in Polls, But Issues Like Mortgage and Auto Crises Help Republicans
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 19, 2009
Reading the polls on Obama, alternative energy, mortgage stimulus and auto bailouts.
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A Little History of the Great Depression
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 18, 2009
I write this week on the Great Depression.
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Repealing Welfare Reform
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 17, 2009
Welfare reform was one of the great policy successes of the last generation.
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Reverse Immigration Will Mean Fewer Hispanics in 2010 Census Than Leaders Expect
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 17, 2009
Fewer Hispanics will lead to a big push for statistical sampling in the census.
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Seven Democrats Who Voted No on the Stimulus and Why They Did
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - February 17, 2009
Democrats from around the country opposed the stimulus bill.
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