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June 22, 2025

Articles by Michael Barone

Opinion

BARONE: Will Black Voters Keep Democrats From Going Too Far to the Left?

April 10, 2019 Michael Barone

Which of the two dozen or so Democratic presidential candidates is going to carry black voters next year? The answer to that question is likely to be identical to the answer to the question “Which […]

Sports

BARONE: Despite Short-Term Ruckus, Long-Term Progress on Border

February 27, 2019 Michael Barone

Compromise reached. Donald Trump is going to build — his administration is said to be building already, with appropriated funds — the wall, er, barrier. Congressional Democrats have reportedly inserted provisions that make it easier […]

Opinion

BARONE: American fertility headed to all-time low

December 26, 2018 Michael Barone

In 1957, 4.3 million babies were born in the United States. In 2017, 60 years later, the number was 3,853,472. That’s an 11 percent decline in a nation whose population has nearly doubled over those […]

Opinion

BARONE: The air has seeped out of the Russia-collusion balloon

September 25, 2018 Michael Barone

“I did not, and of course I looked for it, looked for it hard.” That was Bob Woodward, promoting his book on the Trump White House, “Fear,” replying to talk radio host and columnist Hugh […]

Opinion

BARONE: A cold wind off Lake Michigan — for Chicago and America

September 19, 2018 Michael Barone

“It’s the Lord of the Flies on LaSalle Street,” wrote columnist John Kass in the Chicago Tribune. In case the references are unclear, whether because high schools haven’t been assigning the William Golding novel in […]

Opinion

BARONE: California results suggest blue wave has crested and ebbed

June 12, 2018 Michael Barone

The nation is just past halftime in the 2018 primary election cycle. Twenty states — containing the majority, 228 of 435, of House districts — have held their primaries, and all but the three with […]

CHRISTOPHER ALUKA BERRY—Reuters
Opinion

BARONE: Democrats and Republicans lack credibility on economic issues

July 5, 2017 Michael Barone

Liberal writers and political operatives, now that it’s finally dawning on them that no one is going to find evidence that Donald Trump conspired with Russia to steal the presidential election, are turning to giving […]

Opinion

Barone: The Violent Political Left

June 16, 2017 Michael Barone

Violence is in the air these days. It was visible to the world in Manchester, Birmingham and London in the days before the British general election on June 8. It was visible on the baseball […]

Opinion

Barone: Lets Stop Acting as if the 2016 Campaign Were Still On

June 2, 2017 Michael Barone

If you keep up with the news, you might think that the unpleasant and unedifying 2016 presidential campaign is still going on. President Donald Trump, up early, is sending out tweets coarsely attacking foreign leaders […]

Kevin Lamarque—Reuters
Opinion

BARONE: James Comey Is the latest victim of the Clintons

May 12, 2017 Michael Barone

Why did President Donald Trump fire FBI Director James Comey now? The answer, as my Washington Examiner colleague Byron York has argued, is that he waited until after his impeccably apolitical deputy attorney general, Rod […]

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