Masks were necessary, especially in schools, to prevent mass deaths. Or so we were told, at great and tedious length …
Read More »Michael Barone: Who Sent COVID-19 Positive Patients Into Nursing Homes?
On a multicountry trip to South America, President Ronald Reagan couldn’t restrain himself from the inane observation that every tourist …
Read More »Michael Barone: Are Nonwhites Voting More Like Other Americans?
Bernie Sanders’ victories in the inaccurately counted Iowa caucuses, the crisply conducted New Hampshire primary and the Nevada caucuses have …
Read More »Michael Barone: Trump Era Not as Extraordinary as Never-Trumpers Think
Around Washington, in sundry upscale locales, in large quadrants of the internet, you still encounter lamentations about Donald Trump’s takeover …
Read More »Who’s to Blame? Weak Leaders, Weak Institutions, Weak Voters?
In the wake of the off-year elections, conservative analyst Yuval Levin saw no winners. “It is the weakness of all …
Read More »Split Election Result Sends Polarized Politics Toward 2020
Sometimes a society’s values change sharply with almost no one noticing, much less anticipating the consequences. In 1968, according to …
Read More »Don’t Look for Civility Unless Democrats Win in November
“You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about,” …
Read More »Why is it Considered ‘Liberal’ to Compel Others to Say or Pay for Things They Don’t Believe?
Why is it considered “liberal” to compel others to say or fund things they don’t believe? That’s a question raised …
Read More »Will the Trend of Low Birth Rates Be Reversed?
Sometimes a society’s values change sharply with almost no one noticing, much less anticipating the consequences. In 1968, according to …
Read More »Time To Junk Racial Quotas In Higher Education
“It’s time for enlightened America to hit reset on affirmative action once and for all,” writes Columbia University linguistics professor …
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