MICHAEL BARONE

MICHAEL BARONE

Washington, D.C.
Michael Barone is a Columnist of the Creators Syndicate.

Mr. Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner and a…

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Opinion (Other)

The ‘Barista Proletariat’ Propels Mamdani to Victory Over Cuomo, but Could Hurt Democrats in the Long Run

One can see this constituency as economic parasites on Manhattan’s wealth, though they prefer to see themselves as cultural rebels against the larger society’s complacency and intolerance.

AP/Heather Khalifa
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As Trump Inches Closer Toward Striking Iran, ‘Cold War II’ Snaps Into Focus

A move on the ayatollahs’ regime would echo moments ‘when a sudden act of opportune ruthlessness readjusts the world toward a safer path,’ as one historian puts it.

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Opinion (Columnists)

Los Angeles Riots, Bolstering Trump’s Polling, Could Encourage Illegals To Eye the Exits

Splashy raids and deportations likely have hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of illegal immigrants thinking about what Senator Romney in 2012 called ‘self-deportation.’

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Opinion (Other)

The Left’s Electoral Formula Is Scrambled as Heartland Voters Triumph Over Coalition of Big-City Elites, Press, and Minorities

‘For years, the belief was Democrats have had demographic destiny on our side,’ one analyst reckons. ‘Now, the inverse is true.’

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Opinion (Other)

Now That Trump’s Eyes Are Opened on Putin, Will America’s President Do the Right Thing?

Trump’s seeming astonishment at Putin shows a reassuring horror at mass slaughter but also an innocence of knowledge about the Russian tyrant’s career.

AP/Efrem Lukatsky
Opinion (Other)

‘Coalition of the Nonascendant’ Delivers a Comeuppance to Democrats, Once Poised for Electoral Dominance

How does a party with so many advantages manage to lose just about everything across the board?

AP/Alex Brandon
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