Opinion Archive: Michael Barone
- Voters Want Growth, Not Income Redistribution — Friday, December 30, 2011
- Obama Succeeds Abroad When He Follows Bush, Clinton — Monday, December 26, 2011
- New Hampshire Quick to Divorce Candidates, Not Marry Them — Thursday, December 22, 2011
- A Democrat Reaches Across the Aisle on Medicare — Monday, December 19, 2011
- Romney Bets on Old Rules as Newt Moves Under Radar — Thursday, December 15, 2011
- Obama, Romney Change Tacks in Week of Political Risks — Monday, December 12, 2011
- Obama Pursues Rich and Poor, Not White Working Class — Thursday, December 8, 2011
- Newt Keeps Pitching the America of His Imagination — Monday, December 5, 2011
- Untouched by the 60s, 'Romney reflects the Corny '50s — Thursday, December 1, 2011
- Entitlement, Not Tax Cuts, Widen the Wealth Gap — Monday, November 28, 2011
- Web and Debates Change Rules of Presidential Race — Thursday, November 24, 2011
- Put Tax Breaks for Mortgages, Local Taxes on Table — Monday, November 21, 2011
- Obama Has a Knack for Ticking off America's Friends — Thursday, November 17, 2011
- Tea Partiers, Like Peaceniks, Upset Political Order — Monday, November 14, 2011
- Working for Fun Is No Laughs in Market Capitalism — Thursday, November 10, 2011
- Can Cain Keep Flouting the Cardinal Rules of Politics? — Monday, November 7, 2011
- Cain Catches Flak, but Will It Sink His Candidacy? — Thursday, November 3, 2011
- In Foreign Affairs, Obama Needs Respect, Not Love — Monday, October 31, 2011
- The Revolt Against the Experts Helps Herman Cain — Thursday, October 27, 2011
- Cult of Global Warming Is Losing Influence — Monday, October 24, 2011
- Congress Softens Stance on High-skilled Immigrants — Thursday, October 20, 2011
- Romney Buoyed by Good Luck -- and Hard Experience — Monday, October 17, 2011
- Congress, Governors Nix Obama's High-speed Trains — Thursday, October 13, 2011
- Obama Team Split on How to Rally Unruly Coalition — Monday, October 10, 2011
- Obama Drags Feet to Avoid Offending Political Pals — Thursday, October 6, 2011
- Is Herman Cain a Contender? — Monday, October 3, 2011
- Mitch Daniels Dares GOP Candidates to Be Grown-ups — Friday, September 30, 2011
- Still Looking for a Candidate to Replace Obama — Monday, September 26, 2011
- What 'Developing' Countries Can Teach the U.S. — Thursday, September 22, 2011
- As President, Obama Acts as Shop Steward in Chief — Monday, September 19, 2011
- Obama Tainted by Loan Guarantees to Solar Firms — Thursday, September 15, 2011
- Obama Buys the Drinks That Other Guys Pay for — Monday, September 12, 2011
- GOP Needs a Front-runner Stronger Than Candidate X — Thursday, September 8, 2011
- Obama Speech Fiasco Shows 'Audacity of Weakness' — Monday, September 5, 2011
- Obamacare and the Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas — Thursday, September 1, 2011
- Obama and His Rivals Duck the Entitlement Crisis — Monday, August 29, 2011
- Traveling Back to the Future on Intercity Buses — Thursday, August 25, 2011
- Same-Sex Marriage Moving Toward the Mainstream — Monday, August 22, 2011
- Harry S. Obama? — Thursday, August 18, 2011
- GOP Has Momentum, Needs Clear Direction — Monday, August 15, 2011
- Debate Leaves Republican Field Unaltered — Sunday, August 14, 2011
- Bachmann Shows Why She's the Straw Poll Favorite — Saturday, August 13, 2011
- How Iowa's Straw Poll Can Lead to the Presidency — Thursday, August 11, 2011
- Americans Want the Honor of 'Earned Success' — Monday, August 8, 2011
- Chasing Votes by Promising to Do Impossible Things — Thursday, August 4, 2011
- Republicans Win When the Fight Is Over Cuts Not More Taxes — Monday, August 1, 2011
- Under Obama, Millennials Move Into the Republican Fold — Thursday, July 28, 2011
- To Get a Mandate, GOP Must Win Another Election — Monday, July 25, 2011
- Will College Bubble Burst From Public Subsidies? — Thursday, July 21, 2011
- What the Debt Limit Battle Is All About — Monday, July 18, 2011
- New Reality Emerging on Illegal Immigration — Thursday, July 14, 2011
- 'Man-cession' Ends as Males Learn New Job Skills — Monday, July 11, 2011
- Racial Quotas, Speech Codes and the Thought Police — Thursday, July 7, 2011
- Replacing Property as a Source of Wealth Creation — Monday, July 4, 2011
- Why the Civil Service Is No Way to Run a Business — Thursday, June 30, 2011
- Like Chauncey Gardiner, Obama Is Profoundly Aloof — Monday, June 27, 2011
- Feds Crack Down on Campus Flirting and Sex Jokes — Thursday, June 23, 2011
- Government Looks to Past, Free Enterprise to Future — Monday, June 20, 2011
- Romney in Front as Feisty Bachmann Gains on Pawlenty — Thursday, June 16, 2011
- The End of a Surprisingly Good Political Career — Monday, June 13, 2011
- Free Market, Not Government Policy, Drives Energy Boom — Thursday, June 9, 2011
- Obama Tunes Out, and Business Goes on Hiring Strike — Monday, June 6, 2011
- Gates' Verdict: Pentagon's Biggest Enemy Is Itself — Thursday, June 2, 2011
- Pro-Obama Media Always Shocked by Bad Economic News — Tuesday, May 31, 2011
- Obama Skirts Rule of Law to Reward Pals, Punish Enemies — Thursday, May 26, 2011
- Obama Channels W. Except on Israel and Palestinians — Monday, May 23, 2011
- Gingrich and Romney Run Against Their Own Party — Thursday, May 19, 2011
- Obama's Hypocritical Rhetoric on Immigration Reform — Monday, May 16, 2011
- History Weeps at the Partition of India and Pakistan — Thursday, May 12, 2011
- What the GOP Can Learn From Canada's Conservatives — Monday, May 9, 2011
- To Get Bin Laden, Obama Relied on Policies He Decried — Thursday, May 5, 2011
- On Foreign Policy, Obama Leads From Behind — Monday, May 2, 2011
- Barbour's Withdrawal Gives No Clues to GOP 2012 Nominee — Thursday, April 28, 2011
- The Death of the 'Defined Benefit' — Monday, April 25, 2011
- Mr. Obama: Taxing the Rich Won't Increase Revenues — Thursday, April 21, 2011
- President Whatever Finds Things Not Going His Way — Monday, April 18, 2011
- Spending Cuts Are Hot in the Political Marketplace — Monday, April 11, 2011
- Ryan Steals March on Obama as Fiscal Crisis Looms — Thursday, April 7, 2011
- GOP Shouldn't Panic If Whites Become a Minority — Monday, April 4, 2011
- Is the Tea Party Pooped? It Must Keep Making Its Case — Thursday, March 31, 2011
- The Eyes of Texas Are Sparkling in the 2010 Census — Monday, March 28, 2011
- The Damning Contradictions of Obama's Attack on Libya — Thursday, March 24, 2011
- US Is the Unilateral Power in a Multilateral World — Monday, March 21, 2011
- The Framers Never Imagined a New Hampshire Primary — Thursday, March 17, 2011
- On Libya and Budget, President Obama Votes 'Present' — Monday, March 14, 2011
- Why NPR Should Urge Congress to End Its Subsidy — Thursday, March 10, 2011
- Who's to Blame for Union Woes? — Monday, March 7, 2011
- Government Shutdown No Longer a 'Train Wreck' — Thursday, March 3, 2011
- Voting for the National Interest, Not Self-Interest — Monday, February 28, 2011
- Public Unions Force Taxpayers to Fund Dems — Thursday, February 24, 2011
- Daniels and Christie Light Fuse Under GOP Lawmakers — Monday, February 21, 2011
- Obama Budget Offers Inertia, Not Hope and Change — Thursday, February 17, 2011
- The Risk That 2/11/11 Will End up Like Iran's 2/11/79 — Monday, February 14, 2011
- Lieberman, Harman and Vanishing Democratic Moderates — Thursday, February 10, 2011
- As With Other Fallen Allies, Egypt Will Vex the U.S. — Monday, February 7, 2011
- Obama's Antique Vision of Technological Progress — Thursday, February 3, 2011
- Politics by the Numbers: Good Omens for the GOP in 2012 — Monday, January 31, 2011
- Old Rules Won't Determine GOP Presidential Candidate — Thursday, January 27, 2011
- Shriver and Lieberman Take JFK Link With Them — Monday, January 24, 2011
- High-speed Rail Is a Fast Way to Waste Taxpayer Money — Thursday, January 20, 2011
- A Sigh of Relief When Mad and Evil People Are Foiled — Monday, January 17, 2011
- Systematic Assassinations Not Part of Our Politics — Thursday, January 13, 2011
- Deal-maker Daley: Obama's Emissary to Boehner? — Monday, January 10, 2011
- Wily Old Dems Take on Whippersnapper Republicans — Thursday, January 6, 2011
- Personal Well-being Overshadows Income Inequality — Monday, January 3, 2011
About Michael Barone
Michael Barone is a senior writer with U.S. News & World Report. He grew up in Detroit and Birmingham, Michigan. He graduated from Harvard College (1966) and Yale Law School (1969), and was an editor of the Harvard Crimson and the Yale Law Journal.
Barone served as law clerk to Judge Wade H. McCree Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1969 to 1971. From 1974 to 1981, he was vice president of the polling firm of Peter D. Hart Research Associates. From 1981 to 1988, he was a member of the editorial page staff of The Washington Post. From 1996 to 1998, he was senior staff editor at Reader's Digest.
Barone is the principal co-author of The Almanac of American Politics, published by National Journal every two years. The first edition appeared in 1971, and the 17th edition, The Almanac of American Politics 2004, appeared in July 2003. He is also the author of Our Country: The Shaping of America from Roosevelt to Reagan (Free Press, 1990), The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again (Regnery, 2001) and Hard America, Soft America: Competition vs. Coddling and the Competition for the Nation's Future (Crown Forum, May 2004).
Over the years, Barone has written for many publications, including The Economist, The New York Times, The Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press, The Weekly Standard, The New Republic, National Review, The American Spectator, American Enterprise, The Times Literary Supplement and The Daily Telegraph of London. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and has appeared on many other television programs.
Barone lives in Washington, D.C. He has traveled to all 50 states and all 435 congressional districts. He has also traveled to 37 foreign countries and has reported on elections in Russia, Mexico, Italy and Britain.
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