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Where Is the Arc of Justice Headed?

Where Is the Arc of Justice Headed?

Former President Barack Obama liked to quote the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s line that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it...

26.03.2026 6

Townhall

Michael Barone

Where is the arc of justice headed?

Where is the arc of justice headed?

Former President Barack Obama liked to quote the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s line that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends...

25.03.2026 6

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

Uncertainty Remains, After 20 Days of War With Iran

Uncertainty Remains, After 20 Days of War With Iran

Four years and 25 days. Twenty days. There's a huge difference between those two numbers. The first number — 1,486 days altogether — is the...

19.03.2026 7

Townhall

Michael Barone

Uncertainty remains, after 19 days of war in Iran

Four years and 24 days. Nineteen days. There’s a huge difference between those two numbers. The first numbers — 1,485 days altogether — is the...

18.03.2026 5

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

Political parties on perilous ground

As Donald Trump’s Republicans look askance as he launches what looks to some like another long-term war in the Middle East, and as the anti-Trump...

11.03.2026 6

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

Trump Avoiding Repeating History in Iran

History doesn't always repeat itself, or even rhyme. People sometimes learn from experience, their own or others'. Example: Woodrow Wilson,...

05.03.2026 9

Townhall

Michael Barone

Trump avoiding repeating history in Iran

History doesn’t always repeat itself, or even rhyme. People sometimes learn from experience, their own or others’. Example: President Woodrow...

04.03.2026 8

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

Supreme Court throws out Trump tariffs and upholds Constitution

So much for the notion that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, was going to be a rubber stamp...

25.02.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

Marco Rubio: More than just the good cop

My first reaction to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech, delivered on Valentine’s Day, at the Munich Security Conference, was, “Last year,...

18.02.2026 40

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

Immigration Is Shaking Up Political Parties in Britain, Europe and the US

13.02.2026 200

Townhall

Michael Barone

Will Falling Birth Rates Mean a More Conservative World?

06.02.2026 20

Townhall

Michael Barone

Big Surprises in the 2030 Census Estimates

About a month late, presumably due to last fall’s government shutdown, the Census Bureau has released its estimates of the populations of the 50...

02.02.2026 20

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

Big Surprises in the 2030 Census Estimates

30.01.2026 10

Townhall

Michael Barone

Trump’s Outrageous Threats Get Practical Results

Think about it. Heads of government do not normally reveal the texts of private communications from other heads of state. Yet that is what...

25.01.2026 10

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

Trump's Outrageous Threats Get Practical Results

23.01.2026 10

Townhall

Michael Barone

What’s the Matter With Minnesota?

Minnesota? Somalis? Nine billion dollars in alleged welfare fraud? To understand what’s going on from a distance, it helps to understand basic...

20.01.2026 20

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

What's the Matter With Minnesota?

16.01.2026 30

Townhall

Michael Barone

On Immigration and Citizenship, Listen to George Washington

02.01.2026 40

Townhall

Michael Barone

Is the GOP still the party of life? Hardly

01.01.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

On immigration and citizenship, listen to George Washington

01.01.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

In a Gloomy Winter, Read a Couple of Classic Books

27.12.2025 8

Townhall

Michael Barone

We Have Reached the Emily Litella Moment on Climate Change

It’s been a cold winter so far in the Midwest and much of the Northeast, early-in-the-season snow even in Washington, D.C., and temperatures falling...

20.12.2025 20

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

We Have Reached the Emily Litella Moment on Climate Change

19.12.2025 40

Townhall

Michael Barone

We have reached the Emily Litella moment on climate change 

18.12.2025 8

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

Closing the Door on Immigration? Not Yet.

05.12.2025 10

Townhall

Michael Barone

Closing the door on immigration? Not yet

05.12.2025 7

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

Dick Cheney: Always Unintimidated

28.11.2025 8

Townhall

Michael Barone

Enforcing Immigration Laws Is Not the Moral Equivalent of the Holocaust

Whence cometh the conviction, in America and even more in Britain and Europe, that open borders is the only moral immigration policy? Of course,...

23.11.2025 9

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

Enforcing Immigration Laws Is Not the Moral Equivalent of the Holocaust

21.11.2025 10

Townhall

Michael Barone

Enforcing immigration laws is not the moral equivalent of the Holocaust

20.11.2025 10

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

The Threat of an Overproduced Elite

14.11.2025 20

Townhall

Michael Barone

Newsom sells out the US at latest hypocritical climate conference

13.11.2025 7

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

The threat of an overproduced elite

13.11.2025 10

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

Bad News for Republicans, Warnings for Both Parties

Virginia and New Jersey, the two states that voted for governor in 2025, both voted for then-Vice President Kamala Harris over then-candidate Donald...

08.11.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

Bad News for Republicans, Warnings for Both Parties

07.11.2025 10

Townhall

Michael Barone

Democrats Want Open Borders; Most Americans Don’t

Who said this? “If you don’t have any borders, you don’t have a nation.” The speaker went on, “Trump did a better job. I don’t... Read...

01.11.2025 8

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

Democrats Want Open Borders; Most Americans Don't

31.10.2025 8

Townhall

Michael Barone

The Trends in New Jersey and Virginia

24.10.2025 9

Townhall

Michael Barone

Trump Defies Conventional Wisdom … So Far

“What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.” That was the... Read More The...

21.10.2025 7

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

Trump Defies Conventional Wisdom ... So Far

17.10.2025 20

Townhall

Michael Barone

Trump defies conventional wisdom … so far

16.10.2025 7

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

Are Democrats the Party of Murder?

Why are so many Democrats fond of wishing death on their opponents? That’s a question raised by two astonishing developments early this month. On...

12.10.2025 20

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

Are Democrats the Party of Murder?

10.10.2025 10

Townhall

Michael Barone

Donald Trump: Energy in the Executive

Whatever else you want to say about him, President Donald Trump has what Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 70 called “energy in the executive.”...

04.10.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

Donald Trump: Energy in the Executive

03.10.2025 10

Townhall

Michael Barone

Democratic Party Isolation Is Getting Worse

We Americans, it seems, continue to live in two separate countries. Consider two items in the news this week and the inconsistent responses they...

27.09.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

Democratic Party Isolation Is Getting Worse

26.09.2025 9

Townhall

Michael Barone

Voters don’t trust Democrats to run a lemonade stand

24.09.2025 10

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

Trump’s epic UN address

24.09.2025 9

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

Democrats’ rhetoric endangers ICE officers

24.09.2025 7

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone