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  • Michael Barone: Benghazi report revives troubling questions

    Michael Barone

    Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

    "What difference, at this point, does it make?" That was former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's angry response to a question about the State Department's account of the attack on the Benghazi consulate where Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were murdered on Sept....

  • Michael Barone: Five living presidents -- with interactive timeline

    Michael Barone

    Published: Fri, Apr 26, 2013

    Yesterday we had a chance to see five living presidents on stage at the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center: Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Looking back in history, there are relatively few times when we have had five living...

  • Economist: 'Scrap Affirmative Action'

    Michael Barone

    Published: Fri, Apr 26, 2013

    Last month the Economist undoubtedly surprised some of its American subscribers with a leader (Britspeak for editorial) and a long article in its science secton arguing that global warming is “happening more slowly than scientists thought.” This month’s shocker (at least to American media,...

  • Why wasn’t Tamerlan searched at the airport?

    Michael Barone

    Published: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

    Former National Security Agency Stewart Baker http://www.volokh.com/2013/04/25/why-wasnt-tsarnaev-searched-at-the-border/ asks a good question: why wasn’t Tamerlan Tsarnaev searched at the border when he returned from his six-month sojourn in Russia? As Baker notes, the government has...

  • Americans not a howling anti-Muslim mob

    Michael Barone

    Published: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

    Excellent Telegraph http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100213507/where-is-the-mob-of-muslim-hating-americans-going-crazy-after-boston-its-a-figment-of-liberals-imaginations/ blogpost by Brendan O’Neill pointing out that contrary to liberals’ fears Americans have not...

  • California high-speed rail estimates “astounding”

    Michael Barone

    Published: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

    The idiocy of California’s proposed high-speed rail line continues to astonish. For reasons why, consult “California High-Speed Rail: An Updated Due Diligence Report” http://heartland.org/sites/default/files/california_high_speed_rail_report.pdf prepared for the Reason Foundation by...

  • Michael Barone: As Bush stays silent, his reputation steadily gains

    Michael Barone

    Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    On Thursday the George W. Bush Presidential Center will be dedicated at Southern Methodist University in Texas. It's a good time to look back on the performance of the 43rd president, who has been almost entirely missing from the public stage these past four years. It's widely assumed that...

  • Who will succeed Baucus in the Senate?

    Michael Barone

    Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/23/baucus-to-retire-rather-than-seek-re-election-in-2014/ reports that Montana Sen. Max Baucus plans to retire rather than seek reelection in 2014. If true, this is big news on several fronts. Baucus is...

  • Let’s stop saying hostages are 'unharmed'

    Michael Barone

    Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013

    One little thing in the coverage of the Boston Marathon bombers this week has irritated me: the use of the word “unharmed” in stories about the man whom the bombers carjacked, forced to withdraw money from an ATM and then released. Reporters write again and again that he was “unharmed.”...

  • Michael Barone: At every turn, things were spinning out of control

    Michael Barone

    Updated: Sat, Apr 20, 2013

    Chaos. Things seemed to be spinning out of control on many fronts this week. Starting of course with the Boston Marathon bombing Monday. The bombers chose a significantly festive time and place for their attack. The marathon is held every year on Patriot's Day, the Massachusetts state...


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