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Though conservatives and fair-minded historians have made great inroads toward eroding the myth that the New Deal helped pull America out of the Great Depression, what still remains is the widespread belief that those New Deal policies were also great political successes. Michael Barone takes a look back and finds that World War II may [...]
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Michael Barone has an excellent article on the the role of unions in the financial woes of the Big Three automakers.. He reintroduces the term “Taylorism”, which, once you read what it means, you will recognize even if you don’t know the word. Barone’s point – that Wagnerian (not in the musical sense) notion of [...]
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There are two things you can say for sure about Michael Barone’s work. First, he is arguably the finest observer of the political process we have in this country. Second, he is about as far from being a bomb-thrower as you can possibly get while still getting a regular gig as a commentator on television. [...]
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Gosh, weren’t we all supposed to be eating Snausages and canned Alpo if we didn’t get a bailout plan by now? Seems I heard something about that last Friday or Saturday. Ah well. It’s probably not important. I mean, what could happen bad, right? Actually, in all seriousness, the longer this goes on, the more [...]
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Michael Barone is exactly right. In a country with less in the way of checks and balances, which can be gamed by adroit lobbyists and litigators, we would be building more nuclear plants, and would be drilling offshore and in ANWR. We would be phasing out the corn ethanol subsidies that are enriching Iowa farmers [...]
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