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Barone: Immigrant voters trended toward Trump

Like Sherlock Holmes’ dog that didn’t bark in the night, so goes in politics: uncharacteristic behavior can turn out to be crucially significant — uncharacteristic behavior in politics being defined as one demographic group unexpectedly trending one way when most of the electorate trends ...

Guest opinion: The gift of forgiveness

This holiday season, the world is in desperate need of healing, from our health to the economy to politics. And while we may feel powerless as individuals to solve these big issues, I believe there is a means for each of us to improve our personal and professional lives: the gift of ...

Barone: Identity politics remain in office under Biden administration

Identity politics seems to be sticking around.Important election results seemed to refute the notion that Americans vote for their ethnic or racial identity. Hispanic voters trended significantly toward the supposedly anti-Hispanic Donald Trump, and Californians, while voting 63% for Joe Biden, ...

Guest opinion: Rights endowed by God, not government

Individual gun rights, where do they come from?Is a right the same as a government-granted permission or revocable privilege? Is a right merely a government revocable license? Should it be?In the American traditional understanding, particularly found in the Declaration of Independence, the ...

Barone: The unbearable lightness of white college Democrats

Eighty-five percent of counties with a Whole Foods store voted for Joe Biden. That factoid, relayed by The Cook Political Report’s David Wasserman, tells you something important about the election — and about today’s Democratic Party.“The Democracy,” as it was called in the 19th ...

Gygi: Lack of trust in institutions running high

The year 2020 is soon coming to a close, and it has been a doozy.Take your pick of disastrous events: COVID, economic weakness as a result of COVID, a raucous presidential election season that is still not resolved satisfactorily, riots, cities and businesses being burned, Americans being ...