Mapping Our Political Future

by Michael Barone

Overview

What is America's role in a world spinning out of control? When did liberals become such opponents of free speech? Does the end of history result in political decay? Why is our government so embarrassingly bad at technology?

With thoughtful analysis, data, historical context and more than 40 years of experience, Michael Barone is constantly surveying our political landscape. His columns offer readers real insight about where we've been and where we're going.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158091520
Publisher:	Creators Publishing
Publication date:	04/16/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	229 KB

About the Author

Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner and a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
From 1974 to 1981, Barone 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 1989 to 1996 and again from 1998 to 2009, Barone was a senior writer for U.S. News & World Report. He was senior staff editor at Reader's Digest from 1996 to 1998.
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. 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, 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 has served as a political contributor to the Fox News Channel since 1998 and has appeared on many other television programs.
Barone graduated from Harvard College (1966) and Yale Law School (1969), and was an editor of the Harvard Crimson and the Yale Law Journal. He 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.
Barone lives in Washington, D.C. He has traveled to all 50 states and all 435 congressional districts. He has also traveled abroad extensively and has reported on elections in Russia, Mexico, Italy and Britain.