Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics. Events are ...

“Philosophers,” the young Karl Marx wrote, “have tried to understand history; the point is to change it.” I’ve long thought that famous quotation advances something of a false dichotomy between ...

Events are moving fast. Seven days ago, as I write, Israel had not yet launched its first attacks on targets in Iran. Seven days from now, things may well have changed -- significantly. In such times, ...