Week of March 4, 2013 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, March 4
It's Not the Wealthy Who Are Fleeing California - Allysia Finley, WSJA Populist Moment in Europe & the U.S. - John Judis, The New Republic
Romney in Interview Explains His Defeat - Philip Rucker, Washington Post
Bye Bye Cold War, Welcome to the Cool War - Toby Harnden, Sunday Times
Congressional Abdication on Foreign Policy - Jim Webb, National Interest
The Sequester Is Obama's Own Fault - Bill Keller, New York Times
Let's Speak Plain English About Spending Cuts - Scott Rasmussen
The Sequester Will Be Good for the Economy - Jeffrey Miron, Cato Institute
Doctors Report First Cure of HIV in a Child - Liz Szabo, USA Today
Polarization, Church and Country - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Republicans and Their Faulty Moral Arithmetic - Arthur Brooks, WSJ
Improving Health Care for Minorities - Daschle & Whyte, Politico
Opposition to ObamaCare Is on the Rise Again - Peter Suderman, Reason
The Age of Anxiety - Jonathan Last, Weekly Standard
Marissa Mayer's Job Is to Be CEO - Anne-Marie Slaughter, The Atlantic
Memo to Yahoo: The Office Is Overrated - Nikil Saval, Los Angeles Times
Own Our Failures to Uphold Constitution - Brian Vanyo, RealClearHistory
Sunday Panels: Meet the Press | FOX News Sunday | FTN | This Week
Tuesday, March 5
Lipstick on an Elephant - Frank Rich, New York MagazineConservatism and the Racism Smear - Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
Sequestration's Political Risks for Obama - Michael Shear, New York Times
Forget the Sequester, the U.S. Economy Is Broken - John Crudele, NY Post
What Obama Should Do Now - Robert Reich, Huffington Post
McConnell, Boehner Mopping the Floor w/Obama - John Feehery, The Hill
Adventures in GOP Reassessment - Jonathan Bernstein, Washington Post
CPAC Makes Mistake in Dissing Chris Christie - Cal Thomas, FOX News
In North Korea, Dennis Rodman Fouls Out - John Avlon, CNN
Don't Laugh, Experts Say Rodman Trip May Be Useful - Scott Conroy, RCP
A Scientist's Misguided Crusade - Joe Nocera, New York Times
President Obama's Dishonest Budget Politics - Thomas Sowell, IBD
Sequester, Held in Contempt - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Limp Recovery Questions Bernanke's High Self Regard - Jeff Snider, RCM
Liberals Should Support Armed Self-Defense - Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
A Market Solution to Immigration Reform - Becker & Lazear, Hoover Inst.
Coming Up With "A Bitter Pill" - Steven Brill, Reuters
Wednesday, March 6
CPAC Has Become a Defender of the Status Quo - Craig Shirley, TownhallAmerica's Gun Culture Needs to Change - Robert Dallek, USA Today
The Human Toll Behind Out-of-Wedlock Births - Michael Goodwin, NY Post
Wall St. Booms While Overall Economy Struggles - Matt Phillips, Quartz
Hugo Chavez Dead at 58: Good Riddance! - Michael Moynihan, Daily Beast
What Fidel Taught Hugo - Francisco Toro, The New Republic
Thug Chavez Was No Friend to the Poor - Nick Gillespie, Reason
It's "I Told You So" on ObamaCare - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
A Smart Way to End Stupidity of Sequestration - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
Sequester: Not Even a Cut - John Stossel, FOX Business
Larger Spending Cuts Would Help the Economy - Michael Boskin, WSJ
Is Racism Worse in the South? - Chuck Thompson, The New Republic
Jeb Bush Is Back & Thinking 2016 - Wallsten & Nakamura, Washington Post
The Coddling of College Hate Crime Hoaxers - Michelle Malkin, Townhall
The Professors' Big Stage - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Humanity Is Not a Plague Upon the Earth - Alex Berezow, USA Today
Roger Ailes Off Camera - Zev Chafets, Vanity Fair
Thursday, March 7
Republicans, Led by Paul, Filibuster for 13 Hours - Ashley Parker, NYTStand With Rand - Kevin Williamson, National Review
Holder Does Not Rule Out Drone Strikes in U.S. - Terry Frieden, CNN
Why Obama's Dining Room Diplomacy Could Work - Noam Scheiber, TNR
Spending Cuts May Be Answer to Slow Growth - Michael Barone, Examiner
Sequester Will Cause Real Hardship - Joe Conason, National Memo
Obama's Rx: Maximize America's Pain - Michael Walsh, New York Post
The War on Entitlements - Thomas Edsall, New York Times
Yes, Labels - Cliff Asness, The American
The Battle for California - Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
Hopeful Tone at Obama-GOP Dinner - Ginger Gibson, Politico
The Paul Filibuster: A Point Not to Be Missed - Erick Erickson, RedState
2016 Democratic Field May Not Wait for Clinton - Scott Conroy, RCP
Governorships an Opportunity for Dems in '14 - Stu Rothenberg, Roll Call
Is the South Still Racist? - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
High Court on Brink of Making Historic Error - Linda Greenhouse, NYT
Maureen Dowd, the Pope, and a Lesson in Fallibility - Mark Salter, RCP
Friday, March 8
Paul Takes on Crotchety GOP Establishment - John Kass, Chicago TribuneWhy You Shouldn't #StandWithRand - David Frum, The Daily Beast
The New Republican Generation Stands Up - Seth Lipsky, New York Post
McCain, Graham Assail Colleague's Filibuster - Stevenson & Parker, NYT
Will They Finally Start Getting the Tea Party Now? - Joel Pollak, Breitbart
President Obama's New Charm Offensive - John Dickerson, Slate
Barack Obama: Anti-Confidence Man - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
After Dinner Diplomacy, What's Next? - A. Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
What the Market Is Telling Us - Paul Krugman, New York Times
The Dow Jones vs. John Doe - Jeffrey Anderson, Weekly Standard
Why Americans Feel Like They're Getting Poorer - Michael Sivy, Time
On Economic Mobility - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Drums of War Beat Louder for Syria - Stephen Starr, Globe & Mail
Why We Give Foreign Aid - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
The Myth of Woodward: Why Is He an Icon? - Max Holland, Newsweek
Watergate Reminds Us That D.C. Has Been Worse - George Will, Wash Post
At 30, Reagan's Evil Empire Speech Better Than Ever - Paul Kengor, TAS
Saturday, March 9
Senators Bearing Arms - Gail Collins, New York TimesGovernment Shoots Itself in the Foot - George Will, Washington Post
Jumping the Sequester - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
The Odd Preoccupation With White House Tours - Steve Benen, MSNBC
My Filibuster Was Just the Beginning - Sen. Rand Paul, Washington Post
McCain Ups Ante, Calls Paul, Cruz 'Wacko Birds' - Paul Bedard, Examiner
Graham, McCain Are the Ones on the Fringe - Laura Ingraham, FOX News
When Public Is Better - Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect
ObamaCare's Biggest Challenge: Consumers - Scott Rasmussen, Ras Reports
Republicans' Policy Dilemma - Robert Schlesinger, U.S. News & World Report
Obama Fell for the Mandate Myth - Matthew Continetti, Free Beacon
Why We Need to Raise the Minimum Wage - Stern & Camden, LA Times
Sequester Cuts, Anti-Drone Noises Hurting GOP - Max Boot, Commentary
McCain, Graham Need to End the Super-Hawk Crap - Ace, Ace of Spades
Climate Change Graph Just Got Scarier - Tim McDonnell, Mother Jones
Is Game Over for Church of Global Warming? - John Hayward, RedState
Facebook's New Look Can't Conceal Old Problems - Kevin Kelleher, Fortune
Sunday, March 10
It's Obama's Economy --- at Last - Michael Hirsh, National JournalObama's Policies Turning America Into Detroit - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh PG
No to Keystone. Yes to Crazy - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Rand's Stand Shakes Up Washington - Rush Limbaugh
Embracing Kookiness Not a Winning Strategy for GOP - Bill Kristol, WkStd
What Hath Rand Paul Wrought? - Ross Douthat, New York Times
Sources Say Ashley Judd Is Running - Howard Fineman, Huffington Post
NV, AZ Take Aim at '16 Primary Calendar - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
CPAC Can Learn a Lot From Chris Christie - Roger Stone, The Stone Zone
MI Dems Suffering Post-Levin Identity Crisis - Brian Dickerson, Detroit FP
Corralling Mobsters, But Not Big Banks - Gretchen Morgenson, NY Times
Most Californians Aren't Celebrating Record Dow - Rex Sinquefield, Forbes
How Hugo Chavez Hurt Venezuela's Poor - Megan McArdle, The Daily Beast
Before a Falklands Vote, Bad Blood Surges Anew - John Burns, NY Times
John Kerry's Failed Mission in Cairo - Zvi Mazel, Jerusalem Post
The Single Biggest Problem Facing Apple - Jay Yarow, Business Insider
Game On! Why Rupert Murdoch Wants to Tackle ESPN - Sam Gustin,Time
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