Week of March 11, 2013 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, March 11
Obama Flails as GOP Stands Firm on Cuts - Michael Barone, DC ExaminerIt's Time to End the Deficit Fixation - Paul Krugman, New York Times
13 Hours That Changed the Republican Party - Joseph Curl, Wash Times
Bernanke's Calm Stewardship - Edward Luce, Financial Times
Why Jobs Still Aren't Coming Back - John Steele Gordon, NY Daily News
All Politics Aside, Job Figures Are Good News - John Cassidy, New Yorker
Too Much Talk of Taxing - Judd Gregg, The Hill
Is the GOP Finally Winning? - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RealClearPolitics
The Partisan Ice Could Be Breaking - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Moderate Democrats Seek Distance From Obama - Alex Isenstadt, Politico
Jeb Bush Will Never Be President - Peter Beinart, The Daily Beast
Why Won't Obama Lead? - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
A Recommitment to Labor Rights - John Nichols, The Nation
Green Cars Have a Dirty Little Secret - Bjorn Lomborg, Wall Street Journal
A Tech Solution to Global Warming? - Michael Specter, The New Yorker
British Special Forces' Great Escape in Iraq - Toby Harnden, Sunday Times
How Disney Bought Lucasfilm - Devin Leonard, Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Sunday Panels: This Week | MTP | FOX News Sunday | Face the Nation
Tuesday, March 12
The GOP Plan to Balance the Budget by 2023 - Rep. Paul Ryan, Wall St. JrnlRyan Budget Plan Is Same Old Trickery - Rep. Steny Hoyer, Politico
To Save Medicare, Change the Model - James Capretta, USA Today
The Problem Is Today's Deficits Are Too Small - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
Debt Has Soared by $5.5T Since Last Senate Budget - John Merline, IBD
Detroit's Crisis: Bad Decisions, Crossed Fingers - Davey & Walsh, NY Times
Detroit: An American Autopsy - Charles Hurt, Breitbart
Surge of Black Voters Wasn't Mitt's Undoing - Brent Larkin, Cleveland PD
Ghost of Romney Haunts Republican Outreach - McKay Coppins, BuzzFeed
Conservatism & the Search for Apostates - Peter Wehner, Commentary
Note to Doubters: Rand Paul Is the Real Deal - John Fund, National Review
The Donald, Gov Snubs Pose Risks for CPAC - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Will North Korea Resume the Korean War? - George Friedman, Stratfor
To Hell With Karzai - Leslie Gelb, The Daily Beast
What If You Get a Bad Pope? - Jeremy Lott, RealClearReligion
18-Year-Olds Are Too Young to Be in Porn - Charles Lane, Washington Post
The Rampant Sexualization of America's Children - Dr. Keith Ablow, FOX
Video Highlights: Johnson | Schakowsky | Krauthammer | Kurtz | More
Wednesday, March 13
Obama Loses Public Trust on Economy - Cohen & Tumulty, Washington PostPaul Ryan Has Learned Nothing - Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic
One Day in March Revives a Party - Noemie Emery, Washington Examiner
What to Make of President's Charm Offensive - Doyle McManus, LA Times
For Obama, It's All About 2014 - Stephen Hayes, The Weekly Standard
Mr. Obama Goes to Israel - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Silly People Try to Ban Progress - John Stossel, FOX Business
America's Decline: It's the Trade Deficit - James Hoffa, Detroit News
Nanny Bloomberg Just Doesn't Get It - Jacob Sullum, New York Daily News
Paul Ryan's Third Strike - Will Marshall, RealClearPolitics
Sam's Smear - Ramesh Ponnuru & Jonah Goldberg, National Review
OFA Is Not a Partisan Organization - Jon Carson, USA Today
To Speak of Woe That Is in Teen Pregnancy - Heather Mac Donald, City Jrnl
Standard Tests Do Reveal Which Teachers Are Best - P. Orszag, Bloomberg
Choosing a Pope, Day 1 - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Marissa Mayer's Smart Call - James Surowiecki, The New Yorker
A Troubling After-Image of Stalin - Cathy Young, RealClearPolitics
Thursday, March 14
The Unexpected Consensus Candidate - Father Raymond de Souza, Natl PostPope Francis: A New Center of Gravity - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
How Francis Can Transform the Church - John Moody, FOX News
Why Francis May Be a Catholic Nightmare - Michael Dougherty, Slate
Outreach Is Nice, But Where's the Leadership? - Speaker John Boehner, WP
What the "New" GOP Budget Reveals - Joe Conason, National Memo
We Can't Wait For the Crisis, Mr. President - Philip Klein, Wash Examiner
The Press Has Turned on Paul Ryan - Noam Scheiber, The New Republic
Democrats' 1st Budget in 4 Years Is Awful - Andrew Stiles, National Review
Three Things to Watch For at CPAC - Steve Kornacki, Salon
A New Bull Market -- or a Bubble? - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Why the College of Cardinals Chose Francis - Nick Hahn, RealClearReligion
Why Evangelicals Should Care About the Pope - Gary Bauer, USA Today
Banning Large Sodas Is Legal and Smart - Lawrence Gostin, CNN
The Tyranny of the Virtuous - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Why the Media Keep Falling for Hoaxes - Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Obama Should Lift Secrecy on Drones - John Podesta, Washington Post
Friday, March 15
Commerzbank, Eric Holder & Too-Big-to-Jail - Jonathan Weil, BloombergFlimflam Man Wears Out His Welcome - Paul Krugman, New York Times
In Reality, Debt Matters. It Matters a Lot - David Harsanyi, Human Events
Obama's Charm Offensive: Too Little, Too Late? - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Plunge in Popularity Doesn't Mean Much Yet - Nate Cohn, New Republic
President Obama Accelerates His Irrelevancy - Chris Stirewalt, FOX News
Francis: Pope of the Americas - Howard Chua-Eoan, Time
"Go and Repair My House" - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Our Budget Is Balanced, Fair - Sen. Patty Murray, USA Today
Senate Dems' Long-Awaited Budget Fizzles - Philip Klein, DC Examiner
The Man Who Showed Us Mitt's Hidden Side - Jonathan Alter, Bloomberg
Codify the Drone War - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
The Legitimizing of Rand Paul - Ross Douthat, New York Times
Senator Ashley Judd for 2014? Don't Bet on It - Harry Enten, The Guardian
Colleges Forced to Turn Entrepreneurial - Lindsay & Sym-Smith, RCPolicy
Wolf Whisperer in the Vatican - Timothy Egan, New York Times
Popes and Dopes - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Video Highlights: Perry | Feinstein | Levin | Begala | Coulter | More
Saturday, March 16
GOP Paddling Against the Tide of History - Robert Shrum, The Daily BeastThe Road to Republican Revival - Jeb Bush, Wall Street Journal
Detroit and Our Decadent "Progressives" - Walter Russell Mead, Am Interest
Rob Portman's Progress - Frank Bruni, New York Times
Not Policing the World Ended With 9/11 - William Kristol, Weekly Standard
How About the Cold Calculation of Nat'l Interest Instead - Mark Steyn, NR
CPAC: Conservatives' Group-Therapy Session - Dana Milbank, Wash Post
Will Obama's Sequester Overreach Wreck 2nd Term? - J.T. Young, Forbes
The Dread That Is Ted - Gail Collins, New York Times
Entitlements: The Facts Say Fix Them - Cutter & Francis, RealClearPolitics
Keystone Pipeline Is a No-Brainer - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
What I Hope Geithner Comes Clean About - Noam Scheiber, New Republic
Michael Bloomberg's Soda Folly - Rich Lowry, New York Post
Where's Anger Over Gangs Killing Innocents? - Mary Mitchell, Chicago S-T
What 'Francis' Means for the Modern Church - David Perry, The Atlantic
New Shepherd, Same Wandering Flock - Mary Eberstadt, Time
Mysterious Murder of a Gay, Black Politician - Ben Terris, National Journal
Sunday, March 17
Financial System at More Risk Than You Know - Gretchen Morgenson, NYTJamie Dimon's March Madness - Terry Keenan, New York Post
Is Capitalism Moral? - Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post
The Fed's Policies Distort Capitalism - Conn Carroll, Washington Examiner
Conservatives Show Hunger for New Leadership - David Drucker, Roll Call
At CPAC, a Truce on Culture Wars - Elahe Izadi, National Journal
The Shaky Science Behind Same Sex Marriage - George Will, Wash Post
Putting Up a Fight Against Smart Drones - Bill Keller, New York Times
The Internet Is a Surveillance State - Bruce Schneier, CNN
Kevyn Orr Just Might Save Detroit - Nolan Finley, Detroit News
Carbon Tax Is a Win-Win-Win-Win-Win - Tom Friedman, New York Times
How Obamacare Changed Your Taxes - Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool
Five Lessons of the Iraq War - Fareed Zakaria, CNN
Obama Doesn't Have a Prayer in Middle East - Michael Goodwin, NY Post
How Beer Gave Us Civilization - Jeffrey Kahn, New York Times Magazine
Being White in Philly - Robert Huber, Philadelphia Magazine
Obama's WH Open to Rich, Closed to Poor - Mark McKinnon, The Telegraph
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