Week of April 1, 2013 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, April 1
America's Trade Muddle - Robert Samuelson, Washington PostObamaCare Fails to Keep Promises - Sen. Mitch McConnell, USA Today
Lessons From a Comeback - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Union Greed Drives California to Bankruptcy - Steven Greenhut, Reason
How the Central Bankers Saved the World - Neil Irwin, Washington Post
Financialization of the Economy Will End in Tears - David Stockman, NYT
Why the Euro Is Doomed in 4 Steps - Matthew O'Brien, The Atlantic
MSM Focused GOP Woes, But Dems Increasingly Divided - Jack Kelly, PPG
It'll Be Struggle, But Dems Will Hold the Senate - Juan Williams, The Hill
How KY Dems Elbowed Ashley Judd Out - Jonathan Miller, The Daily Beast
Obamas Living 1% Life, Courtesty of Taxpayers - Joseph Curl, Wash Times
North Korea's Dangerous Game - Evan Osnos, The New Yorker
Islamists Methodically Exterminating Christians - Ralph Peters, NY Post
Hagel Warns of Big Squeeze at the Pentagon - Thom Shanker, NY Times
The Shame of Three Strikes Laws - Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
How Public School Kids Get Cheated - Sol Stern, The Daily Beast
Hope's Opening Day - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Sunday Panels: This Week | FOX News Sunday | MTP | Face the Nation
Tuesday, April 2
The Test Score Racket - Eugene Robinson, Washington PostHow Many Lives Do Guns Save? - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Don't Take Your Guns to Town - William Daley & Roseanna Ander, WSJ
Stockton Bankruptcy Is Just the Beginning - Conn Carroll, DC Examiner
Why Obama's Majority Will Survive - Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
GOP's Foreign Policy: Reagan's or GWB's? - Robert Merry, National Interest
Our Sordid History on Gay Marriage - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Inconvenient Headlines for Liberals - Mona Charen, National Review
When B.A. Stands for "Barista" - Megan McArdle, The Daily Beast
Why I'm Not Cheering the Economic Recovery - John Judis, New Republic
New York's Future Flees to Florida - Ruger & Sorens, New York Daily News
In Indiana, a Big Win for School Choice - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
Rubio's Immigration Cowardice - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Offensive Comment Unlikely to Derail Don Young - Scott Conroy, RCP
The Bible vs. Heart - Dennis Prager, Townhall
Baby Boomers & the Rise of "Gray Divorce" - Susan Brown, LA Times
Ft. Hood Victims Shamefully Denied Purple Hearts - Andy McCarthy, PJM
Wednesday, April 3
Happily Never After? - Maureen Dowd, New York TimesLeft-Wing Bigots Pat Themselves on the Back - James Taranto, Wall St Jrnl
WH Pushes Banks to Make More Home Loans - Zachary Goldfarb, Wash Post
Krugman's California Dreamin' - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
If Only I'd Snagged a Princeton Man - Donna Brazile, CNN
What Feminism Has Come To - S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News
Obama's Trash Talkers - Dylan Byers, Politico
Communing w/Hatemongers From the Pulpit - Charles Hurt, Wash Times
Black Conservatism Seems So Unappetizing - Tony Norman, Pittsburgh PG
Leave Ben Carson Alone - John McWhorter, Time
Let the 2016 Race Begin! - John Dickerson, Slate
Colbert's Pitch Looms Large in Sister's Race - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
The War on Christians in the Middle East - Kirsten Powers, USA Today
The Sad State of Liberal Education at Bowdoin - Peter Berkowitz, RCP
My Little (Global) School - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Columbia's Pet Terrorist - John Podhoretz, New York Post
Quantum Mechanics Supports Free Will - Tom Harstfield, RealClearScience
Thursday, April 4
Republican Plan Doesn't Replace ObamaCare - Ezra Klein, Washington PostUnlike ObamaCare, Republican Plan Will Work - Ben Domenech, Transom
Can Republicans Dig Out of Their Hole? - Roger Simon, Politico
After 2012, Republican Woes Overstated - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Ben Carson: He Wears the Mask - Ta-Nehisi Coates, New York Times
Schools Push Curriculum of Propaganda - George Will, Washington Post
Gun Control Can Come With Love - Jimmy & Nelba Greene, USA Today
The NRA Is Beating Obama on Gun Control - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
The Gun Debate: What Liberals Leave Out - Larry Elder, Townhall
Obama Gives Hollywood a Pass - Campbell Brown, Wall Street Journal
Keystone XL: The Pipeline to Disaster - James Hansen, Los Angeles Times
Global Warming: End of an Illusion - Robert Tracinski, RealClearMarkets
How the IRS Hurts Mothers - Lilian Faulhaber, New York Times
Maryland Becomes a Liberal Paradise - Thomas Schaller, Baltimore Sun
California Abortion Law: A Road Not Taken - Lou Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Is Disability the New Welfare? - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Gabriel Sherman a Window Into Shoddy "Journalism" - Pat Caddell, FOX
Video Highlights: Carville | Paul | Obama | DeGette | Limbaugh | More
Friday, April 5
Has America Lost Its Mojo? - Mortimer Zuckerman, U.S. News & World ReportTo Create Jobs, U.S. Must Spend - Dimitri Papadimitriou, Los Angeles Times
The Truth About Taxes and Spending in Europe - Alan Reynolds, Cato
Culture Wars Now Favor Democrats - Ron Brownstein, National Journal
On Immigration, Distrust and Then Verify - John Fund, National Review
Here's to States Saving Gun Control - Howard Fineman, Huffington Post
The Great Gun Control Fizzle - Rich Lowry, Politico
Hillary Derangement Syndrome - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Clinton Is Less "Inevitable" Than You Think - Matt Continetti, Free Beacon
Ben Carson's Rapid Rise & Long Odds - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
The Urge to Purge the Economy - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Moving Beyond Contorted Keynesian Logic - Peter Schiff, RealClearMarkets
For Dr. King, Everybody In and Nobody Out - Jesse Jackson, CNN
Decline & Fall of American Liberal Education - Linda Chavez, DC Examiner
Will Gay Marriage Split the Republican Party? - Ana Marie Cox, Guardian
Obama's Insulting Salary Stunt - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Can Austin, TX Become the Dubai of the U.S.? - Carl Schramm, Forbes
Video Highlights: Obama | Krauthammer | Stewart | Napolitano | More
Saturday, April 6
Golf Shot Heard Round the Academic World - David Feith, Wall St. JournalThe Young Are the Restless: Advantage Dems - Charles Blow, NY Times
Health Care: The Sleeper Issue of 2014? - Amy Walter, Cook Political Report
The Tolerance Enforcers Will Not Tolerate Dissent - Mark Steyn, NRO
When Justices Must Act - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Federalism Attack on DOMA Is a Trojan Horse - Linda Greenhouse, NYT
Bloomberg's Liberal Ideas Lack Supporting Data - Tim Carney, Examiner
Gun Control May Have to Wait - A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
Obama's "Best-Looking" Gaffe - Garance Franke-Ruta, The Atlantic
The JOBS Act Turns One, and It's a Failure - Zachary Seward, Quartz
"A One-Way Ticket to Poverty" - Colbert King, Washington Post
Find a Man Today, Graduate Tomorrow - Emily Esfahani Smith, WSJ
Washington Post's Irresponsible Racial Smears - Gene Lyons, Detroit News
Iraq: End of an Era - Jackie Spinner, American Journalism Review
Google Future Isn't Worth Our Privacy - Evgeny Morozov, Financial Times
How Machiavelli Saved My Family - Suzanne Evans, Wall Street Journal
Interfaith Marriages: A Mixed Blessing - Naomi Schaeffer Riley, NY Times
Sunday, April 7
The Stock Market vs. the Labor Market - Derek Thompson, The AtlanticPresident Obama's War on Growth - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
U.S. Economy Not Great, But Better Than Most - Nouriel Roubini, Slate
Easy Money Helps Wall St., Threatens Main St. - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh PG
Of Course Hillary Is Running - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Hillary Clinton Would Not "Clear the Field" - Tod Lindberg, New Republic
GOP Looking for Fresh Face. So Far, It's Rubio - Doyle McManus, LA Times
GOP Needs More Than Just a Slick New Sales Pitch - Matt Kibbe, USA Today
Are We On Verge of Accidental War With N. Korea? - Wesley Clark, CNN
Obama's Dangerous Nuclear Dance - Leslie Gelb, The Daily Beast
America the War-Weary - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Don't Intervene in Syria - Andrew McCarthy, National Review
The Cultural Fight for Guns - Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker
Why Gun Coverage Is So Biased - John Hinderaker, Power Line
Jon Stewart vs. The Muslim Brotherhood - David Rhode, Reuters
Johns Hopkins's Troubling Extremism - George Will, Washington Post
A Secret Deal on Drones, Sealed in Blood - Mark Mazzetti, New York Times