Week of April 8, 2013 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, April 8
Government Paternalism Is Good for You - Cass Sunstein, The New RepublicWe Need an IQ Test for Politicians - Glenn Reynolds, New York Post
Why Is Congress So Afraid of Gun Control? - Margaret Talbot, New Yorker
Obama's 1 Percent Lifestyle Hits a Nerve - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
A Republican Revival in 2014? - Page Gardner & Celinda Lake, Politico
ObamaCare, Insurance and Freedom - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Reflections of a Medical Ex-Practitioner - Ed Marsh, Wall Street Journal
Obama's Act of Political Malpractice - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Good Looks Shouldn't Matter, But They Do - Katrina Trinko, USA Today
President Takes Control In 2nd Term - McMorris-Santoro & Smith, BuzzFeed
Yes, Sequestration Is Actually Bad - Jon Favreau, The Daily Beast
Britain's Welfare System Has Lost Its Way - David Cameron, The Sun
Debunking Krugman's European Austerity Narrative - Dan Mitchell, Cato
Would Immigration Bill Aid Republicans? - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
A New US Renaissance - David Petraeus & Michael O'Hanlon, Washington Post
Liberals Freeze Out FOX News' Winter - Patrick Howley, The Daily Caller
"Iron Lady" Was Giant of Post War Era - Alistair Macdonald, WSJ
Tuesday, April 9
A Champion of Freedom for Workers, Nations - Charles Moore, Telegraph"Iron Lady" Reagan's Most Resolute Ally - Lou Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Did Thatcher Really Turn Britain Around? - Paul Krugman, NY Times
How Thatcher Revolutionized Britain - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Next 2 Weeks Crunch Time for Obama & Washington - Gloria Borger, CNN
Poverty Plagues Obama's America, MSM Shrugs - Stuart Stevens, Dly Beast
Early Line on 2016: Vice President an Underdog - Peter Baker, NY Times
Will Hillary's Media Honeymoon Last? - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Pryor the Most Vulnerable Senator in '14 - Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call
Tests and Tiger Moms - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Reporter Facing Jail Time for Doing Her Job - Judith Miller, LA Times
Invoking Newtown, Obama Presses Gun Laws - Applebome & Weisman, NYT
Gun-Rights Lesson from a Communism Survivor - Erika Johnsen, Hot Air
Why Teens Need Access to 'Morning After' Pill - Nancy Northup, USA Today
Planned Parenthood's Defense of Infanticide - Marc Thiessen, Wash Post
Silly Outrage Over Obama's "Best Looking" Remark - Cathy Young, RCP
MSNBC: Kids Don't Belong to Their Parents - Rich Lowry, New York Post
Wednesday, April 10
Would Thatcher Succeed in "Lean In" Culture? - Amity Shlaes, BloombergPro-Gun Absolutism From the Right - Will Marshall, The Daily Beast
Obama's Abuse of Dead Children - Jacob Sullum, New York Post
Here's Why Public Pensions Are Doomed - Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal
The Term "Arab Spring" Has to Be Retired - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
Rand Paul the Realist - Matthew Walther, The American Spectator
Obama Could Win in 2014 by Losing Now - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
Zero Calories to Zero Population - Jean Yarbrough, RealClearPolitics
A FOX News Journalist Faces Jail - Theodore Boutrous, New York Times
The Anti-Gay '90s: Forgive & Forget? - Garance Franke-Ruta, The Atlantic
Sexuality Is More Like Religion Than Race - William Mattox, USA Today
MSNBC's Bizarre, Revealing Rant About Kids - Kyle Wingfield, Atlanta JC
A Tale of Three Women - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
McConnell Says Political Opponents Bugged His Office - Caitlin Dewey, WP
Should We Revise Our Opinion About Watergate? - Ann Althouse
Inky Tears: The State of Journalism - Frank Rich, New York Magazine
Showdown: Wasserman Schultz vs. Beyonce - Mary Katharine Ham, Hot Air
Thursday, April 11
Why Congress May Finally Do a Budget Deal - Joe Klein, TimeBasis for a Grand Bargain? Preposterous - Yuval Levin, National Review
Obama Budget Hit From Left & Right - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
The Myth of Obama's Centrism - David Harsanyi, Human Events
1st Lady's Stand Against Violence Long Overdue - Lynn Sweet, Chicago ST
IL Citizen Forced to Bring a Bat to a Gun Fight - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
For Some Dems, Gun Law Vote May Hurt in 2014 - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Liberty, Civil Rights and America's Future - Sen. Rand Paul, Howard Univ.
Rand Paul Can't Fool Howard Students - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Monolithic Black Vote Based on 50 Yrs of Dem Lies - Larry Elder, Examiner
Finally, A Real Immigration Fix - Froma Harrop, Providence Journal
Let's End Bizarre Fantasy of a Weiner Comeback - Andrea Peyser, NY Post
Why Bitcoin Is a Bubble - Megan McArdle, The Daily Beast
McConnellgate a Test of Media Integrity - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Media Disgraces Itself in Abortion Doctor Trial - Kirsten Powers, USAT
The Age of Female Sainthood? - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
1 Year Ago the Justice System Failed Our Son George - Gladys Zimmerman
Obama Job Approval (NBC/WSJ Poll): 47% Approve, 48% Disapprove
Friday, April 12
Congress's Notorious B.I.G. Agenda - Jonathan Alter, BloombergObama's Doomed Bloomberg Presidency - Matthew Continetti, Free Beacon
A New Budget for a New Party - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
More Taxing and Spending From Obama - Charles Krauthammer, Wash Post
Iron Lady Is Dead But Thatcherism Lives On - Gary Younge, The Guardian
The Infantile Illusions of Socialism - Kyle Smith, Forbes
Lust for Gold - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Terry McAuliffe's Solyndra - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
The Moronic Conspiracy to Nail Mitch McConnell - David Weigel, Slate
Hillary 2016, Obama 2014 - Brent Budowsky, The Hill
Minority Voters and Rand Paul's Third Way - Seth Mandel, Commentary
Jay-Z, Rand Paul, and the Black Democrat Mystery - Jon Chait, NY Mag
How Dems Will Kill Trust in Immigration Reform - Byron York, Examiner
McConnell More Dangerous Than Kim Jong Un - David Rothkopf, Philly Inq
The NYT's Version of the Anthony Weiner Affair - Ace, Ace of Spades
In Iowa, Santorum to Push Back on GOP Shifts - Scott Conroy, RCP
Next Great US Cities Aren't What You Think - Joel Kotkin, New Geography
Saturday, April 13
Obama's Growth-Busting Budget - Larry Kudlow, National ReviewThe Gun Lobby's Dumbest Argument - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Politico, Atlantic and the Gosnell Blackout - Mollie Hemingway, Patheos
Trial About Many Things, But Not Media Bias - Dashiell Bennett, Atlantic
America's Abortion Mind-Block - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
Don't Praise Paul for Speaking at Howard - Adam Serwer, Mother Jones
Genuine Conversations on Race - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
What Progressives Must Do to End U.S. Malaise - Will Marshall, PPI
Margaret Thatcher Saved Britain From Socialism - Mark Steyn, IBD
How Washington Ruined Governors - Brownstein & Czekalinski, Natl Jrnl
Gitmo Helps Al-Qaeda Recruit More Terrorists - Therese Postel, Atlantic
Perils of a Politically Correct Pentagon - Michael Walsh, New York Post
From "Mad Men" to a Mad Congress - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
Immigration Bill: No Fence, No Deal - Hugh Hewitt, Townhall
Fixing the Teaching Profession - Jal Mehta, New York Times
Will Ray Kurzweil Live Forever? - Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal
Why I Didn't Write About Gosnell's Trial - Megan McArdle, The Daily Beast
Sunday, April 14
With Legacy in the Balance, Obama Mulls Options - Wilson & Goldfarb, WPThe Decline of Obama - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
What I Saw at the Gosnell Trial - J.D. Mullane, Phillyburbs.com
NARAL: The World Before Roe v. Wade - Bassett & Grim, Huffington Post
Abortion, the MSM, & the Limits of Shaming - Pete Spiliakos, First Things
Sandy Hook Parents & the Power of the Personal - Ruth Marcus, Wash Post
Why We Got the Gun Compromise - Deb Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle
Bitcoin and the Illusion of Money - Tom Chatfield, BBC
Fracking Revolution vs. Green Energy Failure - Conn Carroll, Examiner
How Should We Rank Thatcher? - David Cannadine, New York Times
Britain Set Free by This Class Warrior - Janet Daley, The Telegraph
Inside the Mind of Kim Jong-un - Ernesto Londono, Washington Post
Beyonce & Jay-Z: Saving Communism? - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Clock Ticking to Prosecute Wall St. Crimes - Gretchen Morgenson, NY Times
The Lies of ObamaCare - Michael Tanner, New York Post
Weiner, Clinton, and the Love Gluttons - Frank Bruni, New York Times
Gettysburg Part of America's Soul - Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review