Week of July 1, 2013 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, July 1
DOMA's Defeat & the Future of Gay Rights - Jeffrey Toobin, The New YorkerObama Stands at "Door of No Return" - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Germans Loved Obama. Now We Don't Trust Him - Malte Spitz, NY Times
Mr. President, You've Got Leverage - Noam Scheiber, The New Republic
A GOP Case for Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Bush & Bolick, WSJ
Legalization First, "Trust Us" on Rest Won't Fly - Rep. Trey Gowdy, FNS
Schumer: GOP Has to Pass Senate Immigration Bill - Ginger Green, Politico
Gang of Eight Bill a Step Backward for GOP - Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
The War on the Unemployed - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Chaotic Sequester? Not So Much. - David Fahrenthold, Washington Post
Paul, Rubio & Cruz vs. GOP Govs in 2016 - Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics
If Only Gosnell Had Worn Pink Sneakers - David Freddoso, DC Examiner
Why Barney Frank Is Smiling - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
Paula Deen: A Modern-Day Lynching - Tom Barton, Savannah Mng News
Amid Gridlock, Has Supreme Court Stepped In? - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Internet Armageddon? - Robert Samuelson, Columbus Dispatch
At Gettysburg, Choices Mattered - George Will, Washington Post
Sunday Panels: Meet the Press | This Week | FOX News Sunday | FTN
Tuesday, July 2
Dems Are Trying to Hide the Cost of ObamaCare - Ed Rogers, Wash PostGun Rights Come With Responsibilities - Gabrielle Giffords, USA Today
Risks for Dems in New Abortion Battle - Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg
What Obama Can Learn From California - John Judis, The New Republic
"Cracking" the Racial Code in Zimmerman Trial - James Taranto, WSJ
Voting Rights & the Southern Way of Life - Louis Menand, The New Yorker
Guilty of Being Southern - Lee Habeeb, National Review
U.S. Now a Global Leader in Climate Change Fight - Coral Davenport, NJ
GOP Sees '14 Opportunity in Obama's Climate Policy - Trip Gabriel, NYT
Obama No Longer a Global Superhero - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Boehner's Big Moment on Immigration - Julian Zelizer, CNN
There Is No Republican Case for Senate Bill - Conn Carroll, DC Examiner
What If Hillary Clinton Passes on 2016? - Maggie Haberman, Politico
Rand Must Balance Dad's Role, Differences - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
N.Y.C., Think Twice About Mayor Weiner - S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News
Would the U.S. Lose the Naval War of 2015? - Harry Kazianis, RCDefense
Hernandez: The Victory of Gangster Culture - Jason Whitlock, Fox Sports
Wednesday, July 3
The Politics of Delaying ObamaCare - Sarah Kliff, Washington PostA Blow to ObamaCare & the Rule of Law - Jeffrey Anderson, Wkly Standard
Obama's Crisis of Competence - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
Demographics and the GOP, Part IV - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Fed-Up Red-State Women Will Transform America - Joan Walsh, Salon
Stop Celebrating Wendy Davis - Kathleen Parker, Washington Post
GOP Turns Against Its Own History - Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
Tea Party Defiance Will Sink Immigration Bill - Tim Carney, DC Examiner
How Did the U.S. Lose the Egyptian People? - Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
Can America Survive Another 3 Yrs of Obama? - Michael Goodwin, NY Post
The Amazing Energy Race - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
D.C. Stands in the Way of U.S. Energy Boom - Steve Forbes, USA Today
Hillary Clinton IS Old News - Stuart Stevens, The Daily Beast
Still the 19th Century in the Republican South - Josh Marshall, TPM
A Nothing Case Against Zimmerman - George Neumayr, The Am Spectator
Founders Would Be Horrified at Surveillance State - D. Gillmor, Guardian
Words to Transform the World - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
Thursday, July 4
The Writing of a Great Address - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street JournalU.S. Gets a Second Chance in Egypt - Robert Satloff, Washington Post
An Independence Day for Egypt's Secularists - Michael Hirsh, The Atlantic
King George III Would Love Today's IRS - Matthew Clark, DC Examiner
A Wise Choice to Delay Insurance Mandate - Peter Orszag, Bloomberg
The Wheels Are Coming Off the Bus - Yuval Levin, National Review
Agenda for House Republicans Is Obvious - Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard
GOP Refuses to Help Fix Health Law - Jamelle Bouie, Washington Post
Public Is Going to Want to See ObamaCare Repealed - Rep. Bob Goodlatte
How Could We Blow It on Gun Control? - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Obama Will Make Blacks Vote Republican - Larry Elder, Investor's Biz Daily
Red, Divided and Blue - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
How Strong Is the Female Sex Drive? - Emily Esfahani Smith, The Atlantic
College Student Ordered to Hide Cross Necklace - Eric Owens, Daily Caller
The Fall of the American Worker - George Packer, The New Yorker
Dems Mount Glum Case for Low Expectations - Chris Stirewalt, Fox News
What Is July 4 to African-Americans? - Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Friday, July 5
From 1776 to 2013: How America Has Changed - Paul Krugman, NY TimesObama's Global Warming Folly - Charles Krauthammer, National Review
The Supreme Court's Assault on Civil Rights - Leonard Pitts, Baltimore Sun
Left Forever Refighting Old Racial Battles - Jonah Goldberg, New York Post
For Islamists, Dire Lessons on Politics, Power - Kirkpatrick & Hubbard, NYT
Obama Doubles Down on Egypt Folly - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Good Riddance to Brotherhood's Fake Dems - Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
Obama's Legacy on the Line as HC Problems Mount - Amie Parnes, The Hill
ObamaCare: A Fiasco for the Ages - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
The GOP's Abortion Obsession - Michelle Goldberg, The Daily Beast
The Lord of U.S. Labor Policy - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
New Yorkers Consider a New Nanny - Beth Reinhard, National Journal
Prosecutors Bungle Zimmerman Trial - Daniel Flynn, American Spectator
Davis for TX Gov? Don't Mess With It, Wendy - Harry Enten, The Guardian
In Reluctant Defense of Paula Deen - Rod Dreher, USA Today
Sorry, Gas Grills Are Better Than Charcoal - Mark McClusky, Wired
How to Thank a Soldier, By George W. Bush - Benny Johnson, BuzzFeed
Saturday, July 6
A Nation Founded on the Right Ideals - Steven Greenhut, ReasonWhy the U.S. Is On Track for a Lost Decade - Matthew Klein, Bloomberg
We Can Handle the Truth on Spying - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Families and America 3.0 - Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
Obamacare Strikes: Full-Time Jobs Plunge - Tyler Durden, ZeroHedge
The Real Hurdles in ObamaCare - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Does GOP Really Need to Pass Gang of 8 Bill? - Hayes vs. Carney, MSNBC
Sen. Reid's Transformation on Immigration - Carl Hulse, New York Times
Obama's Never-Mind Presidency - George Will, Washington Post
A New Strategy for Voting Rights - Ari Berman, The Nation
Who's the Most "Racist"? - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
John Kerry: Secretary of Stagecraft - James Rosen, Playboy
The Change That Wasn't - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Is Obama a Victim of Self-Esteem Education? - Jonathon Moseley, AT
Why Gay Marriage Is Winning - Richard Kim, The Nation
Hearts Break as Ethnicity, Child Welfare Clash - Carl Cannon, OC Register
Patriotism Not Thoughtless Nationalism - James Robbins, USA Today
Sunday, July 7
Can Egypt Pull Together? - Thomas Friedman, New York TimesArmy Saved Egypt From Islamic Dictatorship - Michael Goodwin, NY Post
The Gaps in ObamaCare - Diana Wagman, Los Angeles Times
ObamaCare Delay May Hurt Dems - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
Who's In Charge at the White House? - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
America Is Not Doomed - Daniel Gross, The Daily Beast
Under Obama, America Goes Part-Time - Terry Keenan, New York Post
Republicans Already Swarming Iowa - Ben Jacobs, The Daily Beast
Christie's Awkward Gay-Marriage Dance - Tom Moran, NJ Star-Ledger
Scandal Staining Hillary's Record - Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Chicago Protesters Fight Back Against Rahm - Rick Perlstein, The Nation
Obama Channels His Inner Al Gore - Ben Geman, The Hill
The Top Five Lies About Fracking - Ronald Bailey, Reason
In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens NSA Power - Eric Lichtblau, NY Times
Not Qualified for ObamaCare's Subsidies? Just Lie - Avik Roy, Forbes
The Lone Ranger Is Hollywood At Its Worst - Gilbert Cruz, NY Magazine
A Painful Mix of Fire, Wind, & Questions - Santos & Healy, New York Times