Week of August 12, 2013 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, August 12
Despite 2014 Edge, Republicans Are Still Losing - Albert Hunt, BloombergIs Mitch McConnell in Trouble? - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Is Cruz the '16 GOP Frontrunner? In Iowa, Maybe - Byron York, Examiner
Clinton's Theme: Women Who Break Barriers - Philip Rucker, Wash Post
The Budget Sequester Is a Success - Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal
Milton Friedman, Unperson - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Once Again, Obama Star of Amateur Hour - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
The Pay Is Too Damn Low - James Surowiecki, The New Yorker
Obama's New 27-Year-Old Paternalist - Kyle Smith, New York Post
It's a Travesty We're Not Bailing Out Detroit - Robert Kuttner, Huff Post
"Dr. No" a Good Steward for Our Money - Alex Berezow, USA Today
Why Obama Can't Be Trusted on Foreign Policy - Janet Daley, Telegraph
Christine Quinn, Frontrunner Again - Chris Smith, New York Magazine
The Man Who Rescued Ronald Reagan - Lou Cannon, RealClearPolitics
College Admissions Offices Rife with Cheating - Michael Barone, Examiner
Attack the Problem, Not the Messenger - Don Lemon, CNN
The Silence of the Race Hustlers - Todd Starnes, Daily Caller
Sunday Panels: Meet the Press | Fox News Sunday | FTN | This Week
Tuesday, August 13
A Swing Away From Tough-on-Crime Policies - Savage & Goode, NY TimesStop & Frisk Saves Lives - Michael Bloomberg, New York Post
The Stench of the Potomac - Frank Rich, New York Magazine
America Needs a Transformation - Glenn Reynolds, USA Today
Corporations & the Poor, Not a Zero-Sum Fight - Ezra Klein, Wash Post
Technocrats, Populists: Who Trusts the People? - Ben Domenech, Transom
Don't Kill Fannie and Freddie - Joe Nocera, New York Times
Graham's Tea Party Challengers - James Antle, The American Conservative
Just Being Hillary Won't Be Enough in 2016 - Richard Cohen, Wash Post
Are Elections Decided By Chance? - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
How the Education Establishment Hurts Kids - Thomas Sowell, IBD
The President Needs Oprah to Sell Obamacare - Elise Viebeck, The Hill
Oprah Winfrey's Swiss Adventure - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Republicans' Anti-Obama Racism Blows Up - Joan Walsh, Salon
The Left Wishes Death on George W. Bush - Sherman Frederick, LVRJ
AMC Succeeding By Breaking Rules of Legacy TV - Zachary Seward, Quartz
Mark Levin & The Liberty Amendments - Joel Pollak, Breitbart
Wednesday, August 14
Obama, Snowden and Putin - Thomas Friedman, New York TimesObamacare Exemption--None Dare Call It Treason - Charles Hurt, WT
Republicans' Pathetic Faux-Populism - Joan Walsh, Salon
The Wheels Are Coming Off Obamacare - Logan Penza, The Moderate Voice
What the Latest Delay Means - Jonathan Cohn, New Republic
GOP Senate Prospects Look Rosy, But Perils Lurk - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Why Stop & Frisk Is So Effective - John Podhoretz, New York Post
Ending New York's Racist Profiling Campaign - Ta-Nehisi Coates, Atlantic
The Mother of All Scandals - Victor Davis Hanson, PJ Media
President's Lies on NSA Aren't the Worst Part - Jeffrey Rosen, New Republic
Are Republicans Really Out of Step? - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Taken: The Use & Abuse of Civil Forfeiture - Sarah Stillman, New Yorker
Standing Up to an Anti-Gay Minister - Jonathan Capehart, Washington Post
Have LGBT Activists Become Bullies? - Anthony Esolen, Public Discourse
Summers of Our Discontent - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
The Field Is Clear for Hillary Corleone - Toby Harnden, Sunday Times
Democrats Test 2016 Waters, Even as Clinton Looms - Scott Conroy, RCP
Thursday, August 15
Obama Tramples the Constitution - George Will, Washington PostThe Real Price of Congress's Gridlock - Robert Reich, New York Times
Social Immobility Erodes American Dream - Fareed Zakaria, Wash Post
Obama's Policies Have Crushed the Economy - Larry Elder, IBD
Egypt's Ill Omen for the Broader Region - Hubbard & Gladstone, NY Times
Blood on the Hands of Muslim Brotherhood - Ralph Peters, New York Post
Right's Blatant Immorality on Obamacare - Matthew Yglesias, Slate
The Law of Intended Consequences - Robert Tracinski, The Daily Debate
Still Marching on Washington, 50 Years Later - Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYT
Agenda in Tatters, Liberals Fixate on Race - John Hinderaker, PowerLine
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Bob Filner? - G. Franke-Ruta, Atlantic
What If Party Makeovers Don't Work? - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Workers Lead Revolt Against Poverty - James Hoffa, Detroit News
Battle of the Sexes - John Stossel, FOX Business
Republicans' Big Problem With Crazy - Michael Cohen, The Guardian
The Jacksons Got Off Easy - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
Germond: As Genuine & Generous as They Come - Richard Benedetto, RCP
Friday, August 16
Moment of Truthiness - Paul Krugman, New York TimesCan Obama Write His Own Laws? - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Second-Term Blues - Norm Ornstein, National Journal
Time to March on Washington--Again - Ari Berman, The Nation
Commonsense Voter ID Isn't Jim Crow - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
What Obama Misunderstands About Egypt - Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
Obama's "I'm Not Bush" Foreign Policy - Robert Kaplan, Stratfor
What We Lose If We Give Up Privacy - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Wendy Davis: Stand and Deliver - Heidi Mitchell, Vogue
Contra-D.C. Bubble, GOP Well Poised for 2014 - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Don't Take My Pension! The Looming Nightmare - Adam Levitin, Salon
Just 35% Think Obamanomics Is Working - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Clown Mocking Obama Was Offensive and Racist - Judy Quest, CNN
Russell Simmons, Rape Video Clown - Michelle Malkin, Townhall
Murder by Craigslist - Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic
Japanese Debt: Tokyo's Time Bomb - Jay Zawatsky, The National Interest
Can Beirut Be Paris Again? - Michael Totten, City Journal
NYC Mayor (Marist): Quinn 24, de Blasio 24, Thompson 18, Weiner 11
Saturday, August 17
Obama Suspends Law. What Would Lincoln Say? - Nick Rosenkranz, WSJYoung, Healthy and Rich Need Obamacare, Too - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
Democracy in Egypt Can Wait - Charles Kupchan, New York Times
Leaks Another Blow to Obama's Credibility - Conn Carroll, DC Examiner
Lawbreaking at the NSA - Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Idiot Big Brother - Mark Steyn, National Review
Climate Change: The Next Great Extinction - Peter Brannen, NY Times
The Breathtaking Benefits of Fracking - James Panero, City Journal
From Moral Majority to "Prophetic Minority" - Naomi Schaefer Riley, WSJ
The Choice to Be Child-Free Is Admirable - Jill Filipovic, The Guardian
Damon's Actions Speak Louder Than Words - Ron Hart, OC Register
Can Republicans Fix Woman Problem? - Garance Franke-Ruta, The Atlantic
Taking Back the Republican Debates - John Fund, National Review
How Drudge's Lewinsky Scoop Changed Journalism - Gregg Russell, CNN
Puzzle Awaits DC: How to Solve 3 Fiscal Rifts - John Harwood, NY Times
Obama Skips Kennedy Tax Cuts - Larry Kudlow, Investor's Business Daily
Kinshasa, Urban Pulse of the Congo - Robert Draper, National Geographic
Sunday, August 18
Is Obama Retreating From Obamacare? - Joan Vennochi, Boston GlobeRules Don't Apply to the Governing Class - Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle
The Fading Tea Party Movement - Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Things Looking Up for GOP Down-Ballot - Salena Zito, Pitt Tribune-Review
The Clintons' Money, Money, MONEY! - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Conservatives Don't Get Our Public Problems - Mike Konczal, Wash Post
In Search of a Populist Republican Party - Stephanie Slade, US News & WR
Are Dems About to Fracture Over Fracking? - Alex Roarty, Natl Journal
NYC's Demoralizing Race to the Bottom - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Why the U.S. Hasn't Cut Aid to Egypt - David Rothkopf, CNN
Egypt's Only Chance for Stability - Andrew McCarthy, National Review
A Hoodie in the Workplace - Brenda Howard, Washington Post
The Liberal Freakout Over a Clown - Silvio Canto, American Thinker
Killing Machines: How to Think About Drones - Mark Bowden, The Atlantic
Detroit and the American Urban Future - Daniel DiSalvo, DC Examiner
Giving to the Poor Without Strings Attached - Jacob Goldstein, NYT Mag
In Defense of Football - Max Boot, Wall Street Journal