Week of August 19, 2013 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, August 19
Obama Expands the Regulatory State - Ben Goad & Julian Hattem, The HillThe Unstoppability of Obamacare - Paul Krugman, New York Times
How Higher Taxes Kill Jobs - T.J. Rodgers, Wall Street Journal
Days of Rage in Egypt - David Remnick, The New Yorker
In Middle East, Obama Misplays Hand - Bruce Jentleson, Politico
Voting Rights Act Left Complicated Legacy - Richard Wolf, USA Today
Hillary's Delusional Views on Voter Fraud - Holly Robichaud, Boston Herald
Confident Biden Team Sows Seeds For 2016 - Nicholas, Lee & Nelson, WSJ
The Campaign Is On To Be Hillary's VP - Byron York, Washington Examiner
Chris Christie's Debate Phobia - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
When Welfare Pays Better Than Work - Michael Tanner, New York Post
Housing: From Bubble to Bottleneck - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Why Americans Hate Congress - Carl M. Cannon, Orange County Register
After Bloomberg - Ken Auletta, The New Yorker
The White House Credibility Deficit - Jeff Jarvis, The Guardian
Time for Answers From the NSA - John Fund, National Review Online
Sorry, Princess Diana Wasn't Murdered - Tina Brown, The Daily Beast
Panels: This Week | Meet the Press | FOX News Sunday | Face the Nation
Tuesday, August 20
The Egyptian Debacle - Roger Cohen, New York TimesOnly Policy Is to Back Egypt's Military - Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
White House Temporarily Holds Up Military Aid - Jessica Yellin, CNN
Allies Thwart Administration's Efforts in Egypt - Liz Sly, Washington Post
Why Are We Siding With the Muslim Brotherhood? - Roger Kimball, PJM
American Women Are Leaning In - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
A Beastly Attack on Ted Cruz - Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics
What Edward Snowden Has Cost Us - Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
Scandals Destroy American Exceptionalism - Glenn Reynolds, USA Today
Modern Vote Suppression - Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
For Dems, Turnout Trumps Honesty - Ross Kaminsky, American Spectator
Can Twitter Predict Elections? Not So Fast - Mark Blumenthal, Huff Post
Why Shouldn't Princeton Pay Taxes? - Piereson & Riley, Wall Street Journal
School Has Become Too Hostile to Boys - Christina Hoff Sommers, Time
The Future of the New York Times - Michael Kinsley, The New Republic
Keeping the NSA Out of Your Computer - Clive Thompson, Mother Jones
Reality Versus Mirages in Egypt - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Wednesday, August 21
Wanted: A Boring Leader for the Fed - Amar Bhide, New York TimesWhy Science and Politics Don't Mix - Clive Crook, Bloomberg
Egypt: Balancing Interests Over Values - Chuck Freilich, National Interest
Close to the Edge in Egypt - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
President Obama's Jewel of Denial - George Neumayr, American Spectator
How "Lawless" Is Obama? - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Benghazi Scapegoats Reinstated - Seth Mandel, Commentary
NSA Story Cuts Into Obama Support with the Young - Justin Sink, The Hill
Republicans' Plan to Crush Silicon Valley - John Judis, The New Republic
Community Doesn't Mean a Big-Govt Program - Tim Carney, DC Examiner
Christie Shows Why It's Not Too Early to Talk 2016 - Scott Conroy, RCP
Bill de Blasio's Turn at Bat - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
How Democrats May Lose Their Media Edge - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
The High Price of Whistleblowing - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
NSA Critics, Right All Along - Charles Cooke, National Review
Genes Demolish Gladwell's "Outlier" Version - Peter Orszag, Bloomberg
Dogs, Strangers and God - Dennis Prager, Townhall
2013 Polls: VA (Quinn): McAuliffe +6 | NJ (Monmouth): Christie +20
Thursday, August 22
Secret Court Rebuked NSA on Surveillance - Savage & Shane, NY TimesA Mountain of Illegality - George Will, Washington Post
Shaping a Speech, 50 Yrs After 'I Have a Dream' - Michael Shear, NY Times
Is Obama Already a Lame Duck? - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
"Thrill Killing" Rocks Oklahoma Town - Branson-Potts & Pearce, LA Times
Chris Lane's Death & the Media's Double Standard - Rush Limbaugh
Assad Uses Chemical Weapons, World Shrugs - Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
The Muslim Brotherhood's War on Coptic Christians - Kirsten Powers, DB
Ted Cruz: Hero or Headache for the GOP? - Sean Sullivan, Washington Post
Liberals' Have a Ted Cruz Obsession - Andrew Stiles, National Review
McDonnell Is a Drag on Cuccinelli - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RealClearPolitics
Ashton Kutcher's Sage Advice - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Either Fire Maureen Dowd or Get Her a Fact Checker - Alex Pareene, Salon
Al Jazeera: The News Americans Deserve - Ana Marie Cox, Guardian
A Dreadful Debut for Al Jazeera - Christopher Harper, National Review
Gore Optimistic About Stopping Global Warming - Ezra Klein, Wash Post
The Man Who Was Treated for $17,000 Less - Jeffrey Singer, Wall St. Jrnl
Virginia 2016 (Quinnipiac): Clinton 46, Christie 37 | Biden 47, Cruz 37
Friday, August 23
GOP in Fantasyland on Obamacare - Eugene Robinson, Washington PostLawlessness in the Executive - Jeffrey Anderson, The Weekly Standard
Common Core and the Common Good - Charles Blow, New York Times
Obama's Plan Won't Control College Costs - Richard Vedder, Bloomberg
Backing Military Only Option in Egypt - Charles Krauthammer, Wash Post
This Age of Bubbles - Paul Krugman, New York Times
NSA Is Losing the Benefit of the Doubt - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Snags Slow Surveillance Review Group - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Can Hillary Clinton Survive Benghazi? - John Hinderaker, PowerLine
Scott Walker's Sand Grab - Molly Redden, The New Republic
An "Inconvenient" Untruth - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Republican Racism of 2009 Still Alive & Well - Joan Walsh, Salon
The Kids Behind the Cruel Oberlin Race Hoax - Chuck Ross, Daily Caller
Stop and Frisk Is Un-American - Duncan Black, USA Today
NYC Headed Down Detroit Path on Crime - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Why ESPN Backed Out of a Concussions Investigation - Marc Tracy, TNR
Matt Damon the New King of Left-Wing Flops - John Nolte, Big Hollywood
Latest Polls: Obama Approval | 2013: VA, NJ, NYC | ObamaCare | 2016
Saturday, August 24
Obamacare: Going, Going, Gone - Yuval Levin, Weekly StandardEric Holder: Voter Suppression Will Not Stand - Ari Berman, The Nation
Is Obama Good for Black Americans? - Mona Charen, National Review
When It Comes to Spying, Obama Has It Right - Ronald Kessler, Politico
White House: Transparency Transhmarency - Lloyd Grove, Daily Beast
"A Nation of Sullen Paranoids" - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
50 Years Later: Abandoning MLK's Dream - Charles Blow, New York Times
Obama Was Wrong on the Trayvon Case - Kathleen Parker, Washington Post
Big Differences Between Trayvon, Chris Lane Cases - Jonathan Hicks, BET
Oklahoma Hate Murder Doesn't Fit PC Narrative - Greg Gutfeld, Fox News
Demographic Shifts May Help Virginia Dems - John Harwood, NY Times
Six Things Losing Candidates Say - Nathan Gonzales, Roll Call
Bradley Manning: Delusions of Gender - Kevin Williamson, National Review
What Snowden & Manning Don't Understand - Mark Bowden, The Atlantic
Geithner to the Rescue? - Larry Kudlow, Investor's Business Daily
The Delusional Obama Impeachment Crusade - Joan Walsh, Salon
The President's Increasing Lawlessness - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Sunday, August 25
In Syria, America Loses If Either Side Wins - Edward Luttwak, NY TimesEgyptians See Obama Backing Brotherhood - Jay Newton-Small, Time
Obama's Grand Strategy for Middle East Failed - Walter Russell Mead, WSJ
Obama Needs to be King-like, Not King-lite - Tavis Smiley, Washington Post
A Different Kind of Racial Division - Ross Douthat, New York Times
President's Chance to Change Civil Rights Talk - Doug Kendall, USA Today
Who Are the Cowards Now, Mr. Holder? - Thomas Lifson, American Thinker
Spokane Struggles With WWII Vet's Death - Rick Rojas, Los Angeles Times
The Summer Budget Bacchanal - Scott Faulkner, Politico
After Six Bugdet 'Showdowns,' Big Govt Still Big - David Fahrenthold, WaPo
First, Defund Obamaphones - Nolan Finley, Detroit News
Iowa Fears a Diminished Role in 2016 - Jonathan Martin, New York Times
Hillary Wouldn't Be a Fresh Face in WH - Jay Cost, The Weekly Standard
Lt. Gov. Not Bullish on Virginia Gov Candidates - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Ginsburg: Court "One of the Most Activist in History" - Adam Liptak, NYT
Why College Really Costs So Much - Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal
Ivy League Admissions Madness - Lacy Crawford, New York Post