Week of February 17, 2014 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, February 17
On Health Law, Democrats Run in Fix-It Mode - Ashley Parker, NY TimesIf You Don't Like Your Promises, You Can Break Them - James Antle, TNI
Obamacare & Christie Have Plenty in Common - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
Dems Keeping Obama at Arm's Length - John Sununu, Boston Globe
Without a Trace: The Sixth Extinction - Al Gore, New York Times
The New "Climate Change" Tack - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Can Bond With Boozman Aid Pryor? - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RealClearPolitics
The UAW Vote and the Shadow of Detroit - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
UAW Defeat Shows Unions Must Change - Peter Morici, Baltimore Sun
Bashing the Clintons, Republicans Look Desperate - Ron Fournier, NJ
"Girls" vs. "Sex and the City" - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Why Immigration Reform Matters - George Will, Washington Post
Barons of Broadband - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Unsmiling Faces - Charles Kesler, Claremont Review of Books
Republican Leaders Must Keep Tea Party on the Run - Juan Williams, Hill
Ted Cruz Is Winning - David Harsanyi, The Federalist
How Presidents Judge One Another - Jon Meacham, Time
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Tuesday, February 18
Democrats in Denial Over Obamacare - Josh Kraushaar, National JournalPolitical Gridlock's Millions of Victims - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Climate Prophets and Profiteers - Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
Hillary Clinton's Secrets - Frank Bruni, New York Times
Why Hillary Clinton's Past Is Fair Game - Byron York, DC Examiner
The Stimulus Still Isn't Getting Enough Love - Danny Vinik, New Republic
Despite Stimulus, Middle Class Still Struggles - Mitch McConnell, Reuters
The UAW's Worker Problem - Rich Lowry, National Review
When Culture Eclipses Class - Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
Nudging Media Toward Less Polarized Discourse - West & Stone, Brookings
Why Liberals Have Lost Control of the Media - Mike Gonzalez, Federalist
Changing Tax Code Can Curb Inequality - Larry Summers, Washington Post
The Truth About the "One Percent" - James Piereson, Wall Street Journal
America's Conscience on Abortion - Keli Goff, The Daily Beast
Judges, Hubris, and Same-Sex Marriage - Dennis Prager, Townhall
The Post-Obama Democratic Party - Julian Zelizer, CNN
A Revealing New History of Liberalism - Daniel DiSalvo, Washington Times
Wednesday, February 19
Our Decadent D.C. & Wall Street Elites - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street JournalStimulus Worked, But Failed Politically - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Latest Obamacare "Fix" Could Extend Bailouts - John Podhoretz, NY Post
Armed White Guys Are the Real Thugs - Roger Simon, Politico
The Liberal Game of Race-Baiting - Ross Kaminsky, The American Spectator
American Racism & the Killing of Jordan Davis - Ta-Nehisi Coates, Atlantic
Breaking the Grip of the Unions - George Will, Washington Post
Wage Hike Job-Loss Estimates Irk White House - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Fewer Abortions, More Politics - Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker
Close Down the Dem Minstrel Show on Immigration - Charles Hurt, WT
Jim Crow Laws for Gays and Lesbians? - Kirsten Powers, USA Today
The Brave New World of Same-Sex Marriage - Michael Hanby, Federalist
History: Get Me Rewrite! - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Will We Learn from Afghanistan? - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Scraping Barrel's Bottom for Ambassadors - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
Time Warner/Comcast Is a Good Thing - Jeff Erber, RealClearMarkets
This Old Man: Life in the Nineties - Roger Angell, The New Yorker
Thursday, February 20
Michigan Becomes a Critical Senate Battle - Manu Raju, PoliticoHow Likely Are Dems to Lose the Senate? - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Turning Georgia Blue - Markos Moulitsas, The Hill
The Rube Goldberg Democrats - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
"New" Russia in Sochi, Same Old Russia in Ukraine - Frida Ghitis, CNN
Is Ukraine the Cold War's Final Episode? - George Will, Washington Post
What Explains Climate Change Denial? - Seumas Milne, The Guardian
Why John Kerry Is Flat Wrong - McNider & Christy, Wall Street Journal
Could CBO Data Spur Wage Hike to $9? - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Obama Looks to Divide and Conquer Again - Joseph Curl, Wash Times
Scott Walker: E-Mails, Charges, Probes! - John Nichols, The Nation
Vetting of Hillary Already Labeled "Sexist" - Noah Rothman, Mediaite
The Bias Against Black Bodies - Charles Blow, New York Times
Beyond Affirmative Action - Ben Carson, Detroit News
How Obama Could Lower Trucks' Fuel Use - Derek Leathers, RCP
Why the UAW Lost in Chattanooga - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
The Further Adventures of Rahm the Impaler - Neil Steinberg, Esquire
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Friday, February 21
The Stimulus Tragedy - Paul Krugman, New York TimesFive Years of Keynesian Fairy Dust - Dan Mitchell, The Federalist
Obama to Ask for Billions in New Spending - Zachary Goldfarb, Wash Post
Is Obama Trying to Kill the Free Press? - Jay Sekulow, FOX News
Walker & Christie Wage Permanent Campaign - Alec MacGillis, TNR
Liberals Don't Have Squat on Scott Walker - Philip Klein, Wash Examiner
I'm Black, Don't Shoot Me - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
There Is No White Boogeyman - Yolanda Young, CNN
The Definitive Ukrainian Dictionary - Anne Applebaum, National Post
Another Unguided Cruz Missile - Kim Strassel, Wall Street Journal
When Hip-Hop Lets the Saints In - Jon Ward, Huffington Post
Kirsten Powers on Gay Marriage - Carl Cannon, RCP Morning Commute
How to Improve America's Colleges & Universities - Peter Berkowitz, RCP
The Hefty Yoke of Student Loan Debt - Floyd Norris, New York Times
Attacking Diversity of Thought - Jonah Goldberg, National Review
Why Creationists Can't Be Scientists - Sean McElwee, Salon
The Myth of 'Settled Science' - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Saturday, February 22
Ted Cruz Keeps Picking Fights With His Own Party - Erica Grieder, PoliticoWhat Are Dems' Plans to Fix Obamacare? - Jason Linkins, Huffington Post
The Great Disappointment of 2013 - James Ceaser, Weekly Standard
No Left Turn: Dems & the New Populism - Jeff Shesol, The New Yorker
A Three-Year Obamacare Moratorium - Larry Kudlow, National Review
Accommodating Divisiveness - Charles Blow, New York Times
The Obsession With Race Has Gone Too Far - Ron Christie, The Daily Beast
Why Paul's Denouncement of Nugent Matters - Wesley Lowery, Wash Post
Jimmy Fallon, Democrat Political Asset - Brent Bozell, Townhall
Nixon Still Runs the Republican Party - Robert Slayton, Salon
Kirsten Powers on Kermit Gosnell - Carl Cannon, RCP Morning Commute
The Benghazi Cover-Up (Cont.) - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
Clarence Thomas' Disgraceful Silence - Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
Obama's Memoir Will Sell--But It Won't Change Minds - Tevi Troy, WP
5 Things Governors Should Focus On at NGA Summit - Eric Schnurer, RCP
Cut Off Harvard to Save America - Richard Vedder, Bloomberg
The Collapse of Venezuela's "Socialist Paradise" - Tim Stanley, Telegraph
Latest Polls: Senate: AR, KS, HI | Govs: AR, KS, OH | 2016: OH, MI, NC
Sunday, February 23
5 Ways Ukraine May Be a Game Changer - Timothy Garton Ash, LA TimesWarning: Eruption in Kiev Could Engulf Us All - Mark Almond, Daily Mail
America's Global Retreat - Niall Ferguson, Wall Street Journal
Why 2016 Will Be the Worst Campaign Ever - John Dickerson, Slate
Christie Puts the Gloves On - Maureed Dowd, New York Times
Giving Up on Washington - Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Wisconsin's Legacy for Unions - Steven Greenhouse, New York Times
Add Obamacare to Union Woes - Linda Chavez, New York Post
Why Liberals Are Ecstatic Over Obama's Budget - Jonathan Chait, NY Mag
Our Economy Is About to Implode - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
GAP's Min Wage Move Adds Twist to Debate - Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle
The Kochs' Dark Money Man - Kim Barker and Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica
Left Wants to Silence Conservative Non-Profits - Sean Noble, AZ Republic
FCC Tries to Stick Big Nose Into Newsrooms - Carl M. Cannon, OC Register
What Evangelicals Miss About Gay Marriage - Powers & Merritt, Dly Beast
Yes, Jesus Would Bake a Cake for a Gay Person - Erick Erickson, Red State
It's Time to Reclaim the Rites of Manhood - Dave Barry, Wall Street Journal