Week of August 18, 2014 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, August 18
Frustration in Ferguson - Charles Blow, New York TimesA Black President Couldn't Stop Ferguson Riots - Tim Stanley, Telegraph
Race Issue Is Fraught for President Obama - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
Senate Democrats vs. Middle Class - Gramm & Solon, Wall Street Journal
Perry Charges Are Thin, But Clarifying - Alec MacGillis, The New Republic
The Perry Indictment's Predecessor - John Fund, National Review
Is Al Franken Vulnerable? - Peter Sullivan, The Hill
Why Won't the Left Get Behind Bernie Sanders '16? - Bill Scher, RCP
On the Climate Change "Consensus" - Rupert Darwall, City Journal
The Common Enemy in Iraq - George Packer, The New Yorker
Rand Paul's Romance With Realism - Olivia Nuzzi, The Daily Beast
Chinese Fighters Fly at Russia's Top Gun - Thomas Newdick, War Is Boring
Why We Fight Wars - Paul Krugman, New York Times
The Ritual Now Taking Place in Missouri - John Hinderaker, Power Line
The Coming Race War Won't Be About Race - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Time
The Case for Cop and Teacher Cams - Reihan Salam, Chicago Tribune
Winning Over Latino Voters: Relationships Are Key - Carl Cannon, RCP
Sunday Talk Shows: Meet the Press | Fox News Sunday | FTN | This Week
Tuesday, August 19
Stuck in the Racial Resentments of the 1960s - Fred Siegel, City JournalReparations for Ferguson - Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
Cops Not the Real Problem for Young Black Men - Jason Riley, FOX News
Ferguson Needs More Black Cops, Less Heavy Weapons - Lou Cannon, RCP
Obama's Ferguson Fiasco - Robert Merry, The National Interest
Why Obama Can't Give the Speech His Supporters Want - Ezra Klein, Vox
When All Hell Let Loose in Missouri - Toby Harnden, Sunday Times
5 Things to Watch for in Alaska's GOP Senate Primary - Scott Conroy, RCP
Governor Perry Still Looks Strong - Larry Kudlow, Investor's Business Daily
Why Perry May Be Out of Luck - Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
Breaking Out of the Party Box - Arthur C. Brooks, New York Times
Hillary Inevitable No Longer - Tom Keane, Boston Globe
Why Hillary Isn't Stumping for Democrats - Michael Barone, Examiner
Israel Held to an Unobtainable Standard - Richard Cohen, NY Daily News
Obama Made Middle East Our New 'Quagmire' - Patrick Smith, Fiscal Times
A Texas Democrat Tries to Fix the Border - Ruben Navarrette, Daily Beast
Races Where Immigration Is Center Stage - Adam O'Neal, RealClearPolitics
Wednesday, August 20
The Return of the Politics of Racism - Benjamin Wallace-Wells, NY MagazineFerguson Crisis Won't Be Resolved by Lies - George Neumayr, Am Spectator
White America's Racial Blinders - Derrick Z. Jackson, Boston Globe
Ferguson & America's Racial Fears - Juan Williams, Wall Street Journal
WH Assures Black Leaders Justice Will Prevail - Nakamura & Zezima, WP
The Race to be Wrong in Ferguson - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Obama Alone Again, Naturally - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Race Pimps & War Tanks Form Perfect Storm - Charles Hurt, Wash Times
Why Obama Can't Go There - Todd Purdum, Politico
August Brings No Rest for Democrats - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Perry Indictment Flimsy, But Jury May Convict - Jonathan Turley, USAT
Ten Rising Hispanic Stars Under 40 - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Why the Media's Siding with the Protesters - Josh Vorhees, Slate
Liberal Outlets Creating Lynch Mob Mentalilty - Howard Kurtz, FOX News
Caliphate of Fear: Can ISIS Be Stopped? - Feldenkirchen, et al, Der Spiegel
Will James Foley's Murder Wake Up the West? - Shashank Joshi, Telegraph
The Stories James Foley Risked His Life to Tell - Patrick Reis, Natl Journal
Election Results: Alaska | Wyoming | Polls: Sen: NC,KS | Gov: NM,MN,KS
Thursday, August 21
Opportunists Fan the Flames in Ferguson - Victor Davis Hanson, NROBeyond a Simple Solution for Ferguson - Joe Klein, Time
In Ferguson, Holder Recalls Pain of Racism - Nakamura & Henderson, WaPo
The Media and the Mob - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
The Barbarians Who Killed James Foley - Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker
Obama, Be Upfront About Iraq - Robin Wright, Los Angeles Times
Incumbents vs. Angry Voters - Who Wins? - Stephen Green, PJ Media
Midterm Loss for Dems May Be Boon for Clinton - John Harwood, NY Times
Will Legal Challenges Boost GOP Trio in 16? - Scott Conroy,RealClearPolitics
Hillary Clinton's New Iraq Gamble - Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker
A Texas-Size Abuse of Power - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Obamacare & Extreme Judicial Politics - Linda Greenhouse, NY Times
6 Reasons Obamacare Can Win Senate for GOP - Liz Peek, Fiscal Times
Leaders in Divining Hispanic Opinion - Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Your Boss Will Run Your Life in a Few Years - Rick Newman, Yahoo
From Cupcakes to Cops, Fed Up With Government - George Will, Wash Post
Deliver Us From Wimpiness - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
Statehouse Battle: CT (RasRpt): Foley (R) +7 | KS (PPP): Davis (D) +5
Friday, August 22
The Hooded Face of Evil - David Ignatius, Washington PostA New Kind of Terrorist Threat - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Time to Stop ISIS - Charles Krauthammer, National Review
This Is How Democrats Win on Obamacare - Jonathan Cohn, New Republic
Obamacare Rates Are Rising Once Again - Philip Klein, DC Examiner
Bob McDonnell's Last Campaign - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
Perry's Indictment Is Bad for United States - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Poll: Brown Pulls Nearly Even With Shaheen in N.H. - Scott Conroy, RCP
How Sharpton Became Obama's Go-to Man on Race - Glenn Thrush, Politico
Holder Should Recuse Himself From Brown Case - Pat Buchanan, Pitt TR
GOP Sees Latino Model in NM's Steve Pearce - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Why Congressional Democrats Don't Like Obama - Ezra Klein, Vox
Optimism: Republicans' Missing Ingredient - Seth Lipsky, New York Post
Nasty, Brutish World of Richard Dawkins - Peter Wehner, Commentary
Rich and Poor Search Much Differently - David Leonhardt, New York Times
Left-Wing Teachers Groups' Sexist Crusade - Kirsten Powers, USA Today
Desperate Political Fundraising Pitches - Amy Walter, RCP Changing Lanes
Senate 2014: NH (WMUR): Shaheen (D) +2 | WV (RasRpt): Capito (R) +17
Saturday, August 23
Eric the Arsonist: Holder Fans Ferguson Flames - Linda Chavez, NY PostThe White-Black Empathy Gap - Sally Kohn, The Daily Beast
Judging Darren Wilson by the Color of His Skin - Andrew McCarthy, NRO
Militarized Police & Sensible Gun Control - Alec MacGillis, New Republic
What Part of Constitution Do Liberals Support? - Frank Donatelli, RCP
Iraqis Must Unite Against Terror - Vice President Joe Biden, Washington Post
The Hard Hand of the Middle East - Robert Kaplan, Stratfor
President Obama's Deepening Isolation - Howard Kurtz, FOX News
Liberals Wrong to Dismiss Perry Indictment - McDonald & Wheat, Politico
Al Gore vs. Al Jazeera vs. the Truth - Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal
Stop Obsessing About Global Warming - Amartya Sen, The New Republic
How to Shrink Your Church in 1 Easy Step - Alexander Griswold, Federalist
Obama & Netanyahu's Dysfunctional Tango - Aaron Miller, LA Times
The Israeli-Egyptian-Saudi Alliance - Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
"Extorting" Is the Word for Action Against BofA - Larry Kudlow, IBD
Hawks at the Fed Crying Wolf - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Silicon Valley Will Continue to Rule Tech Economy - Michael Malone, WSJ
2014 Polls: Sen: GA, WY, WV, NH | Govs: FL, GA, AZ GOP | House: NH-1, 2
Sunday, August 24
Washington's Darkest Day: August 24, 1814 - Joel Achenbach, Wash PostSo Help Me Golf - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
The Essence of a Man Revealed - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Michael Brown Wasn't an Angel. So What? - Toure Neblett, Washington Post
Democracy and Ferguson - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Dems Do Perry a Favor, But Not the Country - Leonard Pitts, Baltimore Sun
Today's Texas Dems Would've Hated LBJ - Carl M. Cannon, OC Register
Why So Many Americans Hate Politics - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Left Behind in Rural Northwest Ohio - Salena Zito, Pitt Tribune-Review
Paul Ryan on How to Help the Poor - Christian Schneider, Milwaukee JS
Hillary & the Perils of Being on Top - David Shribman, Pittsburgh PG
Rand Paul and Vacation Optics - Kevin Williamson, National Review
Order vs. Disorder, Part 3 - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Counterterrorism's Dangerous New Phase - Slade Gorton, Seattle Times
A Tale of Two Africas - McKay, Bariyo and Hinshaw, Wall Street Journal
Why Comedians & SNL Shield Obama - Kyle Smith, New York Post
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not - Douglas Hill & Jeff Weingrad, Grantland