Week of December 22, 2014 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, December 22
Anti-Police Rhetoric Unlike Anything I've Seen - Howard Safir, TimePursuing Justice for All - Charles Blow, New York Times
As Police Die, Racism Narrative Unravels - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Upbeat at the White House - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Why Did WH Back Down on Cuba Prisoners? - Byron York, DC Examiner
Bush Should Have Democrats Worried - Tom Keane, Boston Globe
Will Pelosi, Dems Become "Party of No" in '15? - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Here Come the Child-Care Cops - Katharine Stevens, Wall Street Journal
Don't Blame Protesters for Murder of Cops - Claire Groden, New Republic
Will Bill de Blasio Be Forced to Resign? - Roger Kimball, PJ Media
Cuba Shift Sets Table for 2016 Foreign Policy Debate - Scott Conroy, RCP
North Korea's Finest Hour - Michael Hirsh, Politico
An Autopsy for the Keynesians - John Cochrane, Wall Street Journal
Conquest Is for Losers - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Cuomo Ignores the Evidence on Fracking - Ken Cohen, ExxonMobil
New York Paves Way for Fracking Ban - Wenonah Hunter, Huffington Post
Bush Called Go, and They're Off - Hugh Hewitt, Washington Examiner
Panels: Fox News Sunday | Face the Nation | This Week | Meet the Press
Tuesday, December 23
Don't Blame the Protesters - Eugene Robinson, Washington PostBig Lie of Anti-Cop Left Turns Lethal - Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
No One Is Stoking an Anti-Police Movement - Jamelle Bouie, Slate
A Bad Couple Weeks for the Liberal Narrative - Noemie Emery, Examiner
The Duck That Roared - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Obama's Still in Charge & Also Still Failing - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Why President Obama Is Smiling Again - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
Will Obama Defy Congress on Gitmo Prisoners? - Byron York, Examiner
President's Bold Actions Shape '16 Race - Ron Brownstein, National Journal
Favorable Climate Attracts Big Republican Field - Scott Rasmussen
Assessing the Republican Presidential Contest - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
The Real Threat to Hillary Clinton - Jacob Heilbrunn, New York Times
After We Hit the Global Warming Tipping Point - Rebecca Leber, TNR
The Marvel of American Resilience - Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
Shale and the Falling Price of Oil - Joe Nocera, New York Times
Sony's Ominous Lesson - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Cuba, the Left and Communism - Timothy Carney, Washington Examiner
Wednesday, December 24
De Blasio & Dinkins: When Cops & Mayors Feud - John Podhoretz, NY PostBlue Lives Matter - Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
Yes, There Is a War on Police - Dan Gainor, USA Today
Sharpton Faces Criticism After Cop Killings - Somashekhar & Lowery, WP
Obama's Next Sales Job: The Economy - Edward-Isaac Dovere, Politico
Is Hillary Growing Distant From Her Party? - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Governors May Not Have Edge in 2016 - Jonathan Zimmerman, LA Times
Sony Is Not a Hero for Getting Hacked - Holman Jenkins, Wall St. Journal
Real Heroes, Small Spotlights in Hacked Hollywood - Charles Hurt, WT
After Cuba, Obama Should Recognize Palestine - Juan Cole, The Nation
Marco Rubio's Old-School Cuba Policy - Peter Beinart, The Atlantic
Time to End the North Korean Threat - Richard Haass, Wall Street Journal
Have Obama's Promises Been Fulfilled? - Lynn Sweet, RCP Changing Lanes
If Single Payer Can't Work in Vermont... - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
Why We Need to Investigate the Rolling Stone Story - Hanna Rosin, Slate
The Subtle Sensations of Faith - David Brooks, New York Times
Christmas 1941: Churchill Rallies a Deflated America - Craig Shirley, RCP
Friday, December 26
Tidings of Comfort - Paul Krugman, New York TimesWashington Power Is Flowing Away - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Lame Duck Label Doesn't Fit Obama - Aaron David Miller, CNN
The Pipeline and the Damage Done - Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard
Why Liberals Should Fear the Supreme Court in 2015 - Sam Baker, NJ
Is Vacation Over? - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Stopping the Next Cyberassault - Rep. Mike Rogers, Wall Street Journal
Republicans and the CBO Director - Ezra Klein, Vox
How Hillary Could Make Obamacare Worse - Betsy McCaughey, NY Post
Refusing to Learn From Brownback's Failure - Paul Waldman, Prospect
Bill de Blasio Needs to Choose a Horse - Fred Siegel, Time
Ready for Pope Francis - Brent Budowsky, The Hill
Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God - Eric Metaxas, Wall St. Jrnl
We're Finally Taking Sexual Assault Seriously - Naomi Shavin, TNR
The Demise of Due Process on Campus - Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
Cuba Derangement Syndrome Strikes Again - George Will, Wash Post
Vladimir Putin's World - Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
Saturday, December 27
For Obama, 2014 Could Hardly Have Been Worse - Donald Lambro, WTEverything Is Awesome! - Michael Grunwald, Politico
The Honey Badger Presidency - Michael Cohen, Boston Globe
Stop Lying About the Police - Rich Lowry, New York Post
What Does It Mean to Be Anti-Police? - Alex Vitale, The Nation
Who's to Blame for NYPD Killings? - Andrew McCarthy, National Review
In Ferguson - Darryl Pinckney, New York Review of Books
Jeb Bush's Hurdles - George Will, Washington Post
Why Obama's Popularity Is Likely to Rise - Brendan Nyhan, NY Times
Living Large in a Shrinking Cocoon - Walter Mead, The American Interest
Confessions of a Reluctant Culture Warrior - Rob Tracinski, The Federalist
The Right Politicizes Murders, Exploits Tragedy - Joan Walsh, Salon
Racism Right and Left: One Man's Opinion - Roger L. Simon, PJ Media
The GOP Is Blocking Reasonable Treaties - Dennis Jett, The New Republic
Obama's Constitutional Crisis - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Tinker, Tailor, Stalker, Spy - Kevin Williamson, National Review
The Movie "Selma" Has a Glaring Flaw - Joseph Califano, Washington Post
Sunday, December 28
At Funeral, Cops Turn Backs on de Blasio - Michael Grynbaum, NY TimesOn Race & Police, America Divided - Balz & Clement, Washington Post
Holder, Obama Inflaming Race Relations - Fund & von Spakovsky, NY Post
Gulf Between Cops & Protesters Widens - M.L. Nestel, The Daily Beast
The Media Darling of Ferguson Protests Flames Out - Ryan Lovelace, NRO
2014 Could Have Been a Lot Worse - Daniel Drezner, Washington Post
The Words That Defined 2014 - Carl M. Cannon, Orange County Register
A Boy in ISIS. A Suicide Vest. A Hope to Live. - Tim Arango, NY Times
Inside the War Against the Islamic State - Joseph Rago, Wall Street Journal
Cuba, N. Korea & Getting Sanctions Right - Jimmy Carter, Washington Post
Israel, Palestinians Agree: No More U.S. Help - F. Stockman, Boston Globe
Land of Dynasties - Jay Cost, The Weekly Standard
Jeb Bush Can Win It All - Julian Zelizer, CNN
At 40, the Laffer Curve Still Looks Good - Stephen Moore, Washington Post
Reagan's Big Lesson for America - Fareed Zakaria, CNN
5,200 Days in Space - Charles Fishman, The Atlantic
Santa Fails One More Time - P.J. O'Rourke, The Daily Beast
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