Week of December 29, 2014 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, December 29
The Year of Unconventional Wisdom - George Condon, National JournalObama Buffeted Yet Buoyed by Late Uptick - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
The Clean Power Plan Is Unconstitutional - Laurence Tribe, Wall St. Journal
Obama, Sharpton & Liberal Corruption - Peter Wehner, Commentary
"Broken Windows," Broken Policy - Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe
Black Progression and Retrogression - Walter Williams, DC Examiner
The End of the Obama Era - Molly Ball, The Atlantic
10 Senators Who Could Lose in 2016 - Cameron Joseph, The Hill
Coburn, a True Statesman, Steps Down - John Fund, National Review
Obama's Poll Bump Is a Message for Republicans - Bill Scher, RCP
Why It's Time to Abandon the Democrats - Bill Curry, Salon
Republicans and Wall Street - Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
Will Allred Offer the Cosby Deal to the Clintons? - Larry Elder, Townhall
The Obama Recovery - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Common Core a Battle for 2016 Republicans - Hugh Hewitt, DC Examiner
The Best Stats of 2014 - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
America Needs to Study the Enemy Within - Jared Diamond, LA Times
Panels: Meet the Press | Fox News Sunday | This Week | Face the Nation
Tuesday, December 30
Can GOP Stop Obama's "Year of Action" Sequel? - Byron York, ExaminerEconomic Facts Get in the Way - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Cops' Lives Matter - Lee Habeeb, National Review
Who Should Investigate Police Abuse? - Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
10 Reasons to Abolish Corporate Income Tax - John Gordon, Wall St. Jrnl
What Is Paul Krugman Afraid Of? - Ezra Klein, Vox
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Dems - Daniel DiSalvo, Daily Beast
Why Clinton Needs a Warren Challenge - Julian Zelizer, CNN
Jeb Bush Can't Bypass Conservatives - James Antle, The Daily Caller
Comparing Two Most GOP Houses in 70 Years - Michael Barone, Examiner
Obama Did Big Things in 2014 Despite Republicans - Sahil Kapur, TPM
The Constitution's Very Bad Year - William Jacobson, USA Today
Oil Isn't Cheap -- at Any Price - Rhea Suh, Los Angeles Times
The Progressive Case for Fracking - James Bloodworth, Wall Street Journal
On Income Stagnation, Parties Revise Playbooks - John Harwood, NYT
Let's Bring Back the 12 Days of Christmas - Mollie Hemingway, Federalist
2015: The Year of the Putin Dictatorship - Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Final '14 FCI: Voters Are Concerned About U.S. Fiscal Health -
Wednesday, December 31
How Can We Inspire Slacktivist Generation? - Dana Milbank, Wash PostA Year of Liberal Double Standards - Jonah Goldberg, National Review
Gaza Is Nowhere - Roger Cohen, New York Times
Obama's Cuba Shift Comically Overblown - Mark Salter, RealClearPolitics
Scalise Falls Prey to His Own Politics of Scandal - Michael Scherer, Time
Steve Scalise: Not Guilty as Charged - Quin Hillyer, National Review
Is It Really Morning in America? - Annie Lowery, New York Magazine
3 Economic Priorities for 2015 - Jared Mayer, Economics21
Underplayed Conflicts of 2014 - Robin Wright, The New Yorker
Obama Sucks Up to Tehran. Will It Work? - Adam Garfinkle, TAI
A Democrat to Watch in 2015 - Frank Bruni, New York Times
Republicans Have Deep Bench for 2016 - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Silence of NYC's Good Cops Widens Divide - DeWayne Wickham, USAT
Ignoring the Facts: How to Promote Lynch Mobs - Thomas Sowell, IBD
The Man Who Mainstreamed Reparations - S. Muwakkil, In These Times
Let States Dare to Make Health-Care Mistakes - Lanhee Chen, Bloomberg
How the Media Botched the Benghazi Report - Sharyl Attkisson, Dly Signal
Friday, January 2
Bring on 2015--We're Ready and Hopeful - Peggy Noonan, Wall St. JournalThe Birth of a New Civil Rights Movement - Gene Demby, Politico
De Blasio's Fateful Anti-Cop Slander - Heather Mac Donald, NY Daily News
Mario Cuomo, Heartbreaking Liberal Hero - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
Obamacare's Annus Horribilis - Michelle Malkin, Townhall
The Republican Party's Bad Habit - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Why Dems Misfired in Scalise Controversy - Byron York, DC Examiner
Dropping Scalise Is a No-Brainer - Michael Brendan Dougherty, The Week
The 7 Senate Races to Watch in 2016 - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
U-Va. Reaction to Rape Claim: Worse Than Duke? - Johnson & Taylor, RCP
The Calm Before the Storm - Taleb & Treverton, Foreign Affairs
Nylons for Nothing in Cuba - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Twin Peaks Planet - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Bush's Conservative Immigration Agenda - Clint Bolick, Wall Street Journal
Frontrunner-Less 2016 GOP Field Offers Opportunity - Scott Conroy, RCP
Is the Most Powerful Conservative Losing His Edge? - Molly Ball, Atlantic
President Obama Had a Really Terrible Year - James Oliphant, Natl Journal
Saturday, January 3
The "Divergent" World of 2015 - Niall Ferguson, Wall Street JournalMario Cuomo's Finest Moment - Jeff Shesol, The New Yorker
What Problem-Solving Progressives Don't Get - Andrew McCarthy, NRO
A GOP Ruse to Make Tax Cuts Look Good - Edward Kleinbard, NY Times
How Coburn Made a Difference - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
The 5 Biggest Political Questions of 2015 - Aaron Blake, Washington Post
Hillary Clinton Versus History - Gail Collins, New York Times
Optimism for the New Year - Larry Kudlow, National Review
With Control in Many States, GOP Will Press Agenda - Reid Wilson, WP
President Cuomo Would've Been a Lion - Jonathan Alter, The Daily Beast
How to Fight the Campus Speech Police - Sohrab Ahmari, Wall St. Journal
The Top 5 Events of 2014 - George Friedman, Stratfor
America Is Roaring Back to Life - Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, CNN
Mindless Energy Rules Could Trip Up Economy - Stephen Moore, IBD
Four Questions for 2015 - Joe Nocera, New York Times
A Banner Year for the Second Amendment - Daniel Payne, The Federalist
What the World Will Speak in 2115 - John McWhorter, Wall Street Journal
Sunday, January 4
Is Life Better in Red States? - Richard Florida, New York TimesDistrust of DC Fuels Populist Movement - Salena Zito, Pitt Tribune-Review
Obama Looks Past GOP in Pushing 2015 Agenda - Lederman & Pickler, AP
As a Political Matter, Racism is Mostly Gone - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
Selma & Why We're Still Struggling w/the 60's - Doyle McManus, LA Times
How Sharpton Gets Paid to Not Cry 'Racism' - Vincent & Klein, NY Post
Are Two Dynasties Our Destiny? - Frank Bruni, New York Times
Could 2015 Be Like 1991 All Over Again? - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Jim Webb is Dems' Best Shot in 2016 - Whitt Flora, Boston Herald
Will 2015 Be Kinder to the GOP or Dems? - Ed Kilgore, TalkingPointsMemo
Al-Sisi's Extraordinary Speech on Islam - Roger Simon, PJ Media
Israel's Jewish Nation-State Proposal Still Looms - Peter Berkowitz, RCP
How My Mom Got Hacked - Alina Simone, New York Times
Uber and the Flimsy Case for Regulation - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly? - Clive Irving, The Daily Beast
The Senator to Watch in 2015 - George Will, Washington Post
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Troll of the Year - Carl M. Cannon, OC Register