Week of January 5, 2015 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, January 5
Watching Republican Congress's First 100 Days - Albert Hunt, BloombergThe Obama-McConnell Dance Begins - Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journal
Democrats' Donkey in the Room - Bill Scher, Politico
Republican 2016 Contest Heats Up Quickly - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
2015: The Obamacare Crucible - Tevi Troy, Commentary
How Health-Care Reform Went Wrong - Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker
The Case for a Much-Needed Carbon Tax - Larry Summers, Washington Post
Cause of Pause in Global Warming - Fred Singer, American Thinker
De Blasio Must Admit Mistakes to Fix Divide - Mike Lupica, NY Daily News
Mini-Mutiny Mounting Against Boehner - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Happy New Year, John Boehner! - Andrew Klavan, PJ Media
Presidents and the Economy - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Feinstein & the Senate's Betrayal - Debra Burlingame, New York Daily News
Looking for Our Eisenhower - Dueck & Zakheim, National Review
Privilege of "Arrest Without Incident" - Charles Blow, New York Times
"Hands Up, Don't Shoot"--and Historical Ignorance - Larry Elder, IBD
Why Stuart Scott Was a Game Changer - LZ Granderson, CNN
Sunday Panels: Fox News Sunday | Meet the Press | FTN | This Week
Tuesday, January 6
Drama Awaits as Curtain Rises on Congress - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCPHow McConnell Could Revitalize the Senate - Byron York, DC Examiner
The House's Latest Freak Show - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
A 12-Step Program for Recovering Democrats - Emil Henry, Wall St. Jrnl
Time for the GOP to Pitch In - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Obamacare: The Real Pain Starts - David Catron, The American Spectator
Ensuring the Uninsured Suffer - Leo Gerard, Huffington Post
Dems' Dishonesty on Income Inequality - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Mitch McConnell's Economic Ignorance - Danny Vinik, The New Republic
Will '16 Bring a Generational Shift in U.S. Leadership? - Charlie Cook, NJ
Huckabee's Best Friend: The Calendar - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
GOP Needs to Pump New Blood - Glenn Reynolds, USA Today
The Path to Closing Guantanamo - Cliff Sloan, New York Times
Where Are Cuba's Political Prisoners? - Mary O'Grady, Wall Street Journal
The Man to Take On Putin - Julia Ioffe, The New Yorker
Martin Anderson: A Man for Many Seasons - Lou Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Streaming ESPN: Tipping Point for Cable? - Cecilia Kang, Washington Post
Wednesday, January 7
A City of Mourning and Demonized Police - Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJWhy the NYPD Turned Its Back - Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
Have We Already Reached Peak Leftism? - Robert Tracinski, The Federalist
GOP Dissent Over Boehner: A Sign of Trouble? - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Yesterday's Fool's Errand Against Boehner - Rep. Mick Mulvaney
Obama, Johnson & Presidential Comparisons - Frank Bruni, NY Times
Whining Harvard Profs Discover Obamacare - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
The Family Crackup: Can Anything Be Done? - Michael Barone, Examiner
An Economic Boomlet, a Political Shake-Up - Josh Kraushaar, Natl Journal
Soaring Bond Prices Sound an Economic Warning - Peter Eavis, NY Times
Can We Talk About Joe Biden's Behavior? - Mary Katharine Ham, Hot Air
How the Right Distorts "White Privilege" - Brittney Cooper, Salon
The "Equality" Racket - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
"Selma" Distorts the Truth - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
One Man's Treasure Hunt May Ignite a New Oil Boom - Steve LeVine, Qz
An Aging Europe in Decline - Arthur Brooks, New York Times
Dershowitz and a Zero-Sum Defamation Game - William Jacobson, LI
Thursday, January 8
The Charlie Hebdo Murders - George Packer, The New YorkerHow to Answer the Paris Terror Attack - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Wall St. Journal
Is Islam to Blame? - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Future Belongs to Those Who Can Slander - David Harsanyi, The Federalist
Europe Is Under Siege - Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
France and the New Charismatic Jihad - Reuel Marc Gerecht, Wall St. Jrnl
President 2016: The New World Order - Larry Sabato, Crystal Ball
The 2016 Senate Map: What It Portends - David Byler, RealClearPolitics
Blacks Are Celebrating NYPD Work Slowdown - Aurin Squire, TNR
Why We're So Mad at Bill de Blasio - Steve Osborne, New York Times
The Senate Is Undemocratic and It Matters - Dylan Matthews, Vox
More on the Myth of Dems' 20-Million-Vote Majority - Sean Trende, RCP
Climate Change's Instructive Past - George Will, Washington Post
Republicans' Keystone Pipe Dream - Rep. Raul Grijalva, The Guardian
After Paris, Will Obama Continue to Close Gitmo? - Roger L. Simon, PJM
It's All Right With Samuel Alito - Linda Greenhouse, New York Times
The Monsterization of Men - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics
Friday, January 9
Salman Rushdie, Meet Charlie Hebdo - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street JournalJournalists Must Stand Firm - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech - Nick Gillespie, The Daily Beast
The Right's Wrong Idea of Governance - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Closing Down Harry Reid's Circus - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
Obama's Plan for Free Community College - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Where's the Money Going to Come From? - Fawn Johnson, National Journal
Baby Boomers the Most Entitled Generation - Pomeroy & Handke, RCP
Voodoo Time Machine - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Raise the Gas Tax. A Lot - Charles Krauthammer, National Review
Bush Blasts Off - Todd Purdum, Politico
A Peak Moment for Warren's (Non) Campaign - Byron York, Examiner
Boxer's Exit Opens Door for Party's New Guard - Adam O'Neal, RCP
Western Media Failed Its Crisis of Confidence - Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
NYT Deletes Quote From Story to Not Offend Muslims - Jim Treacher, DC
Don't Blame Bloodshed on France's Muslims - Nabila Ramdani, Guardian
Liberals Need to Face the Truth About Islam - Bill Maher
Saturday, January 10
We Are Not All Charlie - Jeffrey Goldberg, The AtlanticBlasphemy for Me, But Not for Thee - Matthew Continetti, Free Beacon
These Attacks Are Not About Religion - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Time
When I Questioned the History of Muhammad - Tom Holland, WSJ
On Duty for the Chris Christie Hug Watch - Gail Collins, New York Times
Dems Have 2nd Thoughts About Obamacare - William Voegeli, Weekly Std
SCOTUS Heads Toward the Cliff - Michael O'Donnell, Washington Monthly
The Left's Unpopular Populism - Amitai Etzioni, The Atlantic
Corker's Folly - Larry Kudlow, Investor's Business Daily
2016 GOP Hopefuls to Attend Early Iowa Cattle Call - Scott Conroy, RCP
Is the Republican Field Already Winnowing? - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Climate Alarmists Warm It Up - Rupert Darwall, National Review
Keystone Push Not in the National Interest - Danielle Droitsch, RCP
Note to Islamists: You Are Pushing Your Luck - Claire Berlinski, Ricochet
Paris Attack Will Empower Europe's Far Right - Mabel Berezin, CNN
Islamophobia Is a Myth - Brendan O'Neill, National Review
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids - Carol Dweck, Scientific American
Reaction to Terror Attack: Maher | Krauthammer | Azlan | Stewart
Sunday, January 11
Sleeper Cell Awakes France's Worst Fears - John Leicester, Associated PressFrance, the Crucible of Europe - Ross Douthat, New York Times
How to Combat Terrorism in the Name of Islam - Feisal Abdul Rauf, NYDN
Defending the Christian West - Conrad Black, National Post
Putting Our Own Free-Speech House in Order - Carl Cannon, OC Register
Free Speech Comes With Responsibilities - Sally Kohn, CNN
Boko Haram Now an Islamic Mini-State - David Blair, The Telegraph
The New Year in Politics - David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
GOP Wimping Out on Obamacare? - Jeffrey Anderson, Weekly Standard
Distaste for Dynasties Bodes Ill for Jeb & Hillary - Dan Balz, Wash Post
America: A House Divided Over Race - Joel Kotkin, Orange County Register
When Will the North Face Its Racism? - Isabel Wilkerson, New York Times
Questions for Loretta Lynch - George Will, Washington Post
Mitch McConnell Sings 'Kumbaya' - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Webster's Grandstanding Helps No One But Himself - Salena Zito, PTR
The Deano Chronicles - Maureen Dowd, The New York Times
Let's Just Let Frats Run America - P.J. O'Rourke, The Daily Beast