Week of January 12, 2015 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, January 12
A War That Will Not End - Mike Barnicle, The Daily BeastThe Clash Between Two Islams - Glenn Harlan Reynolds, USA Today
Obama Betrayed American Values w/Paris No-Show - Mike Lupica, NYDN
Defending Satire to the Death - Gordon Crovitz, Wall Street Journal
Health Reform a Plus for Dems, at Last - Juan Williams, The Hill
Obamacare and the Irritation Factor - Scott Rasmussen, DC Examiner
Both Parties Shape Populist Message for 2016 - Rucker & Balz, Wash Post
GOP Senate Campaign Targeting Harry Reid - Alex Roarty, National Journal
Everybody Loves Liz - John Dickerson, Slate
Valerie Jarrett, Obama's "Berlin Wall" - John Fund, National Review
Skip Your Annual Physical - Ezekiel Emanuel, New York Times
Ezekiel Emanuel: Go Ration Yourself - David Catron, American Spectator
De Blasio Ignored Warnings of Police Rift - Gyrnbaum, et al, NY Times
Attack of the "Black Brunch" Brats - Michelle Malkin, New York Post
Volcker, Reagan and History - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
History Will Be Very Kind to Obama - Jonathan Chait, NY Magazine
No, History Will Eviscerate Obama - Christopher Caldwell, NY Magazine
Panels: This Week | Fox News Sunday | Meet the Press | Face the Nation
Tuesday, January 13
Lafayette, We Are Not Here - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street JournalObama's Mistake Is No Disgrace - Ron Fournier, National Journal
No Longer the Leader of the Free World - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Republicans' Hypocrisy on France - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Cabinet Room Summit Could Be Chilly - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
The Big Problem With Obama's Veto Threats - Matt Lewis, The Week
President Obama's End Game - Cass Sunstein, Bloomberg
Dem Economic Plan Shifts Party Further to Left - James Pethokoukis, AEI
For the Love of Carbon - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Obama's College Plan Bows to Elites - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
The Genius of Obama's Proposal - Richard Kahlenberg, The Atlantic
Tradition--the Beating Heart of a Democracy - Peter Berkowitz, RCP
Pope Francis Rattles U.S. Conservatives - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
The Scandal of Free Speech - Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
Don't Beat Up on Obama for Avoiding "I Word" - Michael McGough, LAT
In Phoenix and Paris, Obama Strikes Out - Pete Hegseth, RealClearPolitics
The Power of Lyndon Johnson Is a Myth - Julian Zelizer, Washington Post
Wednesday, January 14
We Need Another Giant Protest - Thomas Friedman, New York TimesObama's Paris Snub Wasn't an Oversight - Byron York, DC Examiner
Scott Walker--Sleeper in '16 Republican Race? - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
The Problem With Romney Nostalgia - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Mitt Romney and the Melee - Frank Bruni, New York Times
It Makes No Sense for Romney to Run - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
Shunning Obamacare - Andy Puzder, Wall Street Journal
White-Out: Where Dems Lost the House - Ron Brownstein, National Journal
How WH Battle Could Decide State Legislative Races - David Byler, RCP
De Blasio's Unforced Errors Pile Up - Seth Mandel, Commentary
Race, the Police and the Propaganda - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Glenn Greenwald: On the Wrong Side of Freedom - Cathy Young, RCP
Islam Gets Special Treatment - Dennis Prager, Townhall
The Wrong Response to Terrorism - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Christians, Get Comfortable With Blasphemy - Heather Wilhelm, RCP
I Owe It All to Community College - Tom Hanks, New York Times
Obama SOTU Preview Serves Up Weak Brew - Robert Kuttner, Am Prospect
Thursday, January 15
Handicapping the 2016 GOP Primaries - Karl Rove, Wall Street JournalDropouts and Politics and Cats - Gail Collins, New York Times
Is Hillary Clinton Stuck in a Time Warp? - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
An Islamic Reformer, Lashed - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Can the West Stand Up for Free Speech? - Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Barbara Boxer's California - Nathan Heller, The New Yorker
The Keystone Catechism - George Will, Washington Post
Obama vs. Climate Change: Round Two - Rebecca Leber, The New Republic
Why We're Losing to Radical Islam - Newt Gingrich, Wall Street Journal
Terrorism Doesn't Justify Insulting Islam - Sally Kohn, CNN
Why We Must See the Charlie Hebdo Cover - Mollie Hemingway, Federalist
Obama's Next Foray: Paid Sick Leave - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
How Government Helps the 1 Percent - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Obama's Science Czar Has a Reality Deficit - Hank Campbell, Science 2.0
How Reince Priebus Reinvented the Political Party - Ben Smith, BuzzFeed
A Nightmare of False Accusation - Alan Dershowitz, Wall Street Journal
Online College: Freshman Year for Free - Nick Anderson, Washington Post
Obama Approval: Pew 47% | FOX 42% | CBS 46% | RCP Average 44.4%
Friday, January 16
Europe Scrambles to Locate Terror Sleeper Cells - Jethro Mullen, CNNOf Course It's About Islam - Rich Lowry, New York Post
The West's War on Muslim World Is To Blame - Seumas Milne, Guardian
Obama's Rush to Empty Gitmo Alarms Lawmakers - Byron York, Examiner
Superbad: al-Qaeda & ISIS May Be Merging - Jamie Detmer, Daily Beast
Obama: Charlie Who? - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
President Obama Was Right to Skip Paris Rally - Amil Khan, Politico
Don't Do It, Mitt - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Why a Crowded Field Helps Rand Paul - John Dickerson, Slate
Room for Rubio? - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RealClearPolitics
Why Hillary Ain't Gonna Run - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
A Conundrum for France's Jews - Shmuel Rosner, New York Times
The Limits of French Secularism - William McGurn, New York Post
Francs, Fear and Folly - Paul Krugman, New York Times
The Other Debt Bomb in Public-Employee Benefits - Robert Pozen, WSJ
Hooray! Google Glass Is Finally Dead. Ish - Will Oremus, Slate
Oscar Report: Al Sharpton Calls Me a Racist - Roger Simon, PJ Media
Saturday, January 17
Immigration & Islam: Europe's Crisis of Faith - Christopher Caldwell, WSJWhy French PM Won't Use Term "Islamophobia" - Jeff Goldberg, Atlantic
Gay Marriage: The Writing's on the Wall - David Von Drehle, Time
The State of the Union Charade - Charles Cooke, National Review
America Will Miss Obama When He's Gone - Dominic Tierney, The Atlantic
Romney's Third Run Would Be No Charm - George Will, Washington Post
Our Hottest Year, Our Cold Indifference - Amy Davidson, The New Yorker
The Democrats' Climate Change Election - Noah Rothman, Hot Air
Cameron, Obama: Iran Sanctions Should Wait - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
WH Should Call Islamic Terrorism What It Is - Colbert King, Wash Post
Bobby Jindal's Brilliant Take - Larry Kudlow, National Review
We Are Not Gitmo - Ron Fournier, National Journal
The Only Photos The NY Times Censors - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist
The Truth About "Selma" - Rep. John Lewis, Los Angeles Times
2015: It's Time to Fire the IRS - Stephen Moore, FOX News
My Best Election Stories - Stuart Rothenberg, RCP Changing Lanes
Decoding the Brain - Taylor Beck, Princeton Alumni Weekly
Sunday, January 18
2016 Race Becoming Fight of Old vs. New - Robert Costa, Washington PostPalmetto State No Lock For Any 2016 GOP Hopeful - Salena Zito, Pitt TR
The Bushes: As Distinct as Brothers Can Be - Peter Baker, New York Times
Mitt Romney Won't Go Away - Matt Lewis, The Telegraph
What Elizabeth Warren Wants - Karen Tumulty, Washington Post
Hillary's Charlie Hebdo Problem - John McCormack, Weekly Standard
Why Obama's Approval Rating Is Up - Carl Cannon, Orange County Register
Cancel the State of the Union - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Will SCOTUS Cement Obama's Gay Rights Legacy? - Josh Gerstein, Politico
Obama Doesn't Get Islamic Terrorism - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
NSA & the Digital Arms Race - Jacob Appelbaum, et al, Der Spiegel
Eric Schmidt's Surreal Saudi Visit - Nina Burleigh, Newsweek
What's So Bad About Cheap Oil? - Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times
Making Sense of the Swiss Shock - Brunnermeier & James, Project Syndicate
Brigadier General James Taylor? - Kevin Williamson, National Review
'Selma' Not Just a Movie - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Saving President Lincoln - Andrew Ferguson, Weekly Standard