Week of January 19, 2015 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Monday, January 19
MLK's True North Fixed on American Dream - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe"Selma," or How Real Change Happens - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
A Rescue Plan for the Black Family - Paul Peterson, New York Daily News
Obama Has Become a Figure of Disappointment - James Carroll, BG
Do Republicans Want a Boiling Planet? - Rhea Suh, CNN
The Most Dishonest Year on Record - Robert Tracinski, The Federalist
McConnell's Cunning Keystone Game - Juan Williams, The Hill
Demography Is Not Destiny for Dems - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
Republicans Learn From 2012, Take Control of 2016 - Joseph Curl, WT
Rand Paul Plays It Cool - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Liberal Dream of Single-Payer Dies in Vermont - Michael Tanner, NY Post
Hating Good Government - Paul Krugman, New York Times
How the Obama-Sharpton Alliance Began - Jillian Kay Melchior, NRO
What's Behind Saudi Arabia's Oil Strategy - Ian Bremmer, National Interest
"Rogue" Huckabee Seeks White House - Toby Harnden, Sunday Times
Ordinary People Inspired Civil Rights - Donna Brazile, RCP Changing Lanes
Letter From a Birmingham Jail - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Panels: Face the Nation | Fox News Sunday | Meet the Press | This Week
Tuesday, January 20
In State of Union, Obama Looks to Reset Goals - Peter Baker, NY TimesObama Trolls, Talks Trash With a Purpose - Byron York, DC Examiner
Where Obama Has--and Has Not--Recovered - Ron Brownstein, Natl Jrnl
How WH Set Table for Big Speech - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
Republicans, Support Obama on Tax Increases - Sally Kohn, CNN
Tax Reform Should Go Down Main Street - Reardon & Nichols, Wall St. Jrnl
Joni Ernst--From Iowa Farm Girl to GOP Star - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
American Sniper's Cultural Moment - David French, National Review
A Detainee's Diary - Joe Nocera, New York Times
How a Lame-Duck President Skunked the GOP - Richard Benedetto, RCP
A White House Beyond Parody - Clarice Feldman, American Thinker
Why It's Time to Raise the Federal Gasoline Tax - Jeffrey Sachs, Politico
Gas Tax: Kick 'Em While They're Up - Robert Tracinski, The Federalist
The Roots of Martin Luther King Day - Donna Brazile, RCP Changing Lanes
Is Govt Creating a New Financial Crisis? - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
The Education of Jeb Bush - Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker
Text Mining the State of the Union - David Byler, RealClearPolitics
Obama Approval: NBC/WSJ 46% | RCP Avg 44.7% | 2016: GOP | Dem
Wednesday, January 21
New Page. Same President Obama. - James Oliphant, National JournalBarack Obama Is In Your Face! - Roger Simon, Politico
A Fantasy for Tweens: Obama's SOTU - John Podhoretz, New York Post
The Most Important Sentence in Obama's Speech - Ezra Klein, Vox
Obama Dismisses Electorate, Disses Congress - Charles Hurt, Wash Times
Dangerously in Denial on the Climate - Catherine Rampell, Washington Post
Climate Reporting's Hot Mess - Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal
On Radical Islam, Say It Like It Is - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
"Diversity" in Action - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Mocking Mohammed Crosses the Line - DeWayne Wickham, USA Today
Watching "American Sniper" - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Oxford and the Crisis of the University - Dennis Prager, Townhall
How to Compromise in Washington - Donna Brazile, RCP Changing Lanes
The Real Target of Obama's Speech? Clinton - David Frum, The Atlantic
Obama Having the Reagan Moment He Dreamed Of - Brian Beutler, TNR
A Disconnected, Out-of-Touch, In-Denial SOTU - Byron York, DC Examiner
As Robots Become More Like Us, Scientists Concerned - Mike Murphy, Qz
Thursday, January 22
President Obama Turns the Page - Jeff Shesol, The New YorkerObama's Speech Was a Punt to Republicans - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
A Debt-Free State of the Union - Peter Beinart, The Atlantic
Obama's Delusion: Everything Is Awesome! - Robert Tracinski, Federalist
Reagan, Obama, and Inequality - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
The Entitlement Epidemic - George Will, Washington Post
Where "Obama Republicans" Split With Their Party - David Byler, RCP
Let's Raise the Gas Tax - Gail Collins, New York Times
The World's Monetary Dead End - David Malpass, Wall Street Journal
White House Is Ready to Rejoin the Battle - Joe Klein, Time
The State of the Union: Weary of Washington - Heather Wilhelm, RCP
Forget What He Said, Biden Is Not Running - Josh Kraushaar, Natl Journal
2016 GOP Hopefuls Pan Obama, Hit the Stump - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Republicans' Abortion Bait-and-Switch - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Why Does Hollywood Ignore "Sniper" Audience? - Larry O'Connor, WFB
D.C.: The City Beyond the Monuments - Donna Brazile, RCP Changing Lanes
Win or Lose, Pats Have Sacrificed Legacy - Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe
Friday, January 23
America's Partisan Divisions Spread - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street JournalWhat Is the GOP Thinking? - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
As GOP Dawdles, Liberals Prep Obamacare 2.0 - Philip Klein, Examiner
The Democrats' New Faith - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post
A Healthy Economy For All - Rep. Tom Price, RealClearPolitics
Fretting Over the World Economy - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Much Too Responsible - Paul Krugman, New York Times
The Emerging Iranian Empire - Charles Krauthammer, National Review
Rubio 2016 Is Real, and It's Spectacular - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
Can Scott Walker Win Iowa? - John Fund, National Review Online
Republicans Are Finally Talking About Inequality - Jamelle Bouie, Slate
New Saudi King Has His Hands Full - Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast
Smartest President Ever Not So Smart - Pete Wehner, Commentary
American Sniper Too Dumb to Criticize - Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Why the Left Can't Tolerate American Sniper - Mark Hemingway, Wkly Std
Tom Brady's Tale Doesn't Hold Weight - Ian O'Connor, ESPN
Will Cheating Patriots Get Away Unscathed? - Bill Plaschke, LA Times
Latest Polls: Obama Job Approval Hits 18-Month High in RCP Average
Saturday, January 24
12 Keys to the Republican Presidential Race - Byron York, DC Examiner"Coming Out" on Climate Change - John Sutter, CNN
The Planet in Peril? Yawn. - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Abortion Bill Punt: Sell Out or Smart Politics? - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Ferguson: Line to Apologize Forms on the Left - Rob Tracinski, Federalist
Get Used to President Obama's Swagger - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Obama's Proposals Too Little and Too Late - Zachary Karabell, Politico
Iran Nonsense - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
Patriots' Fumble Avoidance Is Nearly Impossible - Warren Sharp, SFA
NFL Must Drop the Hammer on Patriots - Mike Freeman, Bleacher Report
University's Free Speech Policy Is Exception, Sadly - Peter Berkowitz, RCP
The Case for Campaign Finance Reform - Truman Anderson, US News
Commonsense Econ: Capital = Consumer Spending - Larry Kudlow, IBD
Ron Paul and the "Blowback" Delusion - Kevin Williamson, National Review
Time for U.S. to Cut a Deal With Assad - Leslie Gelb, The Daily Beast
What Was Obama Thinking? - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Will Christie Let Temper Get the Better of Him? - Mark Weinberg, WP
Sunday, January 25
The State of Obama Is Strong, But Solitary - Maureen Dowd, NY TimesWhite House Goes Nuclear on Netanyahu - Michael Goodwin, NY Post
President Obama's G.I. Bill - Jonathan Alter, The Daily Beast
Obama's Free Lunch ...AND Breakfast AND Dinner - Carl M. Cannon, OCR
Scott Walker Takes Iowa By Storm - Cameron Joseph, The Hill
GOP's Clown Car Has Become a Clown Van - Roger Simon, Politico
Iowa Dems Waiting For Hillary - Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Jeb Bush Starts Losing - Jon Ward, Yahoo! News
Bernie Sanders Ready to Run - George Will, Washington Post
De Blasio, Obama & a Flawed Vision of Liberalism - Noam Scheiber, NYT
Liberals Exploit Race and Gender - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Yemen's 2011 'Upheaval' Led to Crisis Today - Stephen Seche, Boston Globe
A Conspicuous Failure of US Foreign Policy in Syria - Doyle McManus, LAT
Abdullah's Death Shows Declining Clout of Saudis - Ian Bremmer, Time
Bitcoin & the Digital-Currency Revolution - Casey & Vigna, Wall St. Journal
Davos's Destructive Elites - Kevin Williamson, National Review Online
In Vino Veritas. In Napa, Deceit. - Vindu Goel, New York Times