October 20, 2014 Archives

Week of October 20, 2014 Archives

RealClearPolicy Morning Edition

Monday, October 20

We Need a Constitutional Right to Vote

Matthew Yglesias, Vox

Gay Marriage and the Secular Inquisition

Rob Tracinski, The Federalist

Why Atlantic City Is Dying

George Anastasia, Politico Magazine

Is Obamacare Really 'Paid For'?

Robert E. Moffit, The Hill

Yes, the Fed Can Reduce Inequality

Jared Bernstein, Washington Post

Yellen Shouldn't Focus on Inequality

Diana Furchtgott-Roth, MarketWatch

Managing Water for the Future

Sarah Goodyear, Next City

How to Compare Productivity With Compensation

Scott Winship, Forbes

Is There Hope for W.Va. Without Coal?

Jeff Young, Grist

We Need 'Altruism Exchanges' for Kidneys

Eric Posner, Slate

Death With Dignity: The Least Slippery Slope

Froma Harrop, Creators

New York's Goldman Sachs Deal

Iliya Atanasov, Public Sector Inc.

Tuesday, October 21

The Case for Soaking the Rich

Bryce Covert, ThinkProgress

Inheritance and Inequality

Edward N. Wolff, Project Syndicate

Rich Whites Try to Secede From Baton Rouge

Diana Eromosele, The Root

Obamacare Continues To Hurt Employment

John R. Graham, Daily Caller

Medicaid Expansion and the ACA: Separable?

Jason Millman, Wash Post

Police Killings, Race, and Age

Robert VerBruggen, RealClearPolicy

Are Mass Shootings on the Rise?

Dylan Matthews, Vox

Gay Marriage: Sex Discrimination? - Sherif Girgis | Ilya Somin

Introducing the 'Quantified Community'

Brian Libby, CityLab

Education: Stuck in the Manufacturing Age

Joan Duffell, Pacific Standard

Solutions to the Retirement Non-Crisis

Andrew Biggs, RCM

The New Challenge to Market Democracies

William A. Galston, Brookings

Visa Ban: Better Than a Travel Ban

Emma Roller, National Journal

Wednesday, October 22

'Copper Plans' Won't Fix Obamacare

Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg View

How Insurers, Businesses Duck the ACA

Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress

The Millionaire Explosion

Robert Samuelson, Washington Post

A Constitutional Congress?

Christopher DeMuth Sr., Weekly Standard

Blended Families Pose Challenges for States

Teresa Wiltz, Stateline

Texas and Voter ID: SCOTUS Got It Wrong

Andrew Cohen, LA Times

The Poll Tax That Wasn't

Rich Lowry, Politico Magazine

Our Disturbingly Segregated Schools

Janie Boschma, National Journal

The CDC's New Ebola Plan

Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic

For Whose Jobs Will the Robots Come First? - Jordan Weissman | Adam Ozimek

The Seeds of a New Labor Movement

Harold Meyerson, American Prospect

Essays on Character and Opportunity

Reeves et al., Brookings Institution

Net Neutrality and Pro-Competition Regulations

Timothy B. Lee, Vox

Thursday, October 23

The Geography of Joblessness

The Economist

Replacing the ACA: What Women Want

Grace-Marie Turner, RCPolicy

The Police Are Still Out of Control

Frank Serpico, Politico Magazine

Obama, the Veto-Less President

Paul Waldman, The American Prospect

Why Public Pensions Go Unfunded

Iliya Atanasov, Public Sector Inc.

Building Roads Just Makes People Drive More

Joseph Stromberg, Vox

Regulators' New Mortgage Rule

Norbert Michel, Daily Signal

'Obscene Celebrity': Trampling Prisoner Free Speech

Seth Ferranti, Vice

Our Criminally Unfair Organ Transplant Law

Fry-Revere & Donadio, TNR

How Cops Are Beating Crime in Camden

Jim Epstein, Reason

Colleges Let Sexual Predators Slip Away

Tyler Kingkade, Huffington Post

'Forbearance': The FCC's Net Neutrality Tool

Nancy Scola, Wash Post

Tesla: Detroit Fights Innovation Again

The Editors, Bloomberg View

Friday, October 24

Could Non-Citizens Decide the Election?

Richman & Earnest, Wash Post

The Republican Poll Tax Agenda

Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine

Social Security Gets Harder to Secure

CRFB

The (Laudable) New Eugenics

Ronald Bailey, Reason

Trailer Parks: Underdog Housing Crisis Solution

Alana Semuels, CityLab

Medicaid Expansion: Beyond a 'Private Option'

Christine Vestal, Stateline

Pharma Pays $825M to Doctors and Hospitals

Niam Yaraghi, Brookings

Data Is Transforming Cities

Aaron M. Renn, City Journal

The Politics of Inequality

Sean McElwee, Demos

Gun Control: Canada vs. the U.S.

Dylan Matthews, Vox

Does Amazon's Monopoly Really Matter?

Megan McArdle, Bloomberg

Virginia's Disenfranchisement Problem

Erica Hellerstein, ThinkProgress

Sunday, October 26

The Fast and Furious Cover-up

John Hinderaker, PowerLine

How Medicaid Expansion Is Faring

Robert Pear, New York Times

California Could Lose a Generation of Doctors

Zachary Skaggs, RCPolicy

San Francisco's Absurd Rent Ordinance

Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle

Our Many 'Diversity Problems'

Lawrence Siskind, To Put It Bluntly

How Self-Driving Cars Will Change Infrastructure

Adam Ozimek, Forbes

The 'Birthright Citizenship' Debate

The Editors, LA Times

Project 'Truthy': Chilling Free Speech

Andrew Napolitano, Creators

RIP, NYC's Middle Class

Joel Kotkin, New York Daily News

College Should Start Senior Year of High School

Libby Nelson, Vox

Illinois: The Dangers of Democratic Rule

Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune

Taking the Carbon Out of Coal

Robert VerBruggen, RealClearPolitics