January 28, 2013 Archives

Week of January 28, 2013 Archives

RealClearPolicy Morning Edition

Monday, January 28

How to Fix the Debt Without a Grand Bargain

Will Marshall, Politico

If Obama Loves Immigration Reform He'll Let It Go

Matthew Cooper, NJ

Want Proof Austerity Is a Mistake? Look at the UK

Dean Baker, Guardian

How California Balanced Its Budget Against All Odds

David Dayen, TNR

No Excuses: Our Education System Is Lagging

Eric Hanushek, Educ. Next

We Can Lower Crime Without Filling Prisons

M. Kleiman, Wash. Monthly

Cities Must Make Room for Millions in Years Ahead

L.S., The Economist

The NAACP and Coca-Cola vs. Bloomberg

Grace Elizabeth Hale, NYT

Obama's Tax Plans Threaten Charity

Richard Epstein, Defining Ideas

Women in Combat: A Bad Idea All Around

Mackubin Owens, TWS

How Companies Can Escape Obamacare

Paul Christiansen, WSJ

Bad Parents Raise Poor Kids

John Goodman, Townhall

Tuesday, January 29

Let's Reform Immigration for Good

Mae Ngai, New York Times

Deficit Hawks Can Support Immigration Reform

Brian Beutler, TPM

10 Key Facts for Thinking About Immigration

D. Nhan, National Journal

Doctors May Decide to Unionize in Face of Obamacare

David Leffell, WSJ

Why There Are No Henry Fords Today

Gene Steuerle, Gov't We Deserve

For Now, a Trillion-Dollar Deficit Is Sustainable

Makin and Hanson, FT

O's Nominations Signal Regulation By Enforcement

Hester Peirce, RCM

Energy Solution: Natural Gas Vehicles

Julia Pyper, Scientific American

Can Medical Tourism Save Us from Obamacare?

Jim Epstein, Reason

School Choice Is Key to GOP Survival

Jarrett Stepman, Human Events

California Is the Petri Dish for Cap-and-Trade

Bryan Walsh, Time

It's Too Soon to Celebrate a Recovery

Peter Orszag, Bloomberg

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Wednesday, January 30

Are Poor Americans Secretly Prosperous?

Thomas Edsall, NY Times

Immigration Won't Bring Hispanics to the GOP

Michael Catalini, Atlantic

History of Obama's Flip-Flops on Money in Politics

J. Elliott, ProPublica

On Immigration, Obama Tries Where Bush Failed

J. Avlon, Daily Beast

3 Steps to Take to Improve Income Inequality

Levere and Kim, The Hill

Poor Economic Data, But Reason for Optimism

M. Philips, BusinessWeek

Voting Needs to Be Made a Constitutional Right

Jamelle Bouie, Prospect

The Equation That Killed Wall Street

Chris Arnade, Scientific American

Deficit Hawks and Doves Aren't That Far Apart

Michael Kinsley, LAT

'Guest Worker Program' Is Like Modern-Day Slavery

M. Lind, Salon

Why Big Agriculture Is a Huge Fan of Fracking

Tom Philpott, MoJo

Finding Common Ground on Abortion

Avik Roy, National Review

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Thursday, January 31

Smart GOP Policies Will Keep Texas Red

Norquist & Gleason, Reuters

Yes, Robots Are Taking Our Manufacturing Jobs

Andrew McAfee, HBR

Republicans Are Setting the Agenda at State Level

Abby Rapoport, TAP

Political Spending Corrupts Economics

Hacker & Loewentheil, Democracy

Enforcement Comes Before Amnesty

Charles Krauthammer, Wash. Post

How the South Will Rise to Power Again

Joel Kotkin, New Geography

The Debt Deniers' Fantasy

Michael Cannon, Downsizing Government

America's Prison System Is Indefensible

Glenn Loury, Wash. Monthly

Please, No More Misguided Wars on Crime

Inimai Chettiar, Nation

Obamacare's Broken Promises

Daniel Kessler, Wall Street Journal

Is Marco Rubio About to Ruin the GOP?

James Pethokoukis, AEI

My $10,000 College Degree

Arthur Brooks, New York Times

Friday, February 1

Immigration Policy Must Get Past Mexico

Joseph Lawler, RCPolicy

The Founders Favored Open Borders

Elizabeth Cohen, Washington Post

There's No Such Thing as Low-Income Housing

R. Lerman, MetroTrends

Kerry Should Treat Climate Change as a Defense Issue

C. Davenport, NJ

Upside-Down Federalism Makes U.S. Ungovernable

Mario Loyola, TAI

How Drugmakers Rig Testing in Their Favor

Ben Goldacre, NY Times

Happy Birthday, 16th Amendment!

Jay Starkman, Wall Street Journal

When Immigration Reform Meets Obamacare

Jonathan Cohn, TNR

Will the GOP Surrender on Immigration?

Patrick Buchanan, TAC

Why Social Security Benefits Must Be Cut

Charles Blahous, e21

Uh-Oh: A National ID Card Is Coming

David Bier, Open Market

America's Ports and Canals Are Terrible

The Economist

Sunday, February 3

The Economics of Immigration

L. Gordon Crovitz, Wall Street Journal

Next Fed Chair: Israel's Central Banker?

D. Warsh, Economic Principals

The Economist Who Explained Our Endless Deficits

W. Brough, RCPolicy

Dodd-Frank Creates a Bizarro World Of Housing Finance

Ed Pinto, RCM

Why Boys Are Being Left Behind in School

Christina Hoff Sommers, NYT

The Health Care Boom Means Trouble for Economy

M. Sanger-Katz, NJ

Japan Is a Cautionary Tale for Too Much Stimulus

R. Samuelson, WaPo

The Shocking News That Goldman Is Greedy

Greg Smith, New Republic

7 Possible Causes of Chicago's Murder Crisis

A. Renn, New Geography

Europe Can Teach America How to Control Debt

A. Randazzo, Reason

High-Speed Trading Is a Guaranteed Disaster

Nick Baumann, MoJo

Immigration Reform Won't Bust the Budget

Rick Ungar, Forbes