Week of February 11, 2013 Archives

RealClearPolicy Morning Edition

Monday, February 11
Your New Landlord Is a Hedge Fund Manager
D. Dayen, New Republic
There's a Lot at Stake in Obama's State of the Union
Bo Cutter, NND
Don't Ignore Deportation's Broken Families
Bass & Roybal-Allard, LAT
Ohio Gets Supporting Small Businesses Right
S. Shane, BusinessWeek
Obama Hasn't Hit Lofty Promises of Transparency
J. LaFleur, ProPublica
Public Believes Gov't Corruption Is Endemic
Eric Pianin, Fiscal Times
Beware Obamacare's Unintended Effects
A. Barton Hinkle, Reason
Congress Takes on 3-D Printing
Ben Schreckinger, National Journal
Manufacturing Sector Needs Immigration Reform
Anna Fifield, FT
The Moral Calculus of Medicaid Expansion
Chris Conover, Forbes
The Electric Car Dream Will Go Unfulfilled
Charles Lane, WaPo
Keystone XL Must Be Stopped
Michael Klare, The Nation
Tuesday, February 12
Obama Confidently Throws Down the Gauntlet
Ted Widmer, NY Times
There Obama Goes Again
Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard
Obama Lays Out a Progressive Policy Roadmap
Greg Sargent, WaPo
Rhetoric vs. Reality in Obama's Speech
Samuel Gregg, National Review
Unions Declare War on Innovative Schools
Sean Kennedy, New York Post
North Dakota's Golden Age Is Coming to an End
Derek Thompson, Atlantic
Cities Flourish in the Absence of Cars
McCahill and Garrick, Atlantic Cities
More College Grads Would Mean Better Growth
Peter Orszag, Bloomberg
Housing Is Pushing Poor Folks Out of California
Jed Kolko, Trulia Trends
How the 1% Pushed Everyone Else Back into Recession
T. Noah, TNR
Deficit Hawks Should Want a Transaction Tax
Dean Baker, Huff. Post
Immigration Reform: This Isn't 1986
Edward Alden, Foreign Affairs
Wednesday, February 13
Obama Aims Small on Infrastructure
Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
Small Towns Are Being Disenfranchised
James Huffman, Defining Ideas
States' Minimum Wage Hikes Have Worked
Ilana Novick, Policy Shop
Raise the Minimum Wage, Get Fewer Jobs
Ed Morrissey, The Fiscal Times
The Problem with Background Checks for Guns
John Lott, New York Post
Let the States Handle College Costs and Quality
R. Vedder, Bloomberg
A Balanced Budget Amendment Would Be Ruinous
Joe Weisenthal, BI
Filibuster Reform Would Benefit the GOP
Avik Roy, National Review
Social Security Financing Isn't Being Underestimated
C. Blahous, e21
How NYC Could Cut Energy Use by 90 Percent
Will Oremus, Slate
Soaking the Rich Is Damaging in Long Term
V. de Rugy, Mercatus
March of the Budget Wars
Wayne Brough, RealClearPolicy
Thursday, February 14
Bridges to Nowhere, Classrooms for No One
T. Lindsay, RealClearPolicy
The Shocking Waste of Federal Science Funds
Henry Miller, Policy Review
If You Want to Stop Gun Violence, Start with Bullets
J, Pearlstein, Wired
The U.S. Minimum Wage Compared to the World
E. Groll, Foreign Policy
Bloomberg Fixates on Styrofoam as Problems Mount
Nicole Gelinas, NYP
A Government Regulator Wants You to Hire Felons
James Bovard, WSJ
Are Environmentalists Wrong About Keystone XL?
Elana Schor, Atlantic
Obama's Too Optimistic About Health Care Costs
M. Sanger-Katz, NJ
Obama's Pre-K Plan Has Potential
Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic
The Good News About Health Care Costs
Ezekiel Emanuel, NY Times
Government Shouldn't Be in the Wi-Fi Business
Bartlett Cleland, IPI
Expanding Preschool Is a No-Brainer
Joan Walsh, Salon
Friday, February 15
Minimum Wage Is a No-Lose Issue for Dems
Bruce Bartlett, Fiscal Times
Save the Post Office in One Easy Step
David Dayen, Pacific Standard
Do Illegal Immigrants Hurt the Economy?
Adam Davidson, NYT Magazine
Why Australia's Minimum Wage Works
E. Crampton, Offsetting Behaviour
A Look at Banking in London
Michael Lewis, New York Review of Books
Obama's Manufacturing Hubs Plan Makes Sense
Muro & Fikri, Brookings
Five Myths About Manufacturing Jobs
Ro Khanna, Washington Post
HSBC Broke Every Rule on the Books
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
The War on Drugs Is a War on Kids
Patricia Williams, The Nation
What Does "Infrastructure" Even Mean?
Jack Shafer, Reuters
Pre-K Benefits Parents, Too
Mike Konczal, Next New Deal
Why Farmers Always Win
Jonathan Rauch, The American
Sunday, February 17
The Right Has Too Many Stale Economic Ideas
James Pethokoukis, NR
In Defense of Government Nannyism
Cass Sunstein, NY Review of Books
How Some Charters Are Cherry-Picking Students
Stephanie Simon, TFT
Unions Are Flip-Flopping on Obamacare
Dean Clancy, Washington Times
Germany Shows Dangers of Green Energy Ideology
Eric Smith, New Geo
How Health Care Costs Are Lowering Wages
David Goldhill, NY Times
We're Getting Better at Spotting Dangerous Meteroids
K. Kakaes, Slate
The New Obama Is Just Like Clinton
Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Ghost of Charlie Crist Haunts Insurance Reform
C. Cámara, R Street
A Cheerful Welcome to Our Robot Overlords
Scott Winship, Forbes
Universal Pre-K Is Smart Economics
Nancy Folbre, Economix
Universal Pre-K Is Bad for Everyone
Penelope Trunk
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