October 28, 2013 Archives

Week of October 28, 2013 Archives

RealClearPolicy Morning Edition

Monday, October 28

Don't Keep Your Plan, Get a Better One

Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress

New Evidence on Evaluating Teachers

Thomas J. Kane, Brookings

Can Everyone Do Algebra?

Robert VerBruggen, RealClearPolicy

Shorter Commutes Mean Healthier People

Jane Brody, New York Times

Bloomberg's Legacy Isn't So Rosy

Fred Siegel, City Journal

Obamacare's Worst-Case Scenario

Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic

We Need Greater Investment in Real Estate

Greenfield & Clark, LA Books

California's Green Class Warfare

Joel Kotkin, New Geography

For Business, New Is More Important Than Small

Nicole Allan, Atlantic

Common Core Is a Distraction

Eric Hanushek, US News & World Report

A Safer, Smarter Debt Ceiling Alternative

Steve Conover, The American

For Many Women, Working Isn't a Choice

Matt Bruenig, Prospect

Demographic Challenges Loom for Florida

Matthew Ladner, redefinED

Tuesday, October 29

What Women Think About Abortion

Daniel Kuebler, Public Discourse

Dissecting an Argument Against Gay Marriage

Zack Ford, ThinkProgress

Obamacare Subsidies Face a Court Challenge

Sean Trende, RCP

The ACA's Unlikely Coverage Goal

James C. Capretta, National Review

How to Fix the Obamacare Exchange Website

Rusty Foster, New Yorker

Sequestration Will Actually Grow the Deficit

Sean McElwee, Demos

IRS Is Unable to Protect Obamacare Data

Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

A Plan to Cut the Poverty Rate in Half

Bruenig & Stoker, The Atlantic

Assisted Living and Lax Regulations

Thompson & Jones, ProPublica

The Benefits of Modern Technical Education

Harry Holzer, Wash Monthly

Are Anti-Bullying Efforts Backfiring?

Pearce & Mason, Governing

Obama's 'Social Cost of Carbon' vs. Science

Paul Knappenberger, Cato

Wednesday, October 30

Heroin Takes Hold of Vermont

Geoffrey Norman, The Weekly Standard

Abortion Pill Bans: Constitutional?

Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Prospect

Was Rate Shock Necessary?

Ross Douthat, The New York Times

The Obstacles to Rebuilding the Midwest

Aaron Renn, New Geography

The Case for Climate Engineering

David Keith, Boston Review

Maybe Piracy Isn't Hollywood's Fault

Ryan Radia, Tech Liberation

The Problem With Banning Anti-Gay Job Bias

Ryan T. Anderson, NRO

Taxpayers on the Hook for Lousy Crop Harvests

Laird Townsend, MoJo

Stop Subsidizing Colleges' Debt Binge

Richard Vedder, Bloomberg View

The FCC's Political Speech Probe

Tim Cavanaugh, The Daily Caller

Who's to Blame for the Next Recession?

Jeremy Lott, Politix

Make D.C. Taller

Aaron Wiener, Washington City Paper

No, We Don't Need Higher Inflation

Peter Ireland, e21

Thursday, October 31

The Public Reads Obamacare's Fine Print

Megan McArdle, Bloomberg

With the ACA, 3 Percent of Americans Are Losers

Ryan Lizza, New Yorker

How the Pill Transformed Life for Women

Sawhill & Karpilow, Brookings

In Defense of Unpaid Internships

Edward Glaeser, Boston Globe

The Police Need More Training With Firearms

Steven Yoder, Prospect

Does Marriage Make Kids Earn More?

Michael Fitzgerald, Pacific Standard

Income Segregation Broke the Middle Class

Benjamin Landy, Century

California's Prison Litigation Disaster

Heather Mac Donald, City Journal

So Does Common Core Dictate Curriculum, or Not?

Jay P. Greene

Obamacare Is Not Like Part D

Yuval Levin, National Review Online

Is Fighting the Keystone XL a Mistake? - Jonathan Chait | Joe Romm

The Amazon Guide to Tax Dodging

Willy Staley, The New Republic

Friday, November 1

Stop-and-Frisk Is in Bill de Blasio's Hands

Emily Jane Goodman, Nation

What SNAP Cuts Mean for Families in Poverty

Erika Huber, Urban

Can Google Save Obamacare?

Devin Leonard, BusinessWeek

ACA Delay Would Be a Mess for Premiums

Tami Luhby, CNN Money

The Hazards of Egg Donation

Jennifer Lahl, Public Discourse

Let's Do Away With Daylight Savings Time

Allison Schrager, The Atlantic

Pipelines Should Be Covered Under NAFTA

Mark Mills, Wash Examiner

SCOTUS Considers Gov't Religious Speech

A. Thomson-Deveaux, Prospect

Sons of Single Mothers Need a Helping Hand

Kay Hymowitz, LA Times

Librarian of Congress vs. Cell Phone Unlocking

Derek Khanna, Breitbart

How Indian Hospitals Cut Costs

Govindarajan & Ramamurti, Wash Post

Renewables Aren't Ready for Prime Time

Ronald Bailey, Reason

Sunday, November 3

Why Men Should Pay for Pregnancy Coverage

Michael Hiltzik, LA Times

Immigration and the Welfare State

Andrew Stiles, National Review Online

What Obama Has Done About Inequality

Ian Reifowitz, Daily Kos

Welfare-to-Work's Unintended Consequences

Patrice Hill, Wash Times

Obamacare Is Good for Poor Whites

Edward Wyckoff Williams, The Root

Airbnb Is Illegal in New York for a Reason

Nicole Gelinas, New York Post

Could Housing Keep People Out of the Hospital?

Harold Pollack, Wash Post

American Manufacturing Isn't Dead Yet

Mark P. Mills, City Journal

Should Prisoners Be Allowed Conjugal Visits?

The Economist

Small Cities Struggle With Industrial Decline

Aaron Renn, Urbanophile

DNA Testing: Health Promises, Privacy Concerns

Emma Keller, Guardian

How to Make Congress Work

Angela Evans, RealClearPolitics

Poverty Is Not Rare in America

Mark R. Rank, The New York Times

What if We Redrew State Boundaries?

Alex Seitz-Wald, National Journal