February 6, 2017 Archives

Week of February 6, 2017 Archives

RealClearPolicy Morning Edition

Monday, February 6

Trump Is the Last, Best Hope to Re-Reaganize the GOP

Henry Olsen, WaPo

Deregulation Nation

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza, Center for American Progress

Ross Douthat, The New York Times

The Senate Is Coming Apart

John Bresnahan & Burgess Everett, Politico

Trump Short Circuits Washington

Matthew Continetti, National Review

The Long War on the EPA

Branko Marcetic, Jacobin

President Trump's Rules for Regulators

Susan E. Dudley, Forbes

Can Trump Roll Back Obama's Emissions & Fuel Standards?

Bob Sussman, PP

Increased Reinsurance Taxes a Manmade Disaster

Josiah Neeley, RCPolicy

GOP Efforts to "Repair" Obamacare Are Doomed to Fail

Matthew Yglesias, Vox

CBO Shows How to Repeal Obamacare Regs

Charles Blahous, Economics 21

Trump's Approach to Infrastructure Misses the Mark

Rakeen Mabud, Roosevelt

Tuesday, February 7

Executive Power Run Amok

John Yoo, The New York Times

For Love of Country

Rich Lowry & Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review

The Anti-Trump Left Is Now the Only Hope for Moderates

Jedidiah Purdy, TNR

The Real Realignment

Samuel Hammond, The American Conservative

Teaching Civics Must Be a Trump-Era Priority

Kristina Rizga, Mother Jones

Hayek Tried to Warn Us

Greg Weiner, Library of Law & Liberty

Trump Is Losing Potential Allies: “Pro-Growth” Dems

Jeff Stein, Vox

Make the Maritime Industry Great Again

Ivy Barton Suter, RealClearPolicy

Obamacare Repeal Bad for the Poor, Good for the Rich

Brandon DeBot, RCH

Rogue Federal Bureaucrats Threaten Trump's Agenda

Fred Lucas, Daily Signal

President Trump, Wall Street’s Best Friend

David Dayen, American Prospect

Delaying Trump's Tax Cuts Is a Huge Risk

Editorial Board, New York Post

Wednesday, February 8

From George Washington to Donald Trump: What Happened?

Tom Palmer, LL&L

Is President Trump's Executive Order Constitutional?

David B. Rivkin Jr. et al., WP

I’m Pro-Life, and Pro-Refugee

Scott Arbeiter, The New York Times

Trump Can Make Trade With China Work for America

Derek Scissors, NR

The TPP Is Dead. Spare the TTIP.

Simon Lester, RealClearPolicy

Beyond "Law and Order"

Ed Chung & Danyelle Solomon, Center for Amer. Progress

Replacing Obamacare Should Begin With States

Yevgeniy Feyman, DCExaminer

The Assault on Food Stamps Is Misguided

Justin King, Aleta Sprague, Wash. Monthly

Measuring the Obama Admin's Midnight Surge

Sofie Miller & Daniel Pérez, RegBlog

Trump's Radical Attack on Global Health

Jamila K. Taylor & John Norris, RCHealth

Infrastructure Spending Requires Cutting Red Tape

John Preyer, George Howard, WT

Is Trump About to Unleash Another Financial Crisis?

Ryan Cooper, The Week

Thursday, February 9

Don't Drain the Swamp. Use It.

Andy Smarick & Kelsey Hamilton, RealClearPolicy

The Return of an Unfettered Wall Street

Matthew Yglesias, Vox

Authoritarianism Is Not Confined to One Political Party

David Harsanyi, TF

The Law Is on DOJ's Side in Court Showdown

Kayleigh McEnany, CNN

The Case Against Contemporary Feminism

Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker

Against Judicial Engagement

Mark Pulliam, City Journal

High Deductibles: Good for Health System, Bad for Patients

Dan Gorenstein, WP

Negative Polls and the Essence of Populism

Jason Willick, American Interest

Can Republicans Save Themselves From the Obamacare Trap?

Brian Beutler, TNR

Fixing the Federal Policy on E-Cigs Will Save Lives

Caroline Kitchens, RCHealth

Will Schools Get a Piece of the Infrastructure Pie?

Rachel M. Cohen, Prospect

Can the U.S. Lead on Women's Rights?

Erica Ngoenha, RealClearWorld

Friday, February 10

The Ninth Circuit's Dangerous Ruling

David French, National Review

Trump’s Leading Rivals Wear Robes

Charles M. Blow, The New York Times

Gorsuch's Opposition to Chevron a Dilemma for Dems

John O. McGinnis, LL&L

The Delusion That Openness Has Impoverished America

Lawrence Summers, WP

Overcoming the Cost of the Mexican Border Wall

James Thornton, e21

Trump's Budget-Busting Wish List

Rachael Bade & Josh Dawsey, Politico

How President Trump Can Help American Consumers

Joe Colangelo, RCPolicy

GOP Pushes to Repeal Regs on Prepaid-Card Companies

Manuel Madrid, TAP

How to Improve the Safety Net by Encouraging Work

Daniel Huizinga, Opp. Lives

Trump's Medicaid Plan Would Gut Services for Disabled People

Ari Ne’eman, TP

Neil Gorsuch: An Eloquent Intellectual

Michael McConnell, Defining Ideas

Net Neutrality: The Debate That Would Not Die

Michael Mandel, PPI

Saturday, February 11

The Revolt Against the Elites

P.J. O'Rourke, The Weekly Standard

A Gift for Donald Trump

David Brooks, The New York Times

New Leadership for New York

Paul Massey, RealClearPolitics

Trump Has Brought European-Style Nationalism to the U.S.

Ben Shapiro, NR

Trump's Expensive, Useless Wall

Simon Maloy, Salon

Can Trump Make Bureaucrats Accountable?

Henry Miller, Hoover Institution

The Anti-Democracy Movement Influencing the Right

Rosie Gray, The Atlantic

We Want Workers. We Must Form Citizens.

Richard Reinsch, University Bookman

Trump is Like Andrew Johnson, Not Andrew Jackson.

Charles Lane, Wash Post

Import Tax Levels Playing Field

Doug Holtz-Eakin, USA Today

Judicial Rules of Engagement

Clark Neily & Mark Pulliam, City Journal

Why Is It Hard for Republicans to Replace Obamacare?

Alice Rivlin, RCHealth