May 1, 2017 Archives

Week of May 1, 2017 Archives

RealClearPolicy Morning Edition

Monday, May 1

The Political Assassination of Jim DeMint

John Hart, Forbes

Why Do Americans Think Democrats Are Out of Touch?

Clare Foran, The Atlantic

The Arrogance of Blue America

Joel Kotkin, The Daily Beast

Trump Will Be a Two-Term President

Olufemi Taiwo, Salon

I Learned About Civil Unrest During the LA Riots

Chuck DeVore, The Federalist

LA Riots Changed Policing for the Better, Until Now

Brandon Patterson, Mother Jones

A Virtuous Republic Needs Virtuous People

Mike Sabo, The Federalist

Nation-States vs City-States

Berny Belvedere, Arc Digital

Climate of Complete Certainty

Bret Stephens, New York Times

The Ethics of Denying Organ Transplants Over Pot Use

Alex Berezow, ACSH

Immigration and Jobs – Reprise

Jacques Delacroix, Notes on Liberty

Wean Colleges off Federal Funding

Peter Lawler, National Review

Tuesday, May 2

The End of Trump's Revolution?

David A. Cowan, The American Conservative

After 100 Days, Trump Is Trump Is Trump

John Cassidy, The New Yorker

This Is How Obamacare Explodes

Sarah Kliff, Vox

What the Reaction to Bret Stephens Says About the Left

David Harsanyi, TF

Migrants Are Not Barbarians

James Bruno, Washington Monthly

Time to Repeal the Durbin Amendment

Molly Wilkinson, RealClearPolicy

Where Have All the Black-Owned Businesses Gone?

Brian S. Feldman, Atlantic

What Should Trump Do With His Next SCOTUS Pick?

Jonathan V. Last, TWS

The Overwhelming Evidence Against the Death Penalty

Austin Sarat, TNR

Net Neutrality Must Be Fixed by Congress

Gerard Scimeca, Washington Times

Senate Democrats Propose $15 Minimum Wage

Rachel West, Talk Poverty

Private Market Keeps Prescription Drug Prices Low

April Ponnuru, DCE

Wednesday, May 3

The Collapse of American Identity

Robert P. Jones, The New York Times

Inequality & the Fracturing of American Democracy

David Alexander, Nat. Review

"Middle-Class Tax Relief" Is a Hoax

Robert W. Merry, The American Conservative

American Policing Is Broken

German Lopez, Vox

Murder Isn't a Nationwide Problem

John R. Lott, Jr., RealClearPolicy

The NRA Has Been a Disaster for Black Americans

Caroline Light, MoJo

Trump's Tax Plan

Richard A. Epstein, Defining Ideas

Taxes Will Go Up

Robert J. Samuelson, The Washington Post

Who Should Pay to Cover Pre-Existing Conditions?

Charles Blahous, e21

Will the Supreme Court Defend Citizenship?

Matt Ford, The Atlantic

Obamacare Repeal Can't Ignore Price Controls

Tracy Miller, RealClearHealth

The War on Facts Hits Prescription Drug Regulation

Jerry Avorn, Prospect

Thursday, May 4

The Role of Religious Freedom Today

Francis Rooney, RealClearPolicy

Trump: A Conventional, But Incompetent GOP President

Richard M. Skinner, BI

Congress's Constitution – If They Can Keep It

Philip A. Wallach, LL&L

100 Days of Health Care

Billy Wynne, RealClearHealth

A Bipartisan Push to Increase Spending, National Debt

Michael Tanner, NR

Donald Trump's Very Good Idea: Raise the Gas Tax

Editorial Board, NYTimes

New FISA Reform Still Doesn't Protect Your Privacy

Patrick Eddington, TAC

The Little-Known Research Program Trump Wants to Cut

Marlene Cimons, TP

Impossibly High Expections for Police Can Fuel Violence

Housing Vouchers Are Efficient

Will Fischer, Center on Budget & Policy Priorities

Want to Regulate Schools? Use Parents

Corey A. DeAngelis, Cato @ Liberty

Budget Deal Continues Apprenticeship Momentum

Brent Parton, New America

Friday, May 5

Religious Freedom and Islamic Society

Francis Rooney, RealClearPolicy

President Trump Is the Enemy of Their Enemies

Thomas Edsall, NYTimes

Progressivism, Not the Internet, Threatens Democracy

John O. McGinnis, LL&L

Donald Trump & the Rise of the "Sanctuary Home"

Clio Chang, New Republic

The Left's Parallel Justice System

Seth Barron, City Journal

ACA Repeal Is an Incredible Opportunity for Democrats

Douglas Schoen, Fox

Debt, Demagoguery and Dysfunction

Peter Morici, Washington Times

Trump's Budget Would Expand the Number of Foreign Workers

Republicans Shove Health-Care Bill Across Finish Line

Chris Deaton, TWS

The House Passed Its Health Bill. What Now?

Molly E. Reynolds, Brookings

Après Gorsuch le Deluge

George Weigel, First Things

$15 Minimum Wage Is Good Economics

Jared Bernstein & Ben Spielberg, TAP

Saturday, May 6

Conservatism in an Age of Alienation

Yuval Levin, Modern Age

How Trump Could Get Fired

Evan Osnos, The New Yorker

Welcome to Hell, Republicans

Brian Darling, Observer

Donald Trump and the Triumph of the Spectacle

Jeet Heer, New Republic

When Character No Longer Counts

Alan Jacobs, National Affairs

Conflict and Consensus

Scott Spillman, The Point

What Is the Future of Conservatism?

Samuel Goldman, Library of Law & Liberty

In Search of Obama

Julian E. Zelizer, The American Prospect

Liberals for Capital, Conservatives for Labor?

Jay Cost, Weekly Standard

How to Get Women Back Into the Workplace

Alexis Crow, Foreign Affairs

11 Suggestions for a Populist Agenda

George Liebmann, Amer. Conservative

Why "Late Capitalism" Is Suddenly Everywhere

Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic