May 8, 2017 Archives

Week of May 8, 2017 Archives

RealClearPolicy Morning Edition

Monday, May 8

Identity Politics for the New Right

Park MacDougald & Jason Willick, NYMagazine

Is Trump the Last Republican President?

Scott Morefield, Claremont Rev. of Books

Donald Trump's Homicidal Health-Care Bill

Adam Gaffney, The Guardian

House Republicans Go Off the Cliff

Ross Douthat, New York Times

Trump's Low-Growth Trap

Robert Samuelson, Washington Post

Planned Parenthood Defunding a GOP Hurdle

Tom Howell, Washington Times

Is Psychiatry Partisan?

James Hamblin, The Atlantic

The Never-Ending 2016 Election

Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon

My Family Was Separated by the Border

Maria Venegas, Los Angeles Times

Plain Talk About Law School Rot

Mark Pulliam, American Greatness

Atheists Sue Trump Over "Religious Liberty" Order

Gaby Del Valle, The Daily Beast

We're Incredibly Close to Replacing the Electoral College

Maegan Carberry, Salon

Tuesday, May 9

Is the Gig Economy Working?

Nathan Heller, The New Yorker

The Debt-Bubble Landmine Obama Left for Trump

Nicole Gelinas, NYPost

Hillary Clinton Is Back. Should Democrats Be Worried?

Clio Chang, TNR

Bring Back Free Market Environmentalism

Lindsay Marchello, RealClearPolicy

Discrimination Is Not De Facto

Rachel M. Cohen, Slate

Benefits Backlash

Steven Malanga, City Journal

Mass Incarceration and the Achievement Gap

Leila Morsy, American Prospect

The Conservative Base Wants Criminal-Justice Reform

Vikrant P. Reddy, NR

A Disaster Wrapped in Victory

Sarah Binder, The New York Times

How the Senate Can Write a Better Health-Care Bill

James C. Capretta, RCH

There's Something About Mitch

Michelle Cottle, The Atlantic

How to Reform the Green-Cards-for-Investors Program

Helen Raleigh, TF

Wednesday, May 10

Trump Is Waging War on Millennials

Catherine Rampell, The Washington Post

The “Gig Economy” & the Death of Society

Bruce P. Frohnen, TIC

President Trump's Agenda Meets Reality

William A. Galston, Brookings

What Free Speech Isn't

Karol Markowicz, National Review

A Democrat Against Democracy

David I. Backer, Jacobin

Hypocrites Hide Obamacare's Flaws

Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Economics 21

The Broken Senate Is the Last Bulwark Against ACA Repeal

Ira Shapiro, WM

Ending the Urban-Rural Digital Divide

Betsy Huber, RealClearPolicy

The Water Crisis No One Is Talking About

Sarah Frostenson, Vox

Make "Independent" Regulatory Agencies Accountable

Susan Dudley, Forbes

The Watchdogs Keeping Wall Street in Check

Sheelah Kolhatkar, New Yorker

Don't Celebrate Trump's Religious Liberty Executive Order

Mark Movsesian, FT

Thursday, May 11

Trump's Federalism Violations Would Make Obama Jealous

George F. Will, WaPo

Criminal Courts Threaten Privacy

Arthur Rizer & Daniel Oglesby, RCPolicy

Even Mitch McConnell Can't Save Trumpcare

Jeff Spross, The Week

GOP Doublespeak on "Free Market" Health Care

Ben Shapiro, National Review

GOP & Dems Might Actually Agree on Preexisting Conditions

Jon Healey, LAT

Tax Cuts Alone Will Not Make America Great Again

James A. Dorn, IBD

Will Trump Give Working Families a Break?

Cheryl Carleton, The Conversation

Congress: Beat the Courts on Taxing Online Retailers

Steven Malanga, The Hill

Time to Look Beyond the Traditional School Model

Ashley Berner, Brookings

What Will Trump Deliver on Trade?

Kevin P. Gallagher, The American Prospect

When Online Pirates Win, Creators and Consumers Lose

Matthew Kandrach, TDC

SNAP Helps Low-Wage Workers

Brynne Keith-Jennings, CBPP

Friday, May 12

The Perils of Immigration Federalism

Fred Bauer, National Review

Why So Many Insurers Are Leaving Obamacare

Olga Khazan, The Atlantic

Declaring War on Fiscal Responsibility

Maya MacGuineas, RealClearPolicy

Republicans Don't Feel Your Pain

Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times

The Nationalism Muddle

Pete Spiliakos, First Things

The Path of Most Resistance

Jeet Heer, The New Republic

Democrats Allow No Wavering on Abortion at Their Peril

Joseph Bottum, TWS

Trump Just Suffered a Big Defeat on the Environment

Rebecca Leber, MoJo

Judicial Nominations Unite the Right

John O. McGinnis, Library of Law & Liberty

President Trump Nominates Judges Even He Could Love

Jeffrey Toobin, NYer

What You Need to Know About Budget Reconciliation

Christopher Jacobs, TF

Our Bail-Bond System Is Broken

Michelle Chen, The Nation

Saturday, May 13

America Isn't Having a Constitutional Crisis

Uri Friedman, The Atlantic

Comey, Champion of Law and Order

Heather Mac Donald, City Journal

America Needs Immigrants

Kristie De Peña, RealClearPolicy

Conservatism's Constitutional Moment

Greg Weiner, Modern Age

Ransomware Attack Reinforces Trump's Order

Frank Cilluffo, Sharon Cardash, TC

America's Party System & Our Disruptive Moment

Conrad Black, New Criterion

Have the Rich Become "Super Citizens"?

Lovia Gyarkye, The New Republic

How to Rate a President — or Not

David F. Forte, Library of Law & Liberty

Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, The Baffler

The Crisis at Berkeley

Steven F. Hayward, The Weekly Standard

Will Republicans Throw Medicaid Under the Bus?

Thomas Huelskoetter, RCH

State-Sponsored Visa Criticisms Aren't Grounded in Facts

David Bier, Cato