June 12, 2017 Archives

Week of June 12, 2017 Archives

RealClearPolicy Morning Edition

Monday, June 12

Why Trump Fired Comey

Andrew McCarthy, National Review

Is It Time to Rein in the Presidency?

Julian Zelizer & Morton Keller, The Atlantic

Sanders Thinks Christians Are Unfit for Public Office

John Daniel Davidson, TF

Senate Uses Sabotage, Speed, & Secrecy on Health Care

Andy Slavitt, WaPo

Dem Senator Wants Investigation Into Loretta Lynch

Peter Hasson, The Daily Caller

The DOJ's Nixonian Defense of Trump

Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress

Reforming Elites the Confucian Way

James Hankins, American Affairs

Trump Must Prove Comey Perjury Accusation

Mark Stern, Slate

Making Sense of the Founders

Justin Dyer, Public Discourse

It's The Olympics for Trump Apologists

Editorial Board, New York Times

Medical Racism? Blacks, Latinos Get Worse Neurological Care

Dave Lindorff, Salon

Sour Lemons: The Courts vs. Trump

Eugene Van Loan, Claremont Review of Books

Tuesday, June 13

9th Circuit Deals Travel Ban Another Blow

Kristie De Peña, Melanie Huettman, RCPolicy

The Decimation of the Heartland Began a Long Time Ago

Stephen Franklin, TAP

The Paternalism of Paid Parental Leave

Robert VerBruggen, National Review

Blow Up the Deficit!

Jeff Spross, The Week

Confronting the Administrative Power Grab

Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics

Democrats Must Embrace Both Pragmatists & Progressives

David Atkins, WM

Cabining the Chevron Doctrine the Kavanaugh Way

Jeffrey Pojanowski, LL&L

Trump the Union Buster

Max Rivlin-Nadler, The New Republic

Republicans Should Try for a Bipartisan Health Plan

Marc Siegel, USA Today

Obamacare Is in Real Danger

Sarah Kliff, Vox

Why The Fed Should Only Own Treasuries

Charles I. Plosser, Defining Ideas

How Obamacare Could Morph Into Medicaid

JB Silvers, The Conversation

Wednesday, June 14

The Democrats' Leftward March

Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review

America's Mass Incarceration Problem

Tanya Golash-Boza, The Conversation

The Hard Realities of Hard Time

Barry Latzer, City Journal

How Computers Are Harming Criminal Justice

Rebecca Wexler, New York Times

Medicare Can't Be Ignored Forever

James C. Capretta, RealClearHealth

How Democrats Can Save Medicaid for Good

Clio Chang, The New Republic

Trump Is Right to Tout Apprenticeships Over College

John Daniel Davidson, TF

NAFTA Is Broken. Trump Has All the Wrong Fixes.

Michelle Chen, The Nation

Trump Is Winning on Trade

Nicholas L. Waddy, The American Conservative

GOP Quietly Shreds Protections for Ordinary Americans

Katrina vanden Heuvel, WP

A Constitutional Right to Follow the President on Twitter?

John Samples, Cato

The Tiny Edit That Changed NASA's Future

Matt Mountain & Nathaniel Kahn, TA

Thursday, June 15

Reinforcing the Boundaries of Political Decency

David Frum, The Atlantic

Why Protecting Politicians Is Hard

Tom Rogan, The Washington Examiner

We’re Still Underestimating Trumpism

Jeff Stein, Vox

Trump Will Be Impeached If the GOP Loses the House

Jonah Goldberg, NR

New Commissioner Should Curb FDA Overreach

Johnny Kampis, RCPolicy

Gorsuch's First Opinion: Let Debt Collectors Run Amok

David Dayen, TAP

Can Trump Rescue Federal Courts From Politics?

George Liebmann, TAC

The Solution Is Single-Payer

Christopher Baum, Jacobin

You Can't Deny Trump's Tremendous Effect on the Economy

Andy Puzder, Hill

They Had One Job

Jordan Weissmann, Slate

Trump Was Right to Reject the Paris Agreement

Bjørn Lomborg, Telegraph

Trump Is Deluded About NAFTA

Robert J. Samuelson, The Washington Post

Friday, June 16

Can a Divided America Survive?

Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

The Echo Chamber of Extremism

John Avlon, The Daily Beast

The American Economy Needs Manufacturing

Mark P. Mills, RealClearPolicy

The Future of Labor Unions Is in Trump's Hands

Nicole Hallett, The Conversation

Republicans Are a Majority Without a Mandate

Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic

Can the Democratic Party Find New Voters?

Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times

Obamacare Disadvantages Disabled Americans

Christopher Jacobs, Federalist

Repeal & Phase Out?

Molly E. Reynolds & Elizabeth Mann, FixGov

An Affordable-Housing Fix

Jason Jewell, The American Conservative

Unexpected States at Risk Under AHCA's Medicaid Cap

Jeanne Lambrew, TCF

Why the Emoluments Clause Matters

Paul R. Pillar, The National Interest

The Fed Needs Only One Rule

Peter Ireland & Michael T. Belongia, Economics 21

Saturday, June 17

The New Class War

Michael Lind, American Affairs

The Hoarding of the American Dream

Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic

On Political Correctness

William Deresiewicz, The American Scholar

Teaching Humility in an Age of Arrogance

Michael Patrick Lynch, ChronicleReview

Hate Has a Home

Carl R. Trueman, First Things

How to Win Rural Voters Without Losing Liberal Values

Martin Longman, WM

The Real Hero of the Trump Resistance? James Madison.

Andrew Cline, NR

Control the Supreme Court, Control the Republican Party

Corey Robin, Jacobin

The ADA Litigation Monster

Mark Pulliam, City Journal

How TV Cultivates Authoritarianism

James Shanahan & Michael Morgan, TC

The Trumpiest Roman of Them All

Ross Douthat, The New York Times

Those Who Leave Home, and Those Who Stay

Alvin Chang, Vox