August 7, 2017 Archives

Week of August 7, 2017 Archives

RealClearPolicy Morning Edition

Monday, August 7

Did Buckley's Conservative Project Fail?

John O'Sullivan, National Review

Building a Trump-Centric Movement

Jeremy Peters, The New York Times

Newspapers Don't Need Anti-Trust Immunity

Thomas M. Lenard, RealClearPolicy

In Defense of "Dark Money"

Nan Aron & Abby Levine, The American Prospect

We Can't Have a Rational Conversation About Immigration

Kathleen Parker, WP

The Rise of the Violent Left

Peter Beinart, The Atlantic

Jeff Flake: Opportunist or Conservative?

W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner

A Radical New Approach to the Immigration Problem

Anis Shivani, Salon

(No) Crime and Punishment

Rafael Mangual, City Journal

Race and Faculty Hiring in Higher Education

Scott Douglas Gerber, Daily Caller

Without Congress, Fannie & Freddie Reformed

Andrea Riquier, MarketWatch

Sessions Task Force Says Legal Marijuana Should Stay Legal

Daniel Politi, Slate

Tuesday, August 8

Liberals' War on the Working Class Keeps Trump Afloat

How Many Americans Still Want Jobs?

Jeff Spross, The Week

Debt Crisis Calls for New Fiscal Paradigm

John Merrifield & Barry Poulson, RCPolicy

Democrats, Don't Raise the Debt Limit

Brian Beutler, The New Republic

On Immigration, Trump Swings Big & Misses

Steven Malanga, City Journal

Why Republicans Can't Just Pivot to Tax Reform

Russell Berman, The Atlantic

Single-Payer Means Tax Increases or Rationing (or Both)

Margot Cleveland, TF

Bernie Sanders's Campaign to Save Obamacare

Jeff Stein, Vox

Republicans Won't Be Able to Pass a Big Tax Bill

Peter Morici, MarketWatch

The Debt-Ceiling Crisis Is Real

Edward D. Kleinbard, The New York Times

Explaining Trump's Proposed Immigration Overhaul

Berny Belvedere, Arc

Trump's Trade Pullout Roils Rural America

Adam Behsudi, Politico

Wednesday, August 9

When the Political Branches Clash

Greg Weiner, Library of Law & Liberty

Donald Trump Owns Obamacare Now

Sarah Kliff, Vox

Do Electric Vehicles Spell OPEC's Doom?

Mark P. Mills, RealClearPolicy

Our Broken Economy in One Simple Chart

David Leonhardt, New York Times

GOP Should Focus on Illegal Immigration First

Kevin D. Williamson, Nat. Review

Did the Rich Pay Much Higher Taxes in the 1950s?

Jordan Weissmann, Slate

Antiracism Backfires

Dennis Saffran, City Journal

What's Missing in the Debate About Affirmative Action

Michele Moses et al., TC

Legislators Wearing Black Robes

Gov. Robert Ehrlich, Washington Examiner

Reconciliation Isn't the Only Rule to Watch in Congress

Elaine C. Kamarck, FG

To Boost Income Mobility, Reform Our Bail System

Julian Adorney, Federalist

More Students Should Go to College in High School

Anne Kim, Wash. Monthly

Thursday, August 10

Our Free Speech Culture Is Slipping Away

David French, National Review

The Right's Hypocritical Reaction to the Google Memo

Josephine Livingstone, TNR

Post-Work Won't Work

Aaron M. Renn, City Journal

Restaurants Are the New Factories

Derek Thompson, The Atlantic

Want to Save Species? Fix the Endangered Species Act

Josh Smith, RCPolicy

Right & Left Are Right Not to Trust Each Other on Immigration

Matt Lewis, TDB

Dems Shouldn't Be Happy About Trump's Falling Polls

John Podhoretz, NYP

Public Works Funding Falls, Infrastructure Deteriorates

Binyamin Appelbaum, NYT

Would It Really Kill the CBO to Show Its Work?

Ross Marchand, Wash. Examiner

10 Bipartisan Ideas for Affordable, Quality Health Care

Gary Shapiro, RCHealth

Trump Declares War on Opioids

Andrew Egger, The Weekly Standard

Affordable Housing Can Help End Residential Segregation

Michelle Layser, TC

Friday, August 11

Donald Trump, Godfather of the Democratic Renaissance

Thomas Edsall, NYT

Are Conservatives Really Just Liberals?

Elliot Kaufman, National Review

President Trump Needs Friends in the Senate

Elaine C. Kamarck, FixGov

The "9th Circus" Is Badly Broken. Let's Fix It

Mark Pulliam, AmericanGreatness

The Uncomfortable Truth About Affirmative Action

Jeannie Suk Gersen, NYer

Originalism Historically Conceived

Herman Belz, Library of Law & Liberty

Let's Save the Internet - Permanently

Jonathan Spalter, RealClearPolicy

Listing Congressional Achievements

Francis Rooney, The News-Press

Don't Let the White House Dysfunction Distract You

Greg Kaufmann, TalkPoverty

A Ray of Hope for Criminal Justice Reform?

Christina Delgado, Wash. Examiner

Are Index Funds Evil?

Frank Partnoy, The Atlantic

A Bipartisan Approach to Health Care

Joseph Antos & James C. Capretta, HA

Saturday, August 12

Reclaiming Self-Government

M. Anthony Mills, RealClearPolicy

Shifting Regulatory Power to States Won't Help

Michael Livermore, Conversation

A Plan to Rein In the Administrative State

James Copland & Rafael Mangual, NR

Paul Ryan's Last Chance for Relevance

Paul Weinstein, U.S. News & World Report

Republicans Scramble for a Debt-Ceiling Workaround

Andrew Desiderio, TDB

Can Any Democratic Candidate Satisfy the Left?

Sarah Jones, The New Republic

Leaving Lochner Behind

Mark Pulliam, Library of Law & Liberty

What Data-Mining TV's Political Coverage Tells Us

Kalev Leetaru, RCPolitics

Could Artificial Intelligence Be a Win for Taxpayers?

Daniel Malloy, Ozy

The NRC Is Working Itself Out Of a Job

Paul Georgia & Chet Garlick, RCEnergy

We Can Both Boost Gas Exports & Cut Global Emissions

Paul Bledsoe, The Hill

The Benefits of Nuclear Power

James O. Ellis Jr. & George P. Shultz, Defining Ideas