December 4, 2017 Archives

Week of December 4, 2017 Archives

RealClearPolicy Morning Edition

Monday, December 4

The GOP Tax Plan Passed on Flimsy Promises

Addy Baird, Think Progress

Refundable Tax Credits Are Just GOP Welfare

Georgi Boorman, The Federalist

How to Wreck an Already Weak Health Care System

Sarah Jones, The New Republic

The Path to Affordable Health Care

Scott W. Atlas, Defining Ideas

Is It Too Late for Robert Mueller to Save Us?

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

Abolish the CFPB

The Editors, The Weekly Standard

Trump Administration Falls Short of Record-Low Refugee Cap

Noah Lanard, MJ

Poverty Is Your Fault, No Matter What

Francis Menton, Manhattan Contrarian

Truck Drivers Brace for Bot Onslaught

Daniel Cohen, Geopolitical Monitor

Mr. Romney Goes to Washington?

Hal Boyd, National Review

Boosting Policymaking Integrity Is Easy

Susan E. Dudley & Daniel R. Pérez, The Hill

Against Net Neutrality

Christopher Roach, American Greatness

Tuesday, December 5

Taming the Imperial Presidency

Jay Cost, National Review

The GOP Tax Bill Will Exacerbate Income Inequality

Dylan Scott & Alvin Chang, Vox

Dems Are the Party of the Rich. So Why Not Tax the Rich?

Steven Moore, DCE

The History of Putting a Price on Everything

Adam Gaffney, The New Republic

A 2nd Special Counsel Would Boost the DOJ's Credibility

Doug Collins, RCPolicy

How the GOP Tax Bill Will Ruin Obamacare

J.B. Silvers, The New York Times

A Tale of Two Americas

Irwin M. Stelzer, The Weekly Standard

Progressives, Don't Bash the GOP Tax Bill; Make Your Own

Gerald Friedman, AN

'Flyover Country' Is Stronger Than You Think

Aaron M. Renn, City Journal

New Bill Will Make Home Loans More Predatory

Sarah Edelman & Michela Zonta, TP

Dynamic Markets vs. Cohesive Community

James R. Rogers, Lib. of Law & Liberty

The GOP Tax Plan Pulls the Plug on Renewable Energy

Sam Ross-Brown, TAP

Wednesday, December 6

The Democrats' Dangerous Obsession With Impeachment

We the Bureaucrats: Entrenching Liberal Power Centers

John O. McGinnis, LL&L

Democrats Need to Get a Grip About the Budget Deficit

Matthew Yglesias, Vox

No, Net Neutrality Isn't a Women's Issue

Andrea O’Sullivan & Jennifer Skees, RCPolicy

Republicans Broke Congress. Now What?

Nancy LeTourneau, Washington Monthly

The Senate Tax Bill Favors the Middle Class, Not the Rich

Chris Edwards, NR

Would Trump Consider a Court-Packing Scheme?

Jeff Shesol, The New Yorker

Reasonable Searches in the Digital Age

Richard A. Epstein, Defining Ideas

Beware the Paid Family Leave Fig Leaf in GOP's Tax Plan

Justin Miller, Prospect

Members of Congress Should Get Higher Salaries

Tom Rogan, Wash. Examiner

What's at Stake in the Fight Over the CFPB

Gillian B. White, The Atlantic

Chuck Grassley's Blue-Slip Battle

Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard

Thursday, December 7

Trump Governs Like a Conservative Republican

John Wagner & Juliet Eilperin, WP

#Resistance & the Crisis of Political Authority

James Wallner, Lib. of Law & Liberty

Reagan's Tax Reform vs. Trump's Tax Reform

No Labels, RealClearPolicy

RNC Backs Roy Moore With Cash, Not Conscience

Jonah Goldberg, USA Today

The Republic Will Survive the Tax Bill

David Leonhardt, The New York Times

Time to Depoliticize Financial Reform

Kyle Burgess, RealClearPolicy

The Supreme Court and the Wedding Cake

Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker

Gay Marriage Activists Want to Have Their Cake & Eat It Too

Adam White, TWS

Tax Reform to Own the Libs

Alex Shephard, The New Republic

Republicans Who Trash Roy Moore Support Democrats

Brian Darling, Observer

Banks Have Stopped Lending to Low-Income Americans

Amanda Abrams, TP

Overheated Rhetoric on Tax Reform

Michael Tanner, National Review

Friday, December 8

Nation vs. Tribe

Victor Davis Hanson, Defining Ideas

The Senate Tax Bill's $250 Billion Problem

Dylan Scott, Vox

The GOP Tax Plan Is Pro-Growth

James C. Capretta, RealClearPolicy

The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone

Bryan Caplan, TA

Bannon's Ill-Conceived War on the Establishment

Jonathan S. Tobin, Nat. Review

President Trump Has the Power to Shrink National Monuments

John Hudak, FixGov

Last-Minute Tax Change Would Undercut Growth

Alan Tsarovsky, RealClearPolicy

Tax Reform Means Another Bailout of Fannie & Freddie

Andrea Riquier, MW

Monumental Dishonesty

Mark Pulliam, American Greatness

Net Neutrality Is the Free Speech Fight of Our Generation

Rebecca Vallas, TP

Republicans Forgot Tax Cutting 101

Steve Forbes, Forbes

Prospects Brighten for Redistricting Reform

Miles Rapoport, American Prospect