RealClearPolicy Week of August 11, 2025 Archives

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Monday, August 11
Disinformation and the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
Victor Davis Hanson AG
The Gen Z Gender War
Georgina Mumford spiked
How Deep Is the Democratic Bench, Really?
Justin Vassallo The Liberal Patriot
Media Outlets Criticized for False Story on Vance
Jonathan Turley Res Ipsa Loquitur
A Quarter of Americans Are on Medicaid
Alexander Riley Chronicles
The MAHA Movement Continues to Gain Steam
John Klar American Spectator
RFK's Vax Pullback Stokes Fears of Lost Breakthroughs
Maya Goldman Axios
1910: The Year the Modern World Lost Its Mind
Derek Thompson Derek Thompson
When Sleeping Is a Crime
Colleen Shaddox The American Prospect
The 2020 Murder Spike Is Officially Over
Robert VerBruggen City Journal
Democracy Promotion is Dead: Good Riddance
Francis P. Sempa RealClearDefense
Israel Must Finish Hamas or Forfeit Its Future
Bob Goldberg The New Zionist Times
Comrade Mayor?
G. Patrick Lynch Law & Liberty
Is Trump Completing Nixon's Aborted Second Term?
Steven F. Hayward Civitas
More Drugs/Lower Prices
Staff Unleash Prosperity
No DC Statehood
Sen. Mike Lee X


Tuesday, August 12
Is the Left Learning the Error of Its Woke Ways?
Christian Toto Hollywood in Toto
How Woke Broke the Country
Paul Gottfried The American Mind
Lawmakers Can Still Profit Under Proposed Stock Ban
Whitney Curry Wimbish TAP
Make the Census Great Again
Deroy Murdock American Spectator
New BLS Nominee, Trump Heads in Hazardous Direction
Steve Benen MSNBC
Just How Bad Is The BLS? Our Findings Will Shock You
Editorial Board I&I
Trump’s D.C. Takeover Is a Fascist Spectacle
Matt Ford The New Republic
Trump Takeover Renews Questions Over D.C. Crime Data
J. Turley Res Ipsa Loquitur
Is Paul Krugman a Deranged Bum?
John Hinderaker PowerLine
Democrats Promise to Turn Illegal Aliens Into Voters
Brianna Lyman The Federalist
Trump’s Gains with Hispanics May Not Last
Michael Baharaeen The Liberal Patriot
Therapy’s Identity Politics Problem
Jonathan Alpert City Journal
The Hidden Cost of Federal Deficit Spending
David C. Rose Civitas Institute
Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA): Problems and Pitfalls
Liz Mair RealClearPolicy
Gavin Newsom, Climate Warrior, Flinches
Jack Fowler National Review
Generational Price of the False Gaza ‘Genocide’ Narrative
Jonathan S. Tobin JNS


Wednesday, August 13
Mickey Mantle Was an American Hero
David Keltz American Greatness
The Americanization Challenge Is Real
Mark Krikorian CIS
Just Say No to More Marijuana
Daniel McCarthy Chronicles
The Justice Department’s Welcome Crackdown on Universities
John D. Sailer CJ
Adam Schiff, Leaker
John Hinderaker PowerLine
Economic Pessimism Remains Potent Among Voters
John Halpin The Liberal Patriot
Trump Taking Over D.C. Police Because He’s a Racist Thug
Melissa Gira Grant TNR
The Press Is Lying About D.C. Crime
Editorial Board Issues & Insights
Kernel of Truth Behind Trump’s Heavy-handed D.C. Crackdown
A. Coley MSNBC
My Brush With Death in DC
Isaac Schorr The Spectator World
Dems Face Costly Calls on Texas Redistricting Bluff
J. Turley Res Ipsa Loquitur
Congress’s Ironic Enfeeblement
Yuval Levin Law & Liberty
The Truth That Frank Meyer Knew
Brian C. Anderson Civitas Institute
Trump Must Help Israel Defeat Hamas
Daniel J. Samet USA Today
The Futility of Compassion for Those Who Want to Kill You
Jonathan S. Tobin JNS
The Lure of Palestinian Statehood
Lawrence Siskind To Put It Bluntly
Despite International Courts, Climate Science Not U.S. Law
Gary Abernathy RCEn


Thursday, August 14
Who Has Been Busy Destroying Democracy?
Victor Davis Hanson AG
'Elections Have Consequences'
Scott McKay American Spectator
Democratic Socialists of America Convenes
Emma Janssen The American Prospect
Inside the Rise of Zohran Mamdani
Mark Chiusano Time
Socialist Politicians Will Bring Crisis, Not Change
John Stossel Reason
It’s Time to Federalize Washington, D.C.
Paul du Quenoy Chronicles
Trump Holds Universities Accountable for Discrimination
Renu Mukherjee CJ
Interviewing the Dead through AI
John Stonestreet & Timothy D Padgett Breakpoint
America's Bet on AI
John O. McGinnis Law & Liberty
The Trans Cult Has Taken My Daughter
Alyssa Johnson Christian Post
Obama Aides Admit Russiagate Was a Smear Campaign
Miranda Devine NYP
Russiagate Was Worse Than Watergate
Sean Collins spiked
How to Get Away With Murder
Ann Coulter Unsafe
Assassination Suspect Vance Boelter Tells Inside Story
J. Hanneman Blaze Media
The UN Is Costly and Corrupt: Should the US Pull Back?
Rahul Goswami Daily Econ
Small Businesses Cannot Afford Another Lina Khan
Karen Kerrigan RealClearPolicy


Friday, August 15
Why Republicans Are Terrified of Nonexistent Crime
Ryan Cooper TAP
Trump Is Right to Send the National Guard to Washington
Heather Mac Donald CJ
More Than 100 Arrested Since Trump’s D.C. Takeover
Chantelle Lee Time
Pravda Press 'Fact Checks' Trump on DC Crime
Francis Menton Manhattan Contrarian
The Silent Majority Is Applauding
Armstrong Williams The Daily Signal
Dems Need Fresh Faces to Defeat Trumpism
Perry Bacon The New Republic
The Democrats at the Abyss
Sasha Stone Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning
Winners & Losers in California’s Democratic Gerrymander
Mason & White Politico
Trump Draws the Boldest Line
Waters and Ellwanger RealClearPublicAffairs
The Fool’s Gold of Midterm Success
Ruy Teixeira The Liberal Patriot
Trump’s Incredible Border Victory
Editorial Board Issues & Insights
Clinton Foundation Investigation: The Usual Suspects
J. Turley Res Ipsa Loquitur
The DOE: Climate Change May Not Be Catastrophic
Veronique de Rugy Reason
As Bono Now knows, You Criticize Hamas at Your Peril
Brendan O'Neill spiked
Blue-Collar Workers Shouldn’t Subsidize White-Collar Degrees
T. Aiello Daily Econ
When Children's Cries Are Replaced by Dog Barks
James Pethokoukis Faster Please!
Wall-To-Wall Anti-American Propaganda
Breccan F. Thies The Federalist
Wokeness at the Smithsonian?
Tim Graham Newsbusters
The Vindication of Booker T. Washington
Christopher Flannery The American Mind
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Saturday, August 16
Abolish the Senate. End the Electoral College. Pack the Court.
Osita Nwanevu NYT
Could the Rest of the World Unite Against Trump?
Robert Kuttner TAP
London Is in Trouble and There’s No Point Denying It
Brendan O'Neill spiked
A Settlement to a Problem That Does Not Admit a Solution
David DesRosiers JNS
More Questionable Government Statistics
Jeffrey H. Anderson Chronicles
Luigism and Social Media’s 'Assassination Culture' Problem
Horder & Rose CJ
Topple Your Woke Idols
James Hankins The American Mind
Federal Workforce to Shrink by 300,000
Bill Glahn PowerLine
Save the Little Sisters of the Poor!
David Harsanyi The Daily Signal
In Service of ‘Transgender’ Ideology
Breccan F. Thies The Federalist


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