RealClearPolicy Week of August 18, 2025 Archives

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Monday, August 18
The 'Fascism' Lie
Sasha Stone Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning
Will Democrats Defend Society?
Michael Wear UnHerd
Democrats Must Confront Economic Pessimism
Justin Vassallo The Liberal Patriot
Why I'm Not Surprised Obama Called Zohran Mamdani
Max Rose MSNBC
Zohran Mamdani’s Fantasy Island
Armin Rosen Tablet Magazine
Philosophers Shouldn’t Duck the Gender Debate
Kodsi & Maier City Journal
AI Companions Are Harming Your Children
Tutor & Dorsey The Daily Signal
The Ukraine War Was Always Going To End This Way
John Daniel Davidson FDRLST
Is the Media Really This Dumb?
Matt Vespa Townhall
How Pickleball Explains American Culture
Derek Thompson Derek Thompson
Is Trump’s America Ready for Hurricanes?
Umair Irfan Mother Jones
Hurricane Warning Warning
Bill Glahn PowerLine
Will Newsom Rig His Redistricting Referendum?
David Catron American Spectator
Inside the DNC's Money Problems
Jessica Piper Politico
Can the U.S. Break China's Hold on Critical Minerals?
Maggie Miller RCI
Even Maureen Dowd of the Times Admits DC Is Crime-ridden
Andrea Peyser NYP


Tuesday, August 19
The Backlash Presidency
Editorial Board Issues & Insights
By Taking Over DC, Trump May Have Outflanked Dems
Chauncey DeVega Salon
Rising Democratic MAGA Movement
VandeHei & Allen Axios
Is Gavin Newsom the Democrats’ Answer to Trump?
Daniel McCarthy Chronicles
Gavin Newsom’s California Is a Crashing Caliphate of Chaos
Scott McKay Spectator
Gavin Newsom: The Chameleon Who Destroyed California
Joel Kotkin spiked
Democrats Can Do Better than Gavin Newsom
Michael Baharaeen The Liberal Patriot
Jimmy Kimmel Pretends to Care About Free Speech
Christian Toto Hollywood in Toto
Students Adopt Liberal Views to Satisfy Professors
J. Turley Res Ipsa Loquitur
Establishment Dems Are Going to Torpedo 2026 Midterms
Aaron Regunberg TNR
The Real House Democratic Nightmare
John Hinderaker PowerLine
Mamdani’s Success Is Not a Response to Austerity
Eric Kober City Journal
Democrats Demand a New Constitution
Glenn H. Reynolds New York Post
Is Trump’s DC Military Deployment Slow-Motion Civil War?
Joan Walsh The Nation
How Putin Brushed Off Trump’s Latest Push for Peace
Simon Shuster Time
Stop Treating Diplomacy Like a Gift to America's Enemies
Matthew Petti Reason
Why We Need the Office of Natural Rights
John-Henry Keenan The American Mind
On Israel, Mamdani Is No Longer a Democratic Outlier
Jonathan S. Tobin JNS


Wednesday, August 20
The New Yorker’s Racialism Problem
Christopher F. Rufo City Journal
Billionaires Backing Woke Math Doesn't Add Up Amid DEI Rollback
Lee Fang RCI
Trump’s D.C. Takeover Is Not a Distraction. It’s the Whole Point.
Monica Potts TNR
Trump’s Federal Crackdown Ripples Through DC Neighborhoods
Brown et al. AP
Crime in DC Is NOT at a 30-Year Low
David Hogberg American Spectator
D.C.’s Murder Rate 500% Higher Than Average State
John R. Lott Jr. The Federalist
Whatever Happened to All Those Devastating Spending Cuts?
Editorial Board I&I
Student Stand Over Religious Parking Space Design
J. Turley Res Ipsa Loquitur
When Fact Checkers Stop Checking Facts
Mark Jamison AEIdeas
Trump-Zelensky Meetings: A Show of Western Unity
Charles Lipson Spectator World
The White House Ukraine Summit Was a Humiliation for Europe
Tim Black spiked
What America First Says to the World
Ziccarelli & Treviño The American Mind
Gavin Newsom Trolled His Way to the Top of Social Media
Adam Wren Politico
Influencing Trump
VandeHei & Allen Axios


Thursday, August 21
Trump's Revolution. Only Thing to Stop Him. Himself.
Gary Abernathy Substack
Scorecard: Trump's (2nd) First Seven Months
Francis Menton Manhattan Contrarian
Trump Isn’t Erasing History. He’s Reversing a Woke Takeover
Elizabeth Weiss NYP
To Defeat Trumpism, Dems Must Speak Language of Pain
Chauncey DeVega Salon
What Is the Democrat Alternative to Trump?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness
What Trump Is Missing on DC Crime
Stephanie Mencimer Mother Jones
Trump’s Takeover of DC Is Working
Paul du Quenoy Chronicles
CA Supreme Court Won't Stop Newsom's Redistricting Plan
Watson et al. CBS
California’s Governor Hairdo Can’t Help Himself
Derek Hunter Townhall
The ESG Bubble Is Bursting
James R. Copland City Journal
Diversity, Real and Imposed
Gregory M. Collins Civitas Institute
What to Know About Israel’s Gaza Offensive
Joseph Krauss AP
Blaming Oct 7 on Israel’s ‘Imperial Ambitions’
Bob Goldberg New Zionist Times
U.S. and Venezuela Heading Towards a Standoff
Miranda Jeyaretnam Time
Abundance for National Security
Michael D. Purzycki The Liberal Patriot
Are They Trying to Get Him Killed?
John Hinderaker PowerLine
Judge Denies DOJ’s Effort to Unseal Epstein-related Docs
Jordan Rubin MSNBC
Elon Musk Just Won His War on Labor Unions
Matt Ford The New Republic


Friday, August 22
Mirror, Mirror
Caroline Breashears Law & Liberty
Movies That Will Appeal to Young Men
John Daniel Davidson The Federalist
Look! I Got My Gender Affirmation Scout Badge!
Ann Coulter Unsafe
Two, Three, Many Sister Souljah Moments!
Ruy Teixeira The Liberal Patriot
Democrats Have an Age Problem
Charlie Hunt Salon.com
Newsom Wants to BE Trump
Sasha Stone Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning
Is Gay Marriage Really Under Threat at the Supreme Court?
Damon Root Reason
‘Fascist’ Is the Dumbest Political Insult in the World Today
Scott McKay Spectator
Why DC Residents Aren’t Flooding Streets to Protest Trump
M. Schaffer Politico
The High Costs of Classroom Disorder
Neetu Arnold City Journal
The Nation of Theseus
Jeremy Carl The American Mind
Is The U.K. on the Verge of Civil War?
Editorial Board Issues & Insights
From Reagan to Trump: Strategic Trade in Foreign Policy
R. Fowler Providence Mag
Appeals Court Tosses $500M Trump Fine
Bill Glahn PowerLine
Dobson’s Harsh Christianity Changed GOP Politics
Anthea Butler MSNBC
Dobson Taught Evangelicals to Focus on Family
Daniel Silliman Christianity Today
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Saturday, August 23
The 'Fascism' Lie
Sasha Stone Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning
Trump Is Right to Send the National Guard to Washington
Heather Mac Donald CJ
Is the Media Really This Dumb?
Matt Vespa Townhall
By Taking Over DC, Trump May Have Outflanked Dems
Chauncey DeVega Salon
What Trump Is Missing on DC Crime
Stephanie Mencimer Mother Jones
Why DC Residents Aren’t Flooding Streets to Protest Trump
M. Schaffer Politico
The Backlash Presidency
Editorial Board Issues & Insights
The Real House Democratic Nightmare
John Hinderaker PowerLine
The New Yorker’s Racialism Problem
Christopher F. Rufo City Journal
Whatever Happened to All Those Devastating Spending Cuts?
Editorial Board I&I
Are They Trying to Get Him Killed?
John Hinderaker PowerLine
How Pickleball Explains American Culture
Derek Thompson Derek Thompson
Look! I Got My Gender Affirmation Scout Badge!
Ann Coulter Unsafe
Elon Musk Just Won His War on Labor Unions
Matt Ford The New Republic


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