RealClearPolicy Week of May 11, 2026 Archives

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Monday, May 11
'The Timeless Specter of Western Decline'
Robert Erickson The New Criterion
America’s Endless Civil War
Arthur Herman Civitas
Influencers Don't Understand What Makes America Great
Stephanie Slade Reason
The Meaning of the American Creed
Mark Kremer The American Mind
Where Are Woodward & Bernstein When We Need Them?
Staff Unleash Prosperity
Democratic Socialists Endorsed California Billionaire
Batya Ungar-Sargon Substack
The People’s Republic of Excuses
John D. Heubusch Substack
Rubio’s WH Remarks, and the Challenge of Assimilation
Andrew R. Arthur CIS
Red Diaper Tourism
Roger D. McGrath Chronicles
Spanberger’s Spectacular Gerrymandering Faceplant
David Catron Am. Spectator
AOC: 'You Just Can’t Earn a Billion Dollars'
J. Turley Res Ipsa Loquitur
Trump Gets Strategic with Offshore Wind
Francis Menton Manhattan Contrarian
Inside Thom Tillis' Playbook to Rein in Trump
Brian Bennett Time
How to Save Independent Journalism from AI
Editors Washington Monthly
Israel on Trial?
Juliana Geran Pilon Law & Liberty
Dying with Dignity vs. 'Death with Dignity'
Stonestreet & Padgett Breakpoint


Tuesday, May 12
Was the American Revolution Really a War Over Money?
Jeffrey Hummel Daily Econ
Freedom Still Works
Vance Ginn Let People Prosper
The Working Families Party and Black Independence
Anthony Conwright The Nation
Dems Throw SCOTUS Hail Mary
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling The New Republic
Dems Want to Pack Supreme Court with More KBJs
Mark Pulliam Misrule of Law
The Four Horsemen of the New Antisemitism
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness
A Christian View of UFO’s
John Stonestreet Breakpoint
Virginia Democrats Reveal a Radical Design
Daniel McCarthy Chronicles
The ‘Very Fine People’ Were Paid
A.J. Rice American Spectator
Prison Reform Has Become a Conservative Initiative
Walter Pavlo Forbes
Thank Democrats for High Energy Prices
Matthew Continetti WSJ
The End of the AI Binary
Kevin Frazier Civitas
Patent Trolls Must Be Stopped from Gaming the ITC
Michael Busler RealClearPolicy


Wednesday, May 13
Whose Creed? Whose Country?
Daniel McCarthy Chronicles
Progressives Propelling Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan
Eli Day The American Prospect
Great Nations Are Destroyed by Debt
Douglas Carswell American Spectator
There’s a Hidden Gem in the Latest Jobs Report
Editorial Board Issues & Insights
California Shows Why Nonpartisan Primaries Stink
Timothy Noah The New Republic
The Pratt Approach
Brooke Brandtjen The American Mind
Antisemitism, Islam and the future of the GOP
Jonathan S. Tobin JNS
People Who Get Arrested Have an Above-Average Crime Rate
Jason Richwine CIS
Dem Lawyer Targets VA Over Gerrymandering Ruling
J. Turley Res Ipsa Loquitur
NY Adopts Cuba-Style Electrical Grid Strategy
F. Menton Manhattan Contrarian
Pope Leo Makes a Statement
Scott Johnson Power Line
SCOTUS: The Next Church–State Battleground
Michael A. Helfand City Journal


Thursday, May 14
Republicans Aren’t Done Stealing Democratic Seats
Hafiz Rashid The New Republic
5 Things to Know About Redistricting
Trey Dimsdale Restoring the West
Supreme Court Gave Black Voters a Shot at Real Power
Howard Husock Fox News
The War on Billionaires Is Dangerous Nonsense
Michael R. Strain Project Syndicate
Are Democrats Now the Party of Free Markets?
Stephanie Slade Reason
Privilege Populism
John Tillman The Political Vise
Fraternity Men Are Best Suited for Today’s World
Judson Horras RealClearPolicy
The Case for All-Girls’ Catholic Schools
Mark Judge Chronicles
‘NYT’ Kristof Column Could Fuel Antisemitism
Jessica Russak-Hoffman JNS
Watching Porn on California’s Death Row
Rufo & Strack City Journal
Why California’s Elites Refuse to Face Reality
Victor Davis Hanson The Daily Signal
The Democratic Party’s Center Cannot Hold
William Voegeli The American Mind
Running On Rage
Editorial Board Issues & Insights
NYU Students Demand Haidt Cancellation Over DEI
J. Turley Res Ipsa Loquitur
Asylum Applicants Skipping Immigration Court at Record Levels
A. Arthur CIS
3 Republicans Join Dems in Closest Senate Vote Yet to Halt Iran
Nik Popli Time
Single-Payer for Disaster Insurance
David Dayen The American Prospect
How Not to Measure AI Productivity
Walter Donway The Daily Economy
The Declaration and the American Self-Governing Spirit
Rachel Lu Civitas
Freedom of Conscience
Stonestreet & Sunshine Breakpoint


Friday, May 15
The Moral and Political Wisdom of C.S. Lewis
Daniel J. Mahoney The American Mind
Empire Still Standing
Benjamin M. Osborne Chronicles
A Fantastically Important Political Novel
Jonathan Leaf RealClearBooks
AOC Twists America’s Founding Into Socialist Myth
Jonathan Turley Fox News
UFOs Are America's New Religion
Matthew Schmitz WaPo
Virginia Supreme Court Ruling Made E-Z
Robert F. Graboyes Bastiat's Window
No, We're Not Losing in Iran... Yet.
Danielle Pletka What the Hell is Going On?
Why Would NYT Make Such Claims About Israel?
Douglas Murray NYP
Has the University of Wisconsin Really Abandoned DEI?
Neetu Arnold City Journal
Homeless Industrial Complex Devours SF
Francis Menton Manhattan Contrarian
A.I. Was the Elephant in the Room at Trump-Xi Summit
Miranda Jeyaretnam Time
Helping or Hurting? FTC Rules Would Hurt Small Businesses
Karen Kerrigan RCPo
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