Real Clear Politics Friday

CPAC 2014: Are Republicans Less Insane? - Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
The Obamacare Disaster Is Now Undeniable - John Podhoretz, Commentary
Is Obama's Squeeze Box Working on Russia? - Major Garrett, National Jrnl
Obama's Naive Assumptions About the World - Michael Barone, Examiner
Putin Is in No Hurry to Back Off or Back Down - Simon Tisdall, CNN
GOP's Foreign-Policy Debate and a Call to Get Real - David French, NRO
Jerry Brown's Revenge - Timothy Egan, New York Times
Tea Party Still Winning GOP Debate - Todd, Murray & Montanaro, FirstRead
Republicans Are Tired of Their Old Guard - Erick Erickson, RedState
Five Questions on the SAT Revision - Emmeline Zhao, RealClearEducation
The Global Elite Are Increasingly Out of Touch - Robert Kaplan, Stratfor

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RCP Morning Edition

Russia Blows Past Obama's "Off Ramp" - Walter Russell Mead, TAI
Obama's Cool-Headedness Is Diplomacy - Jules Witcover, Baltimore Sun
The Wages of Weakness - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Obama's Leverage Over Putin - George Condon, National Journal
Few Uninsured Signing Up to Exchanges - Amy Goldstein, Washington Post
The Republicans' Hammock Fallacy - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Does the Public Agree w/Dems on the Issues? - David Harsanyi, Federalist
Reid to Kochs: Come at Me, Bros - Michael McAuliff , Huffington Post
Harry Reid's Two Minutes of Hate - Charles Cooke, National Review
The Republican War on Civil Rights Laws - Adam Serwer, MSNBC
Dems Filibuster an Obama Nominee - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Why Do Liberals Despise Black Conservatives? - Juan Williams, FOX News
CPAC: For Republicans, 2016 Starts Now - Alex Altman & Zeke Miller, Time
The Tea Party Eats Their Own - David Freedlander, The Daily Beast
CNN's Mythmakers Give Rahm a Big Hug - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
Affirmative Action Debate Reignites in Calif - K. Ramakrishnan, LA Times
The Leftist Ideologue vs. the Children - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Health Care Law: FOX News: 57% Oppose | Gallup: 55% Oppose

Editorials

Lois Lerner's Lips Are Sealed - Washington Examiner
Keeping Your Insurance Policy - New York Times
Marie Antoinette Farina - New York Post
Arizona Dems Now Have Their Own 'Tea Party' - Arizona Republic

Real Clear Politics Thursday

Morning Update
Senate Vote a Stinging Defeat for White House - Bolton & Cox, The Hill
The Shameful 7 Senate Democrats - Bendery & Reilly, Huffington Post
Now Blue-State Senate Dems Feel the Heat - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
How the Ukraine Crisis Ends - Henry Kissinger, Washington Post
The Villain Here Is Putin, Not Obama - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
"Carterization" of Obama Is Total - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
Republicans Blaming Obama First - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Back to the Confines of History - Abe Greenwald, Commentary
In Health Care, Choice Is Overrated - Ezekiel Emanuel, New York Times
Bait-and-Switch Liberalism - William Voegeli, National Review
Darrell Issa Hits a New Low - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
The Politics of House of Cards - Andrew Klavan, City Journal
And the Republican Economic Plan Is...? - David Nather, Politico
Politico Didn't Disclose Lobbying of Heritage Critics - Rob Bluey, Foundry
The Billion Dollar Koch Babies - Gail Collins, New York Times
Yet Another Hate Crime Hoax - Thomas Lifson, American Thinker
What I Learned From Reading "50 Shades of Grey" - Dave Barry, Time

Afternoon Update
Will Obama Ever Enforce His Health Law? - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
Republicans' Hypocrisy on Ukraine Hurts America - Sally Kohn, CNN
Putin Is Not Delusional, Obama Is Delusional - Ralph Peters, FOX News
Republicans Place the Wrong Bet - Charles Blow, New York Times
White House Budget: Liberalism's Last Hurrah? - Stephen Moore, IBD
Silencing the Truth About IRS Targeting - Ron Fournier, National Journal
Church to State: Get Off My Lawn! - Robert Shrum, The Daily Beast
Refusing to Serve Gay Wedding Isn't Hateful - Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic
It's Time to Increase the Size of the House - Sean Trende, Crystal Ball
Is Putin Truly a Modern-Day Hitler? - Charles Lane, Washington Post
Ronald Reagan's Subtle Grand Strategy - Hal Brands, The National Interest

Real Clear Policy

Unions Can't Offer Job Security Anymore - Allison Schrager, Quartz
'Like It/Keep It': A Minor Change - Adrianna McIntyre, Incidental Economist
The Latest Step in Obamacare's Lawless Rollout - Chris Conover, Forbes
In Obama's Budget, a Crackdown on Drugs - Nicole Flatow, ThinkProgress
Washington's Minimum Wage: Benign? - Robert VerBruggen, RCPolicy

Real Clear Markets

Gross: El-Erian Is 'Trying to Undermine Me" - Jennifer Ablan, Reuters
College Grads Taking Low-Wage Jobs Displace Less Educated - Bloomberg
7 Signs We're Near a Market Top - Michael Sincere, MarketWatch
Happy Birthday, You Bogus Bull Market - Jim Cramer, TheStreet.com
A Major Financial Crisis Is Brewing in China - Yao Yang, Project Syndicate

Real Clear World

After Ukraine, How Iran Sees Obama - Mark Cunningham, New York Post
Forget Western Hypocrisy on Ukraine - Simon Tisdall, CNN
The KGB 'Reality' Putin Is in Touch With - Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes
Russia Is Gazprom - Robert Bryce, National Review
America Should Use Its Energy 'Bomb' - Fraser Nelson, Daily Telegraph

Real Clear Defense

A New Cold War Would Differ From the Old - Floyd Norris, New York Times
A QDR Hot Wash - Bryan McGrath, War on the Rocks
U.S. Seeks Air-Missile Integration w/ Pacific Allies - Robbin Laird, BD
Japan's New Destroyers: Intentional Missile-Magnets - J. Simpson, WIB
China, Russia Won't Join Forces on Island Disputes - Sun & Rudolph, D1

Real Clear Science

Can We Talk About Thorium Already? - Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, The Week
Could We Make a Real Hoverboard? - Rhett Allain, Wired
500 Foods Contain 'Yoga Mat' Compound. So What? - A. Aubrey, NPR
12 Things You Might Not Know About T. rex - Mark Mancini, Mental Floss
Salamander Has Photosynthesis Inside It - Brandon Keim, Nautilus

Real Clear Technology

The Dangerous Life of Instagram's Playboy King - Cooper Fleishman, Kernel
The Future Is Women Not Getting Pregnant - Dick Pelletier, Ethical Tech
Beautiful: Windows Phone on Android Hardware - Taylor Martin, PN
In iCloud I Trust - Ben Bajarin, Tech.pinions
The Future of TV Looks Pretty Great - Zachary Seward, Quartz

Real Clear Energy

America Can't Fix Europe's Russia Problem - Rana Foroohar, Time
It Will Take Years to Blunt Russia's Influence - Brian Wingfield, BBW
Must the World Stop for Warming? - John Lawrence, San Diego Free Press
Why Energy Companies Are Fleeing California - Joel Kotkin, CityWatch
Tesla's Gigafactory Won't Be in California - Greg Pollowitz, National Review

Real Clear History

Hitler's Daring March Into Rhineland - Philip Gavin, History Place
The French Occupation of Rhineland - Joo Hyung Lee, WHKMLA
Fighting Back to 38th Parallel - Billy Mossman, U.S. Army History
Marcus Aurelius: The Philosopher Caesar - UNRV History
Meir and Israel on Brink of Nuclear War - Avner Cohen, NY Times

Real Clear Religion

Dalai Lama's Capitalist Contradictions - Mollie Hemingway, WSJ
Obsessed With Mark Driscoll - Sarah Cunningham, Huffington Post
Can Pope Francis Keep Going? - David Gibson, Religion News Service
Largest Lutheran Charity, Sans 'Lutheran' - Jennifer Bjorhus, S-T
What Mormon Women Want - Kantor and Goodstein, NYT

Real Clear Sports

Historically Bad Lakers Surrender Dignity - Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
10 Teams That Should Win in Free Agency - Bill Barnwell, Grantland
Gambling Worse for Baseball Than PEDs - Will Leitch, Sports on Earth
15 Who Must Produce This Year - or Else - Anthony Castrovince, mlb.com
Why Carmelo Ought to Stay With Knicks - Brian Windhorst, ESPN

Real Clear Books

What I Learned from '50 Shades' - Dave Barry, Time
Overcoming Fear of Failure - Peter Orszag, Bloomberg
The Rise of Zombie Studies - Erica Phillips, Wall Street Journal
Have Economists Corrupted Us? - Mark Vandevelde, Financial Times
If God Is Dead, Then What? - Michael Dirda, Washington Post