RealClearPolitics August 7, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

The Math Doesn't Favor Left-Wing Candidates

Cowan & Bennett, Washington Post

Shades of '06? What '26 Does, Doesn't, Have in Common

James Antle, DC Examiner

He May Lose, But Dems Are Right To Back El-Sayed

Michael Tomasky, New Republic

The Era of Cover-Ups

Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics

GOP's Crusade Against Fauci Isn't Limited to Congress

Steve Benen, MS Now

Fauci's Legal Defense Has a Fatal Flaw

Jed Rubenfeld, The Free Press

Birth Tourism's Next Evolution: Surrogacy Schemes

Emma Waters, The American Mind

Sen. McConnell Is Homeward Bound

Nia Prater, New York Magazine

Is It 'Too Late' for the SAVE Act?

Cannon, Lumetta & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM

Trump Won the Iran War

James Carafano, 1945

The Chinese Way of Lawfare

Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs

Success Builds in the South Bronx

Kyle Peterson, Wall Street Journal

To Fix Higher Education, Fund Heterodox Research

Hartz & Kaufmann, City Journal

Disagreement Inside the Left on Economics, Identity Issues

Andrew Prokop, Vox

I'm a Longtime Michigan Democrat--Not This Year

Julian Epstein, New York Post

So I Tried Out RFK Jr.'s New Cooking Show

Monica Hesse, Washington Post

America Got 'Faucied'

Curtis Hill, RealClearPolitics

Texas (TX A&M): Talarico (D) 47, Paxton (R) 43 | Abbott (R) 46, Hinojosa (D) 45

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Gov. Walz Has Hit the Wall

Jim Schultz, Wall Street Journal

Trump's Imaginary Red Scare

DeSoto, King & Isserman, Vox

How the Cult of Fauci Worked

Sasha Stone, Substack

El-Sayed Type Candidates Are the Future for Democrats

Ron Fournier, MS Now

Iran Is the One Running Out of Time

Fred Fleitz, American Greatness

Trump's Kindergarten Diplomacy in Iran

Moustafa Bayoumi, The Guardian

Farewell, Professor Arday--Cambridge Grift Ends

Brendan O'Neill, New York Post

Dorothy Day: Saint Radical

Maureen Tkacik, American Prospect

Before the Fed, J.P. Morgan Was Our Central Bank

Robert Bruner, Coolidge Review

Warsh Is Being Misread

Mohamed El-Erian, Financial Times

Silicon Valley Has Embraced a Strange New Faith

Geoff Shullenberger, Washington Post