January 2, 2023 Archives

RealClearPolitics Week of January 2, 2023 Archives

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Monday, January 2
New Year's Resolutions for a Better America
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Three Different Paths the Economy Could Take in 2023
Madeleine Ngo, Vox
The Party's Over for Debt-Ridden America
David Asman, FOX News
Five Political Trends That Could Make 2023 Momentous
Stephen Collinson, CNN
Don't Overlook the Right's Big Wins in 2022
Timothy Head, Washington Times
Latino Voters in Search of a Working-Class Agenda
Madrid & Holtz, L.A. Times
The Baleful Cargo of Woke Diversity Worship
Victor Davis Hanson, Amer. Greatness
Why 'Twitter Files' Should Disturb Critics of Elon Musk
Kenan Malik, Guardian
The Left's Revealing Hatred of Musk
Nick Arama, RedState
2023 Prediction: Trump Will Face Criminal Charges
Jordan Rubin, MSNBC
The Troubling Hyper-Politicization of DC Policing
David Terestre, DC Examiner
The Supreme Court's Squandered Opportunity
Andrew Koppelman, The Hill
Do Not Apologize for the West
Heather Mac Donald, Encounter Books
Xi Jinping Has Abandoned Zero-Covid. What Happens Now?
Ellen Ioanes, Vox
China's Covid Policy Has Ravaged Its Economy
Austin Williams, UnHerd
Barbara Walters Didn't Take 'No' for an Answer
Katie Couric, New York Times
The Greatest Theologian To Sit on St. Peter's Chair
Francis Sempa, Am Spectator
Tuesday, January 3
McCarthy Reaches Moment of Truth in Speakership Election
Emily Brooks, The Hill


House GOP's Real Choice: McCarthy for Speaker or Chaos
Newt Gingrich, FOX News
23 Things We Think Will Happen in 2023
Matthews, Samuel, et al., Vox
Why Crime Will Explode in 2023
Kevin McCullough, Townhall
Buffalo Bills Player Damar Hamlin Suffers Cardiac Arrest
Alaina Getzenberg, ESPN
NFL's Worst Nightmare Scenario Comes True
Armando Salguero, Outkick
Is America Suffering a 'Social Recession'?
Anton Cebalo, The Guardian
Why I'm Leaving College and Choosing Education
CJ Pearson, New York Post
2023: A Year for Executive Action
David Dayen, American Prospect
My Plan for American Renewal
Sen. Marco Rubio, The American Conservative
Peter Meijer Reflects on His One Term in Trump's Party
Adam Wren, Politico
Hochul Reverses Course on Telling Rivals To Move to Florida
John Nolte, Breitbart
There Is No Right Side of History
William Deresiewicz, The Free Press
How Crisis Pregnancy Centers Help Moms Avoid Abortion
Houston Keene, FOX News
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Was More Than 'God's Rottweiler'
Jay Parini, CNN
Resilience, Another Thing We Can't Talk About
Freddie deBoer, Substack
The Mob Comes for Madison
Roger Kimball, The New Criterion
Wednesday, January 4
The Battle for Speaker of the House
Eric Felten, RealClearPolitics


McCarthy Getting Devoured by GOP Hostage-Takers
Jeff Greenfield, Politico
House GOP Must Stop This Madness Over Speaker
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Kevin McCarthy Is Trying To Win a Cursed Job
Hayes Brown, MSNBC
Two Simple Things McCarthy Can Do To Be Speaker
Tucker Carlson, FOX News
WH Sidesteps McCarthy Mess, Stresses Bipartisan Wins
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Twitter Files 11: How Twitter Let Intelligence Community In
Matt Taibbi, Twitter
Schiff Wanted RealClearInvestigations Reporter Banned
Bruce Golding, NY Post
There Is No Such Thing as a 'Marketplace of Ideas'
Stephen Bush, Financial Times
In 2023, Will Trump Do Hard Time or No Time?
Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Remember the Hysteria Over Trump's Tax Returns?
Byron York, DC Examiner
Ron DeSantis's 2024 Campaign Against Wokes
Melissa Grant, The New Republic
Seven New Year's Resolutions for GOP in 2023
Scott McKay, American Spectator
It's Time for GOP To Get Serious About Climate Change
Christy Goldfuss, RCP
The Collapse of the Progressive Economy
Joel Kotkin, UnHerd
Sam Bankman-Fried: I Didn't Do It
Kevin Dugan, New York Magazine
Families of High-Achievers in School Head for the Exits
Vince Bielski, RCI
Thursday, January 5
In DC and Tallahassee, a Split-Screen Moment for GOP
Byron York, DC Examiner


Fiasco Shows That Republicans Are Unable To Govern
Andrew Gawthorpe, Guardian
Republicans Routinely Undermine Their Speaker--by Design
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Why McCarthy Is Likely To Win a War of Attrition
Charles Lipson, The Spectator
Jeffries Is the Leader of the House Right Now
Joan Walsh, The Nation
As Wharton Majors in ESG, Some Take an Elective in Dissent
Ben Weingarten, RCI
Your Stuff Is Actually Worse Now
Izzie Ramirez, Vox
How To Take the Twitter Files to Court
Jed Rubenfeld, Wall Street Journal
Biden Quietly Rolls Into Reelection Mode
Gabriel DeBenedetti, New York Magazine
Jean-Pierre Starts Off New Year Just as Confused as Ever
Rebecca Downs, Townhall
In Every Modern War, Ukraine Has Been the Big Prize
Hal Brands, Bloomberg
Overstretched Foreign Policy Raises Risks for U.S.
Stephen Wertheim, Financial Times
Dan Crenshaw Shows His True Colors
Nick Arama, RedState
You'll Miss Gerontocracy When It's Gone
Franklin Foer, The Atlantic
The Revolt Against the Elites
Loury & Sandel, Substack
Why I'm Dropping My Anonymity as Libs of TikTok Creator
Chaya Raichik, NY Post
The Reason There's Been No Cure for Alzheimer's
Joanne Silberner, The Free Press
Friday, January 6
McCarthy Consumed by MAGA Politics He Helped Push
Stephen Collinson, CNN


Fight Over Speaker Is How Democracy Should Work
Tucker Carlson, FOX News
Right-Wing Nuts in House Are Right About One Thing
Alexander Sammon, Slate
The Problem Is McConnell, Not McCarthy
David Krayden, Human Events
2 Yrs After Jan 6, Violent Extremism Lurks Across U.S.
Sen. Edward Markey, BG
January 6: A Day That Will Live in Alchemy
Julie Kelly, American Greatness
McCarthy Spectacle Shows How GOP Will Damage America
Jill Lawrence, USAT
How the FBI Hacked Twitter
Lee Smith, Tablet Magazine
Even Twitter's Censors Rejected Adam Schiff's Request
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Imagine Negotiating a Debt-Ceiling Ransom w/These Maniacs
Jon Chait, NYM
The House Speaker Standoff and Final Five Voting
Greg Orman, RCP
The Constitutional Case for Disarming the Debt Ceiling
Thomas Geoghegan, TNR
Byron Donalds Is Exposing Dems' Hypocrisy on Race
Jeff Charles, Newsweek
Finally, Some Good News for Abortion Rights in U.S.
Moira Donegan, Guardian
The GOP Future Is Florida
Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon
From Environmentalism to Climate Catastrophism (Part 1)
Ruy Teixeira, Substack
The Katie Porter Scandal Everyone Is Ignoring
Matthew Foldi, The Spectator
Saturday, January 7
Speaker McCarthy Has Arrived. Now What?
Weaver, Lillis, & Schnell, The Hill
McCarthy Won the Battle, But Definitely Not the War
Christina Cauterucci, Slate
Why Empower the Speaker?
Chris Pope, City Journal
Gingrich and Pelosi Agree: The GOP Is Rudderless
Jonathan Martin, Politico
How Democrat Adam Schiff Abused His Power
Paul Sperry, New York Post
The New Industrial Age
Rep. Ro Khanna, Foreign Affairs
Settled Science and the Politics of Knowledge
Adam Ellwanger, The American Mind
Why We Missed on Inflation
Neel Kashkari, Medium
Biden Only Has Himself To Blame for Border Mess
Elvia Diaz, USA Today
Damar Hamlin & the Inevitable Covid Vaccine Questions
Dr. Buzz Hollander, Substack
The Most Important State To Watch in 2023
Shane Harris, AMAC
Stabenow Gives GOP an Opening in Michigan. Will They Take It?
Harry Enten, CNN
Cori Bush, a Liberal Racist Against GOP 'Blacking Wrong'
Adam Coleman, NY Post
Dear Republicans, Stop Playing 'We Have a Black Guy, Too'
Sophia Nelson, The Grio
Wrongthink: Will Jordan Peterson Lose His License?
Neeraja Deshpande, Free Press
Whatever Happened to Google Search?
Elaine Moore, Financial Times
An Age of Decay
Chris Buskirk, American Greatness
Sunday, January 8
McCarthy Is No Pelosi - and That's a Good Thing
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
The Shakespearean Tragedy of Kevin McCarthy
Jesus Rodriguez, Politico
The New McCarthyism
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
How McCarthy Survived the GOP Revolt
Arnsdorf, et al., Washington Post
Media Contempt for Political Deliberation
Benjamin Ayanian, American Spectator
Biden Finally Heads to the Southern Border
Edwin Rios, The Guardian
Biden's Border Crisis: The Numbers Don't Lie
Sen. Shelley Capito, FOX News
Why a MAGA Latina House Member Isn't That Shocking
Julio Varela, MSNBC
Political Correctness Could Cost Dems WH in 2024
Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill
4 Changes in the Labor Market That Could Signal a Recession
Madeleine Ngo, Vox
How Fraudsters Spent Your Pandemic Money
Stephen Dinan, Washington Times
How To Fix the Supreme Court's Legitimacy Crisis
Raul Reyes, CNN
Spy Agencies Failed to Protect U.S. From China
Rebekah Koffler, New York Post
Elon Musk Has Started a Great Reckoning
Sayers & Sacks, UnHerd
Populism, Freedom, National Interest & American Spirit
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
The January 6 Attack Is Not Over
Tom Nichols, The Atlantic
DOJ's Special Set of Rules for January 6 Defendants
Clayton Fox, Tablet Magazine


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