May 10, 2020 Archives

Week of May 4, 2020 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, May 4

Georgia vs. Michigan: A Tale of Two Governors

Bill Pascoe, Washington Examiner

Covid-19 Exposing the Class Savagery of America

Charles Blow, New York Times

China, WHO Violated Post-SARS Rules, GOP Analysis Finds

Susan Crabtree, RCP

The U.S.-China Blame Game Is Dangerous

Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

A Guide to the Obama Administration's Hit on Flynn

Margot Cleveland, Federalist

GOP Needs Quarantine From Trump

Juan Williams, The Hill

Biden Will Implode Come November

New Gingrich, Newsweek

Why Weren't We Ready for the Coronavirus?

David Quammen, The New Yorker

Media Blatantly Lying About Trump's Virus Response

David Marcus, Federalist

For Disney, a Stricken Empire

Brooks Barnes, New York Times

We Can't Beat the Virus by Sanitizing the Universe

Bill Maher, Real Time on HBO

Happy 40th Birthday, Department of Education

Francis & McGinnis, RealClearPolitics

Tuesday, May 5

Anti-Lock Down Complaints Are Childish Foot Stamping

Ryan Cooper, The Week

Short-Sighted Lockdown Strategy Destroying U.S.

Richard Rahn, Washington Times

Verdict Is In: China Outperformed, U.S. Faltered Disastrously

David Wertime, Politico

China's Communist Regime Has Put Entire World in Danger

Chris von Csefalvay, CJ

It's Time for a New New Deal

Carpenter & Hamilton, Slate

America's Post-Pandemic Political Shift to the Right

Grady Means, The Hill

Why the COVID-19 Economy Is Devastating to Millennials

Sean Collins, Vox

Bezos Building a Dystopian United States of Amazon

Maureen Callahan, NY Post

Why House Dems Need to Put Up a Fight on Fauci's Testimony

Elie Honig, CNN

Michael Flynn Was Railroaded by Comey's FBI

James Gagliano, Washington Examiner

Coronavirus Shows Trump's Lack of Compassion

Francine Prose, The Guardian

What the Media Would Say If Obama Were President Now

Jesse Watters, FOX News

Trump Job Approval: Monmouth 44% | Rasmussen 47% | RCP Average 44.3%

Wednesday, May 6

I Believe Tara Reade. I’m Voting for Biden Anyway

Linda Hirshman, New York Times

Biden Exposes the Fraud of #MeToo Movement

Tammy Bruce, Washington Times

Opening America Now Is Ludicrous

Jill Filipovic, CNN

Four Things That Make the Pandemic Worse

Glenn Reynolds, USA Today

Are Flatten-the-Curve Policies Really Saving Lives?

Adam Schiff May Be Biggest Loser of Russia Probe

John Solomon, Just the News

To Trump, 'Total Exoneration' Always Right Around Corner

Jurecic & Wittes, Atlantic

Why Do NYT, Atlantic Run Same Column Over and Over?

Mollie Hemingway, Federalist

Stacey Abrams Is Running - for Vice President

Alexander Sammon, American Prospect

Did the FBI Target Michael Flynn to Protect Obama's Policies?

Kevin Brock, The Hill

Reade, Flynn Stories Make Beltway Media Look Bad

John Kass, Chicago Tribune

There Weren't 28 Million 'Missing' Mail-In Ballots

Amber McReynolds, RealClearPolitics

Thursday, May 7

What Life Is Like for Millions Facing Financial Ruin

Alana Semuels, Time

Prolonging Shutdown Defies Science & U.S. Constitution

Betsy McCaughey, NY Post

Has a Pandemic Changed America or Revealed Its Heart?

Mary Curtis, Roll Call

What Kind of a Recovery Should We Expect?

Stephen Jordan, RealClearPolitics

In Wake of Memo Release DOJ Drops Case Against Flynn

Brooke Singman, FOX News

The Race to Define the Presidential Race

Amy Walter, Cook Political Report

Biden Has Become an Albatross for the Dems

Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

In Battle of Unpopular Nominees, Biden Beating Trump

Markos Moulitsas, Daily Kos

Dems, Media Pivot From Silence on Reade to ‘So What?’

Elizabeth Vaughn, RedState

The Agonizing Story of Tara Reade

Laura McGann, Vox

'How Much Is a Human Life Worth?'

Alexandra DeSanctis, National Review

One Rule for Life

David DesRosiers, Claremont Review of Books

Friday, May 8

Here's Where the Jobs Crisis Is Hitting Hardest

Josh Barro, New York Magazine

Flynn Was Innocent All Along, Pressured to Plead Guilty

Alan Dershowitz, Gatestone

The Appalling Damage of Dropping the Flynn Case

Katyal & Geltzer, New York Times

Yet More Irregularities in FBI's Handling of Flynn's Case

Mark Hemingway, RCI

Ahmaud Arbery Should Be Alive

Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone

National Media's Failure on Tara Reade Story Is Deliberate

John Nolte, Breitbart

The Oil Crash Could Be Geothermal's Big Break

Kate Aronoff, The New Republic

Larry Fink and a New Form of Shareholder Empowerment

Bernard Sharfman, RCM

Anti-Lockdown Protesters Twisting Idea of Liberty

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

Dem Governors Face Dozens of Lockdown Lawsuits

David Catron, American Spectator

Reporting Germany's Surrender: A Final Casualty of War

Carl M. Cannon, RCP

2020: National Polls: Biden +4.4 | Electoral College | Betting Odds: Trump +9.1

Sunday, May 10

Take the Shutdown Skeptics Seriously

Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic

Jobs Report Proves Trump Right: Get U.S. Back to Work

Andy Puzder, FOX News

Barr Undercuts Mueller Probe as Trump Cheers Him On

Matt Zapotosky, Wash Post

Plot to Frame Flynn Goes All the Way Up to Obama

Sidney Powell, Sun Morning Futures

The Folly of a Blame-Beijing Coronavirus Strategy

Evan Osnos, The New Yorker

End Reliance on China, Repatriate Production

Rep. Matt Gaetz, The National Pulse

McEnany Off to a Shameless Start as Press Secretary

Mark Weinberg, USA Today

Schiff Lied About the Russia Probe - and the Media Let Him

Lee Smith, NY Post

Front-Runners Emerge in the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine

Megan Molteni, Wired

Voters Agree: Child Care Is Essential

Meyers & Greenberg, RealClearPolitics

How Little Richard Invented the Rock Star

Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone

Mother's Day of Mourning in Black Communities

Antjuan Seawright, RealClearPolitics