RealClearPolitics Week of August 16, 2021 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, August 16

The Afghanistan Skeptics Are Totally Vindicated

Ben Domenech, The Federalist

Afghanistan Is Your Fault

Tom Nichols, The Atlantic

Our Senior Military Leaders Are a Woke Joke

Kurt Schlichter, Townhall

U.S. Government Lied for 2 Decades About Afghanistan

Glenn Greenwald, Substack

This Is Biden's Jimmy Carter Moment

Kyle Smith, New York Post

Mask Mandates for Schoolchildren Are Essential

Jalal Baig, NBC News

Requiring Masks for Kids Does More Harm Than Good

Autumn Cook, Deseret News

Recall Newsom to Beat the Political Machine Failing CA

Susan Shelley, Valley Tribune

Economy Is Recovering--Workers Are in Driver's Seat

Reps. Newman & Beyer, The Hill

Goldman Sachs & the Charade of Woke Virtue-Signaling

Vivek Ramaswamy, NY Post

How the U.S. Tech Giants Could Fall

Ruchir Sharma, Financial Times

Tuesday, August 17

Let's Be Honest: America's Leaders Are Unfit to Lead

J.D. Vance, The Federalist

The Whole World Is Watching

Harris & Heath, Politico

No More Trump Tweets--But the Price Is High

Jason Chaffetz, FOX News

So Much for a 'Foreign Policy for the Middle Class'

Yascha Mounk, The Atlantic

Where Are the Social Security/Medicare Trustees' Reports?

Mark Warshawsky, RCP

It's Time to Start Taking California's Newsom Recall Seriously

Chris Cillizza, CNN

The Bigots of Modern Culture Backtrack on MLK's Dream

Jason Whitlock, The Blaze

America Has Always Been a Gorgeous Mosaic

Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics

Employers Should Help Repay Student Loan Debt

Gregory Poulin, Newsweek

Why Welfare Reform Worked

Peter Suderman, Reason

Children Are Lonelier Than Ever. Can Anything Be Done?

Ortiz & De Leo, Quillette

Wednesday, August 18

General Milley Must Be Called to Account

Joy Pullmann, The Federalist

Why Afghanistan's Security Forces Collapsed

Chas Danner, New York Magazine

Stop Trying to Export Woke Democracy

Christian Whiton, Substack

Dems Identify Supreme Court as Greatest Threat to Voting Rights

Ian Millhiser, Vox

Biden's Inflation Time Bomb & the Road Map to Ruin

Bruce Thompson, DC Examiner

California's Newsom Recall Vote Is Just Plain Weird

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

The Senate Playing Field Just Tipped Toward Republicans

Chris Cillizza, CNN

FBI Knew of Missing Hunter Biden Laptop by Dec. 2019

Margot Cleveland, Federalist

What Is College Really Worth?

Rebecca Gordon, The Nation

More Students Chasing Grad Degrees Isn't Good for Society

Kay Hymowitz, NY Post

James Wilson Institute Teaches Moral Foundations of the Law

Mike Sabo, RCPolicy

Biden Job Approval: YouGov 47% | Ras Rpts 46% | Politico 51% | RCP Avg 49.6%

Thursday, August 19

Milley and Austin Must Resign or Be Fired

Glenn Reynolds, New York Post

America Has Never Listened to the People of Afghanistan

Bilal Askaryar, Slate

Assabiya Wins Every Time

Lee Smith, Tablet Magazine

There Is a Blueprint to Win for Democrats in 2022

Tarlov & Seawright, The Hill

Troubles Mount for the Biden Administration

Charles Lipson, Newsweek

California's Newsom Recall Looks Like a Disaster

Norman Soloman, Salon

Has the Woke Wave Peaked? Gen. Z Rejects Cancel Culture

Daniel Roman, AMAC

Biden's America Last Energy Policy

Adam Brandon, RealClearEnergy

July's Frankenstein Weather Created by the Oil Industry

Michael Mann, The Hill

U.S. Credibility at a 50-Year Low, and Time Is Running Out

David Goldman, PJ Media

Save Afghan Women and Girls

Bottner & Mills, RealClearPolitics

Friday, August 20

Biden Betting Americans Will Forget About Afghanistan

Peter Nicholas, Atlantic

Joe Biden's Incompetence Brought Us Chaos

Scott Walker, Washington Times

I Remember the Taliban. They Have Not Changed

Arzoo Sadiqi, Newsweek

Their War and Sacrifices Were Ours. It Wasn't a Waste

Connie Schultz, USA Today

Inflation's Coming Back Stronger Than Ever

Alvaro Vargas Llosa, The Hill

The Democrats' Right-Wing Fringe

Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect

FBI: Scant Evidence Capitol Riot Was Coordinated

Hosenball & Lynch, Reuters

A Life Destroyed for 'Parading' at the Capitol

Julie Kelly, American Greatness

Dems Confront Nightmare Scenario in California Recall

Aaron Blake, Wash Post

The Three C's That Could Sink Ron DeSantis

Philip Levine, RealClearPolitics

Governor Cuomo Has Been Railroaded

Rich Azzopardi, New York Daily News

The Media's Role in the Cuomo Myth

Ross Barkan, Columbia Journalism Review

VA Gov: Roanoke: McAulliffe +8 | VCU: McAuliffe +3 | RCP Avg: McAuliffe +4.3

Sunday, August 22

Biden Did the Right Thing Badly in Afghanistan

Maureen Dowd, New York Times

What We've Learned About Team Biden's Incompetence

Michael McKenna, WT

We Fled Cambodia. What I Hope for Afghan Refugees

Putsata Reang, Politico

Afghanistan Chaos & Fear Were Not Inevitable

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, FOX News

Voters Want Progressive Prosecutors

Keith Ellison, et al, USA Today

FBI Comes Up Empty-Handed in Search for Jan. 6 Plot

Jonathan Turley, The Hill

The Noisy Minority

David Graham, The Atlantic

What China Wants From Afghanistan

Tom Bailey, Spiked

The Fiasco in Afghanistan Is Way Worse Than Saigon

Jon Gabriel, AZ Republic