RealClearPolitics Week of August 23, 2021 Archives

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Monday, August 23

For 20 Years, We Were Lied to About Afghanistan & Iraq

Lucas Kunce, KC Star

Biden's Entire National Security Team Must Go

Fred Fleitz, The Federalist

Escape From Afghanistan

George Packer, The Atlantic

Our Elites' Dereliction of Duty

Peter Savodnik, Substack

Bernie Sanders's Third Campaign

John Nichols, The Nation

Pelosi Likely to Bow to Far Left on $3.5T Spending Bill

Dan McLaughlin, NY Post

Dear Congress: Voting Rights Aren't a Partisan Issue

Derrick Johnson, USA Today

Despite Dem Lies, Georgia an Easy Place to Vote

Quinn Hillyer, DC Examiner

In Final Address, Cuomo Shows He'll Never Change

Sarah Jones, NY Magazine

1 Year After Riots, Kenosha, WI Still Picking Up Pieces

Evita Duffy, The Federalist

Will Gavin Newsom's Risky Recall Strategy Pay Off?

Mary Harris, Slate

The One Thing Keeping Joe Biden in Office

John Kass

Tuesday, August 24

Bush Made the Bigger Mistake in Afghanistan

Robert Robb, Arizona Republic

The Biden Administration's Descent Into Unreality

John Davidson, The Federalist

Mask Wars Preview 2022 Battle for the Sun Belt

Ronald Brownstein, CNN

Hutchinson Threads Needle on Masks, Vaccines & Liberty

Philip Wegmann, RCP

DeSantis Vindicated: No Science Behind Masking Kids

Shawn Fleetwood, Federalist

We're Running Out of Time on Covid & Climate Change

Robert Reich, Guardian

Powering Down the Developing World

Kotkin & Kruger, RealClearEnergy

9 Dems Making Pelosi's Life Harder Making a Big Mistake

Jamelle Bouie, NYT

The Real Reason Dem 'Moderates' Are Revolting Against Pelosi

Rick Moran, PJM

I'm Happy in Jacinda's 'Socialist Hermit Kingdom'

Max Rashbrooke, The Guardian

Covid and Tyranny in Australia

Ernest Jones, Medium

Wednesday, August 25

Dems Can't Paper Over This Fiasco With Trump Hate

Conrad Black, NY Sun

Afghan Withdrawal Leaves U.S. Allies to Face Harsh Reality

Luke McGee, CNN

Biden Sank the Ship, Now Brags About Number of Lifeboats

Jim Treacher, Substack

CA's Recall Undermines Voters It Pledges to Empower

Jessica Levinson, MSNBC

The Los Angeles Times vs. Larry Elder

Roger L. Simon, Epoch Times

How Biden & Pelosi Beat the Moderates

Daniel Strauss, The New Republic

Kamala Harris & Intel Warning Taliban Would Abuse Women

Paul Sperry, RCI

On Covid Policy, We Must Apply Cost-Benefit Analysis

Glenn Greenwald, Substack

Dem Gov Proudly Drives OR Back to Covid Tyranny

Jordan Davidson, Federalist

Afghanistan Was Never an 'Endless War'

Noah Diekemper, RealClearPolitics

Enough Is Enough: Antifa Attacks Reporter in Portland

Matt Taibbi, Substack

Civic Education as a Duty and a Delight

Paul Carrese, RealClearPublicAffairs

Thursday, August 26

Frantic, Confused Exit a Result of Biden's Decisions

Charles Lipson, Spectator World

The Real Winner of Afghan War? It's Not Who You Think

Jane Perlez, NY Times

Biden's Incompetence Sets Stage for Another Tehran '79

Rep. Ann Wagner, WT

Afghanistan: the Graveyard of Experts

Tim Black, Spiked

The Shame of the Never Trumpers

Kurt Schlichter, Townhall

It’s Time for Biden to Lead on Voting Rights

Ben Jealous, The Nation

House Democrats Pass Bill to Steal Elections

Cleta Mitchell, The Federalist

Some Good News for Democrats in Redistricting

Nathaniel Rakich, FiveThirtyEight

6 Questions Dems Are Dreading on Their August Recess

Shane Harris, AMAC

California's Recall Tests Republicans Anti-Democratic Plan

Heather Parton, Salon

California Progressives Finally Face Reality

Michael Shellenberger, Substack

How the NCAA's $8 Billion Racket Is Failing

Bryan Armen Graham, The Guardian

Friday, August 27

Nation-Building in Afghanistan Was a Fool's Errand

Daniel Flynn, American Spectator

Biden in Turmoil as Attack Raises Leadership Questions

Stephen Collinson, CNN

The United States Effectively Has No President

David Marcus, The Post Millennial

Biden Shouldn't Have Adhered to Trump's Withdrawal

Sebastien Roblin, NBC News

Trump, Obama & Bush Would Not Be Standing for This

Clay Travis, Outkick

What California’s Recall Election Says About America

Edward-Isaac Dovere, Atlantic

As Newsom Recall Looms, Corporations Fleeing California

Chuck DeVore, Federalist

The Party of Lincoln Is Now the Party of Jim Crow

John Nichols, The Nation

HR 4: For Democrats, It's All About Power

Ronna McDaniel, The Hill

The Debate Over Covid’s Origins May Never Be Resolved

Umair Irfan, Vox

Congress Must Investigate How the Pandemic Started

Paul Thacker, Newsweek

Sunday, August 29

'Experts' Who Created Afghanistan Mess Should Be Fired

Rebekah Koffler, NY Post

The Old Cliche About Afghanistan That Won't Die

Kevin Baker, Politico

Biden and His Generals Must Be Held to Account

John Kass, JohnKassNews

Entire Nation Should Worry If Newsom Is Recalled in CA

Jackie Calmes, LA Times

Americans Are Losing Faith in Biden on Many Issues

Harry Enten, CNN

Time to Rethink Biden's Anti-American Energy Policies

Jason Hayes, The Hill

Why Court-Packing Is Necessary to Save U.S. Democracy

Amanda Marcotte, Salon

Greg Gutfeld Is Humiliating Liberal Late Night Hosts

Lou Aguilar, American Spectator

Afghanistan: What Now, Marine?

Ben Connable, RealClearDefense