RealClearPolitics Week of October 18, 2021 Archives

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Monday, October 18

Big Government Socialism Isn't 'Free'

Newt Gingrich, FOX News

Bernie Sanders: Right Message, Wrong Messenger

Joel Mathis, The Week

GOP Offers New Leadership Californians Deserve

Jessica Patterson, San Diego UT

Democrats Are Fighting for Americans' Future

Antjuan Seawright, The Hill

Disgraced Spy Christopher Steele Still Pushing Dossier

Byron York, DC Examiner

Swift & Thorough WH Review of Vaccine Mandate Is Critical

Stuart Shapiro, The Hill

Biden Violates D.C. Mask Mandate at Upscale Restaurant

Brittany Bernstein, NRO

Critical Race Theory Isn't Sinister Indoctrination Program

Patricia Williams, Nation

Democrats Want to Control Your Kid's Education

Reps. Stefanik & Foxx, FOX News

Colin Powell, Who Shaped U.S. National Security, Dies at 84

Eric Schmitt, NY Times

Tuesday, October 19

Virginia's Election Is Breaking the Rules

Gabriel DeBenedetti, New York Magazine

Democrats Fall Silent as Florida's Covid Cases Drop

Sarah Westwood, DC Examiner

Elizabeth Drew, Project Syndicate

The Stupid Money on the Right Rides the Grift Train

Ned Ryun, American Greatness

Colin Powell's Fateful Moment

Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker

Soldier, Statesman, Infighter: Remembering Colin Powell

Tevi Troy, City Journal

The End Result of 'Karen' Panic

Helen Andrews, The American Conservative

Biden's Two-Front War for Democracy

Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

Liberal Pieties, Illiberal Consequences

Lee Siegel, City Journal

All Politics Isn't Local Anymore

Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call

My Dad Was a Great Teacher. He Wouldn't Last Now

Jeremy Adams, Quillette

Wednesday, October 20

Cooperating Is Easier With a Little Coercion

Nicholas Christakis, The Atlantic

Sunshine and Liberty: Florida Covid Cases Plummet

Dave Seminara, City Journal

Ignore the Fearmongers: 1970s Are Not Coming Back

Edward Berkowitz, Guardian

America Under Biden a Land of Scarcity & Want

Sen. Josh Hawley, FOX News

Trump Supporters Are Un-American & Not My People

Leonard Pitts, TB Times

Leftist Shadow Governments Control More Than Elections

Joy Pullmann, Federalist

It’s Not Just Governor. Fight Is on for Control of VA House

Liz Crampton, Politico

The Left Is Using Its California Playbook in Virginia

Gwendolyn Sims, PJ Media

Why Governments Hate Cryptocurrency

Gregory Zerzan, RealClearPolitics

Talking About Abortion With My Mom

Kathleen Walsh, New York Magazine

The Unborn Child Is a Patient, Not a Disease

Schu Montgomery, Louisville CJ

Thursday, October 21

Doing Right Isn't the Secret to Democrats' Success Next Year

Lincoln Mitchell, CNN

It's Getting Worse, Not Better, for Biden and Democrats

Guy Benson, Townhall

The Supply Chain Story Everyone Is Missing

Robert Kuttner, American Prospect

Beware the Return of Inflation

Kenneth Rogoff, The Spectator

GOP Should Take Trump's New Blackmail Scheme Seriously

Seth Masket, NBC News

Florida Proves the Idiocy of Democrats' Covid Mandates

Alejandro Avila, Outkick

Can the Virginia Governor Race Tell Us Anything About 2022?

Mary Harris, Slate

The Danger of McAuliffe-Abrams Stolen Election Claims

Brad Raffensperger, RCP

A Radical Social Studies Revolution Underway in Schools?

Lee Habeeb, Newsweek

Colin Powell's American Life

Richard Haass, Project Syndicate

What Happened to the Beloved Military?

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Friday, October 22

Is Fauci Allowed to Lie to Congress?

Roger Kimball, The Spectator

Can Dems Make the Midterms About Republicans?

Charlie Cook, Cook Political Report

Measuring-Up the Democrats for Defeat

Hugo Gurdon, Washington Examiner

The Most Progressive Governor in America?

John Nichols, The Nation

Rotherham Sex Abuse Scandal Looms Over Loudoun, VA

John Davidson, Federalist

Are Lobbyists Trying to Gut Reconciliation Bill? No One Knows

David Litt, Guardian

Inflation Hits Americans Where It Hurts

David Winston, Roll Call

When Media's Credibility Collapsed, NYT Led the Way

Batya Ungar-Sargon, Spectator

The Fate of the Planet Will Be Negotiated in Glasgow, Scotland

Umair Irfan, Vox

Transition to Nowhere

Mark Mills, City Journal

Can Third Parties Make a Difference in 2024?

Andrew Busch, RealClearPolitics

Sunday, October 24

Stop Shopping: America Needs You to Buy Less Junk

Amanda Mull, The Atlantic

More Questions for Buttigieg, Biden on Supply Chain Crisis

Joe Concha, The Hill

Their Jobs Made Them Get Vaccinated. They Refused

Sarah Nir, New York Times

Left Purges First Responders Who Won't Bend the Knee

Jack Dunphy, PJ Media

What Democrats Need to Do to Avoid Self-Destruction

Douglas Schoen, The Hill

Democrats' Teachable Moment

Corey DeAngelis, Washington Examiner

Is China in Big Trouble?

Paul Krugman, New York Times

Biden's Taiwan Policy Is Now a Total Disaster

Gordon Chang, 1945

Reckoning With Monuments in the American North

Ralph Eubanks, The New Yorker

A Small Town That's Doing It Right

Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette