August 22, 2017 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Tuesday, August 22

For Trump's Generals, This Is Personal

Peter Bergen, CNN

Trump Rejects Bush/Obama Approach in Afghanistan

Monica Showalter, Am. Thinker

Trump's Confused and Troubling Afghanistan Speech

Amy Sorkin, The New Yorker

America Is Out of Ideas in Afghanistan

Susan Glasser, Politico

Afghanistan Strategy a Defining Moment for Mattis

Sandra Erwin, RealClearDefense

The 'Resistance' Loses Its Senses

Conrad Black, National Review Online

Will Steve Bannon's War Tear Apart the Republican Party?

Corey Robin, The Guardian

Yes, Democrats Have a Fundraising Problem

Clio Chang, The New Republic

At Paul Ryan Town Hall, Not a Word on Russia

Byron York, Washington Examiner

One Year Without Gawker When We've Needed It Most

Michael Socolow, Wash Post

Gawker Is Dead and Deserved to Die

Ben Domenech, The Federalist

Monday, August 21

What It's Like to Chase Eclipses for 60 Years

Marina Koren, The Atlantic

Are Solar Eclipses Proof of God?

Eric Metaxas, FOX News

The Showdown Over How We Define Fringe Views in America

Emily Badger, NYT

Trump Is the Real Anti-Fascist

Daniel Jones, American Thinker

How Republicans Do the Bidding of White Supremacists

Russ Feingold, The Guardian

When Trumpism Hits the Fan: The 'Last Straw'?

Jonah Goldberg, National Review

Trump's Demise Has Been Predicted Often the Last 2 Years

James Freeman, WSJ

Democrats Long for Obama's Return

Amie Parnes, The Hill

Time to Make Afghanistan Someone Else's Problem

Barry Posen, The Atlantic

How the U.S. Can Still Win in Afghanistan

David Andelman, CNN

Should Presidents Follow Expert Military Advice?

Angelo Codevilla, American Greatness

Sunday, August 20

A New Way Forward on Trade & Immigration

Joel Kotkin, Orange County Register

Steve Bannon Takes His Street Fight Outside

Eliana Johnson, Politico

Left Isn't Right in Charlottesville Reaction

Christine Flowers, Philadelphia Inquirer

GOP Has Courted Racists for Years. Why Cringe Now?

Leonard Pitts, Miami Herald

The Racist Maze

Andrew Klavan, PJ Media

Uncomfortable Questions We Must Ask About President Trump

Brian Stelter, CNN

The Media Have Lost Their Collective Mind

Ruben Navarrette, San Francisco Chronicle

Trump Critics Lose Sight of Divide Between Violence & Ideas

D.J. Tice, Star Tribune

Why the ACLU Is Rethinking Its Approach to Free Speech

Trump Elevates Status of U.S. Cyber Command

Sandra Erwin, RealClearDefense

Jerry Lewis, Mercurial Comedian & Filmmaker, Dies at 91

Dave Kehr, New York Times

Friday, August 18

Bannon Out at White House After Turbulent Run

Maggie Haberman, New York Times

The 'Resistance' Goes Lower

Kimberly Strassel, Wall Street Journal

Resistance Isn't Futile: Six Ways Trump Can Be Contained

Jonathan Alter, Daily Beast

Why Bannon's Time Is Up

Roger Stone, The Daily Caller

Steve Bannon's Fantasy, Donald Trump's Reality

Ben Smith, Buzzfeed

Trump's Tangle of Rhetorical Inadequacy

Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal

In His Inartful Way, Trump Was Absolutely Right

Dov Fischer, The American Spectator

Erik Prince's Plan to Privatize the War in Afghanistan

Rosie Gray, The Atlantic

Countering Chinese Mercantilism

David Adler, City Journal

U.S. Can Win Trade War With China, But It Shouldn't Try

Ian Bremmer, Time

The Slippery Slopes of Iceland

James Freeman, Wall Street Journal

Thursday, August 17

How to Handle Donald Trump

Gail Collins, New York Times

Measuring, and Mismeasuring, the Trump Conundrum

Byron York, DC Examiner

The Road to Radicalism in Charlottesville

Julia Ioffe, The Atlantic

A Warning From George Orwell on the 'Monument Wars'

Seth Lipsky, New York Post

Will the U.S. Succeed After Charlottesville Where Trump Failed?

Nancy Gibbs, Time

The Campaign of Defamation Against Trump Will Fail

Conrad Black, Am. Greatness

Trump's White Supremacist Economic Agenda

Bryce Covert, The New Republic

Dems Need New Message to Attract Moderate Voters

Salena Zito, Philly Inquirer

Bill Kristol Was My Boss and a Friend. What Happened?

Tucker Carlson, FOX News

Why I Quit Trump's Business Council

Richard Trumka, New York Times

Screen Addiction: On the Brink of a Smartphone Health Crisis

Wednesday, August 16

Startling Reality Facing U.S. in Wake of Virginia Violence

Michael Goodwin, NY Post

What Trump Gets Wrong About Antifa

Peter Beinart, The Atlantic

Trump Got It Right--There's Intolerance on Many Sides

Peder Zane, News & Observer

America Is Hooked on the Drug of White Supremacy

Carol Anderson, The Guardian

Yesterday Was Worse Than Saturday for Trump

Rich Lowry, National Review

Petty, Sanctimonious Ruling Class Is Beyond Parody

George Neumayr, Am. Spectator

In North Korea, There Are No Good Options Left

Richard Haass, The Hill

Trump Must Put Pressure on China, Rebuild U.S. Military

Mark Helprin, WSJ

Weathering the Violence of Climate Change

Gulrez Azhar, Project Syndicate

Greatest Scientific Fraud of All Time--Part XVII

Francis Menton, Manhattan Contrarian

The Country Where Down Syndrome Is Disappearing

Quinones & Lajka, CBS News

Tuesday, August 15

Hurrah for the ACLU

William McGurn, Wall Street Journal

In America, Bias, Hate & Racism Move to the Mainstream

Al Sharpton, The Guardian

The Avoidable Mayhem in Charlottesville

Bob McManus, City Journal

Keep the Iran Deal & Apply Its Lessons to N. Korea

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, USA Today

Trump's Full-Court Press Against North Korea Is Working

Austin Bay, NY Observer

Trump's Two-Front War Against McConnell & North Korea

Walter Shapiro, Roll Call

Russia Collusion Gone Missing

Scott Johnson, PowerLine

Could Paul Manafort Bring Down the Whole Trump Family?

Bob Dreyfuss, The Nation

Democrats Fret as Clinton Book Rollout Looms

Albert Hunt, Bloomberg

Every Campaign Is Now a Cyberwar Target

Matt Rhoades, New York Post

Schmitt Clears Way for Hawley in Mo. Senate Race

Rebecca Berg, RealClearPolitics

Live Results: Alabama Special Election Republican Senate Primary

Monday, August 14

The Reality of Charlottesville

Ben Domenech, The Federalist

What Happened in Charlottesville Is All Too American

Joshua Zeitz, Politico

Yes, 'Many Sides' Are Ripping Charlottesville, America Apart

Bill O'Reilly, The Hill

Trump Has White Nationalists in the White House

Joy-Ann Reid, Meet the Press

Nikki Haley: Trump's Velvet Hammer at the UN

Monica Crowley, New York Post

How Trump Can Contain North Korea Without 'Fire & Fury'

Evelyn Farkas, NY Times

China Is Our Last Diplomatic Hope for North Korea

John Bolton, The Hill

Venezuela Buries Left's Hopes of "Good Socialism"

Matthew Boomer, The Federalist

When the President Is Un-American

Paul Krugman, New York Times

Between Alt-Right and Antifa, Media Still Manages to Be Worse

Charles Hurt, WT

Police Stood By as Mayhem Mounted in Virginia

Thompson & Faturechi, ProPublica

Alabama GOP Senate: Trafalgar Group: Moore +14 | Emerson: Strange +3

Sunday, August 13

How the Opioid Crisis Is Hollowing Out America

Ian Birrell, Sunday Mail

A Plea From a Member of the Struggling Middle Class

Wayne Allyn Root, LVRJ

Charlottesville Is the America Donald Trump Promised

Jay Willis, GQ Magazine

We're Letting Politics Descend Into Illiberal Caricatures

Robert Tracinski, Federalist

Please, President Trump, Take a Real Vacation

Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times

How Trump's Generals Can Save the World From War

Bill Powell, Newsweek

Stop Messing With the First Amendment

Alana Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner

I'm a White Man. Hear Me Out.

Frank Bruni, New York Times

Shut Up, They Explained

Adam Keiper, Weekly Standard

Five Questions for Republican Tax Reformers

Albert Hunt, Bloomberg

California's Coming Youth Deficit

Joel Kotkin & Wendell Cox, Orange County Register