April 8, 2020 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Thursday, April 9

U.S. Approach to Public Health: Neglect, Panic, Repeat

Jeneen Interlandi, NY Times

There Are Serious Downsides to Media Alarmism

Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist

Hydroxy Hysteria and Trump's Different View of 'Expertise'

Ramin Oskoui, The Hill

Why Michigan and Florida Might Turn Against Trump

Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic

Did Gov. DeSantis Make the Right Call in Florida?

Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics

What U.S. Needs Next: A Biden National Unity Cabinet

Thomas Friedman, NY Times

Declassified Russia Case Notes Likely to Raise New Concerns

John Solomon, JTN

WHO Chief Confirms He Is Beijing's Useful Idiot

Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner

China's Coronavirus Statistics Aren't the Real Problem

Wallace & Weiss, LA Times

Coronavirus Is a Preview of Climate-Change Future

David Wallace-Wells, NY Magazine

How Did the Experts Screw Up Covid Models So Badly?

Tucker Carlson, FOX News

Trump vs. Biden: FOX News: Tied @ 42 | CNN: Biden +11 | Monmouth: Biden +4

Wednesday, April 8

Conceding the Inevitable, Sanders Bows Out, Backs Biden

Phil Wegmann, RCP

Sanders Only Had Eyes for One Wing of the Democratic Party

Thomas Edsall, NYT

Crisis Calls for More Herd Immunity, Less Herd Mentality

Ariel Pablos-Mendez, Hill

Does COVID-19 Really Cause ARDS?

Cameron Kyle-Sidell

Trump Falling Into the Trap of the Ruling Class

Angelo Codevilla, American Greatness

The Coronavirus Is Turning the States Against One Another

Joshua Keating, Slate

What U.S. Loses w/Every Shuttered Main Street Restaurant

Hans Fiene, Federalist

Trump's IG Purges Add Fuel to Oversight Controversies

Susan Crabtree, RCP

The Pain of Family Separation During COVID-19 Crisis

Martin Wolf, Financial Times

Mayor Lightfoot: A Modern-Day Marie Antoinette

Steve Cortes, RealClearPolitics

A Lamentation for Churches Closed at Easter by Pandemic

John Kass, Chicago Trib

Trump Job Approval: Monmouth 46% | CNN 44% | CNBC 46% | Quinnipiac 45%

Tuesday, April 7

Let's Zoom Xi. He Has Some Questions to Answer

Niall Ferguson, Globe & Mail

There's No Plan For End of Coronavirus Crisis

David Wallace-Wells, New York Magazine

White House Aims to Reopen Economy Next 4 to 8 Weeks

Jack Phillips, Epoch Times

We've No Choice But to Stay Locked Down for 12-18 Months

Zeke Emanuel, MSNBC

Public More Worried About Loss of Jobs Than Virus

Carrie Sheffield, Just the News

What America Needs Next: A Joe Biden Unity Cabinet

Thomas Friedman, NY Times

Is Biden Weaker Today Than Hillary Was in 2016?

Byron York, Washington Examiner

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Protect Your Right to Vote

Ari Berman, Mother Jones

Mail-In Ballots Make Voter Fraud Easy. I Know Because I Did It

Margaret Menge, IS

Newspaper Industry Was Already Sick. Will the Virus Kill It?

Art Cullen, The Guardian

Virus Response Elevates Pharma in Public's Eye

Jack Kalavritinos, RealClearPolitics

Adulation of Michael Jordan More Powerful Than Ever

Rick Morrissey, Sun-Times

Monday, April 6

Americans Want a United Fight Against COVID-19

Mark Penn, The Hill

A Healthy United States Needs a Healthy Economy

Miranda Devine, New York Post

This Is What Happens When a Narcissist Runs a Crisis

Jennifer Senior, NY Times

The Liberal Media's Coronavirus Double Standard

Sharyl Attkisson, Just the News

Your Sacrifices Are Saving Lives. Social Distancing Is Working

Inder Singh, Medium

Stay-at-Home Orders Create Perfect Storm for Swindlers

John Wasik, RCI

Governors Lead as Trump Flounders

Juan Williams, The Hill

Reporters Testing Privacy Limits on Thin Ice

Mark Hemingway, RealClearPolitics

Trump's Firing of Intelligence Community IG Is Egregious

Chris Cillizza, CNN

Why Michael Atkinson Roundly Deserved to Be Fired

Margot Cleveland, Federalist

The Only Way Is Through

Tom Brady, The Players' Tribune

Bandannas & Spatulas: My COVID Quarantine

Dave Barry, Miami Herald

Sunday, April 5

Consider the Possibility That Trump Is Right About China

Nadia Schadlow, Atlantic

Questioning Coronavirus Origins Is Not a Conspiracy

Stephen L. Miller, Spectator USA

Brace Yourself for Waves of Coronavirus Infections

Nicholas Kristof, New York Times

Is the IMHE Model Overestimating Hospitalizations?

John Solomon, Just the News

How Dems Can Channel FDR to Save America (Again)

Dean Obeidallah, NBC News

Out of Work & Fed Up: Americans Are Mad As Hell

Wayne Allyn Root, Townhall

Captain Crozier Is a Hero

Tweed Roosevelt, New York Times

Trump Was Right to Get Rid of Atkinson

Monica Showalter, American Thinker

Virus's Lesson: We're All the Same in the End

Ai Weiwei, Globe & Mail

Good Leaders More Than Mouthpieces for Experts

Richard Porter, RealClearPolitics

Anyone Who Says He Doesn't Love Tiger King Is Lying

Robert VerBruggen, NRO

Friday, April 3

China's Deadly Co-Conspirator: The WHO

Eberstadt & Blumenthal, New York Post

Beijing May Succeed Due to Trump Admin's Bumbling

Charles Kupchan, CNN

Competition, Coronavirus and the Weakness of Xi Jinping

Minxin Pei, Foreign Affairs

America's Sick Media

George Neumayr, The American Spectator

Coronavirus Is a Superpower--Trump's U.S.? Not So Much

Susan Glasser, New Yorker

Trump Is Magnificently Right About Infrastructure

David Goldman, PJ Media

A Tale of Two Pandemics

Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics

Sanders Has a Lot to Be Proud Of--Now It's Time to Go

David Axelrod, CNN

Biden's Weak Election Strategy

Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

How Democrats Can Win Wisconsin in 2020

John Nichols, The Nation

North Carolina Senate Race Emerges as 2020 Bellwether

Max Greenwood, The Hill

Thursday, April 2

I'm Shaken--and Not Because I'm Afraid of Getting Sick

Lionel Shriver, The Spectator

Canceling Everything Is the Easy Part

Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic

One Block in America. Six Businesses on the Brink of Disaster

Media's Pro-China Propaganda Catches Up With Them

Christopher Bedford, Federalist

Trump's Chaotic Presidency Causes Division and Death

Jill Lawrence, USA Today

5 Reasons Trump's Daily Briefings Are Dangerous...to Democrats

Liz Peek, The Hill

Cleansers, Once Shunned, Now Welcomed to Fight Covid-19

Steve Caldeira, RCP

The Fed's Unprecedented Bailout of Everyone and Everything

Zachary Karabell, Time

Covid-19 Is Twisting 2020 Beyond All Recognition

Thomas Edsall, New York Times

Why Are Left and Right Divided Over Coronavirus?

Dennis Prager, Townhall

What Einstein Might Teach Us About Our Viral Divide

Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics

Wednesday, April 1

Trump Steps Up as He Faces Decisive Leadership Test

Michael Walsh, Epoch Times

Traits That Worked For Trump Now Threaten His Undoing

John Harris, Politico

Low U.S. Death Rate Means Mitigation Efforts Are Working

Peter Wallison, RCP

Coronavirus Is a Problem - For the Working-Class

Francine Prose, The Guardian

Trump's Response Will Protect PA's Blue Collar Workers

Mike Turzai, Philly Inquirer

Here's How to Be Counted During the Pandemic

Sheryl Sandberg, RealClearPolitics

Education the Key to Winning the Coronavirus War

James Carville, NBC News

The Left's Despicable Attacks on Dr. Birx

Tammy Bruce, Washington Times

Coronavirus' Profound Threat to Democracy

Noah Millman, The Week

Religious Freedom in the Time of Coronavirus

Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics

FBI Cannot Be Trusted With Surveillance of Americans

Eli Lake, Bloomberg

Tuesday, March 31

Can Survivors Help Cure Covid-19 & Rescue Economy?

Lawrence Wright, New Yorker

Economic Forecasting in the Age of Coronavirus--3 Tips

Rich Karlgaard, Forbes

Trump Rises to Challenge as News Media Pumps Out Gloom

Conrad Black, NRO

Don't Be Fooled, Trump's Hurting His Reelection Chances

David Leonhardt, NY Times

U.S. Military's Dealing With Virus. But Keep It a Secret

Eric Felten, RCInvestigations

What Explains Covid-19's Lethality for the Elderly?

Sharon Begley, STAT

FISA Warrant Problems Extend Beyond Russia Case, IG Warns

John Solomon, JTN

Don't Let States Rob COVID-19 Funds to Bail Out Pensions

Dabrowski & Glennon, RCP

We Need to Start Tossing Money Out of Helicopters

Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic

Chinese Scientists Isolated Deadly Bat Viruses Near Animal Market

Hemingway, JFK, and the Essence of Courage

Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics

Monday, March 30

Shutdown Job Losses Could Total 47 Million Americans

How the Economy Can Survive the Coronavirus

Steve Hilton, FOX News

Trump's Message to Blue States Battling Virus: Drop Dead

Neil J. Young, The Week

Democrats Play Pandemic Politics

Steve Cortes, RealClearPolitics

2 Possible Paths to End America's Coronavirus Lockdown

Helen Branswell, STAT

How to Understand - & Report - Figures For 'COVID Deaths'

John Lee, Spectator USA

Trump's Coronavirus Briefings Lack Empathy

Gloria Borger, CNN

Media Embarrasses Itself After Reporter-Trump Dustup

Mollie Hemingway, Federalist

Lashing Out at China Does Nothing for U.S.'s Interests

Bonnie Kristian, Newsweek

Make Beijing Pay for Lives and Billions Lost

Sen. Josh Hawley, FOX News

Isabella Beecher Hooker: 'We, the People' Includes Women

Dana Rubin, RCP

Thank Them for Their Service

Jim Golby & Heidi Urben, Military Times