RealClearPolitics September 13, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Trump-a-Palooza Is Over. Now Comes the Hard Part

Carolina Lumetta, RCP

How Much More Embarrassment Can the GOP Take?

Rex Huppke, USA Today

RFK Jr. Wows GOP Like Jeane Kirkpatrick Did in 1984

Francis Sempa, Am Spectator

We Must Pace the Frontier

Dario Amodei, Anthropic

My Response to Dario Amodei: Nobody Is Stopping You

Safety Standards 'Not at a Place' To Push AI Much Further

Sam Altman, Fortune

The Madness of the Anti-AI Crowd

Roger Kimball, American Greatness

Behind Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views on Iran

Swan, et al., NY Times

Containment That Causes Iran To Capitulate or Crumble

John Teichert, RCP

Inside the Walz Admin's Fraud Response

Ryan Faircloth, Minnesota Star-Tribune

Son of Somali Dictator Living in Ohio, Linked to Medicare Firm

Andy Tillett, NY Post

Vance Previews Republicans' Nasty Midterm Smears

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

Higher Ed Must Overcome Comforting Delusions

Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics

Texas Should Shut Down the Education Cartel

Joe Lonsdale, Substack

The Tower Stones of 9/11

Jonathan Alter, Washington Monthly

A Pennsylvania Field Whispers the Names of the Fallen

Salena Zito, DC Examiner

Does Ben Shelton Have a Mother?

Roger Simon, Substack

Latest Senate Polls: Iowa | Kansas | Maine | Minnesota | Florida | N.H. | Montana

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

GOP's Familiar Fight Over Big Government

Matthew Continetti, Wall Street Journal

As Fears of A.I. Catastrophe Magnify, a Sleepy Congress Stirs

Sanger & Volz, NYT

The Coordinated Effort to Manipulate Congress Into Regulating AI

Leo Is Back! Now Pardon Me While I Vomit

Quoth the Raven, Substack

The Left Spreads Hate on 9/11 Anniversary

Michael Goodwin, New York Post

Dems: Don't Give In To Complacency, Defeatism, or Cynicism

Robert Reich, Substack

AOC Gets Community Noted Over Lynching Lies

Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCPod

Newsom's a Lame Duck. Can 2028 Hopes Still Take Flight?

Chabria & Barabak, LAT

Lawyers & Press Wage War on Justice in Lindsay Clancy Trial

David Deavel, AMAC

Shed No Tears for Milo Yiannopoulos

Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times

Ryan Reynolds Is Wrong: The 80s Were Awesome, Man!

Arthur Schaper, AG