RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Tuesday, May 11

Can We Please Ditch the Term 'Systemic Racism'?

John McWhorter, Substack

What Florida's Attack on Voting Rights Is Really About

Chris King, CNN

The 2020 Book the Media Don't Want You to Read

Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist

Is the Era of Small Government Over?

Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call

Will Biden Reverse Trump's Super V-Shaped Recovery?

Stephen Moore, DC Examiner

Dems Should Worry About British Labour's Collapse

John Judis, Talking Points Memo

'Stop the Steal' Becoming the GOP's Permanent Rallying Cry

Heather Parton, Salon

Rep. Cheney and the 'Big Lie'

Conrad Black, American Greatness

Crowded Scenes Show U.S. Is Moving On From Fauci

Tristan Justice, The Federalist

Why Biden Needs to Go All In on Abortion

Emily Crockett, Washington Monthly

Biden Must Reverse Course on Iran Before It's Too Late

Sen. Hagerty/McMaster, RCP

123 People Shot Dead Over 72 Hours. Did U.S. Notice?

Scott Martelle, LA Times

Has the Backlash Arrived for Police-Bashing?

Pat Buchanan, Townhall

Critical Race Theory Can't Coexist w/True Justice

Mark Mitchell, Loudon Times-Mirror

College: A Ruthless Competition Divorced From Learning

Daniel Markovits, Atlantic

The Problem With 'Western' Religions on Campus

Anna Keating, Hedgehog Review

Sohrab Ahmari Is Wrong to Praise China

Jason Garshfield, RealClearPolitics

Monday, May 10

Tribalism Has Come to the West

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, UnHerd

Barack & Michelle Obama Freed in Their Blackness

Charles Blow, New York Times

Thank Tim Scott for Answering Question 'Is America Racist?'

Michael McKenna, WT

Left's 'Anti-Racist' Messaging Is Failing With Voters

Zaid Jilani, Newsweek

The GOP Chooses Trump Over Principle

Maeve Reston, CNN

Trouble in River City: The Left's Ugly Con Game

Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics

Baltimore's Failed Experiment: Anatomy of a Crime Wave

Stephen Walters, City Jrnl

Covid-Induced Rise in Crime Plays Into Hands of Right

Josh Marshall, TPM

Data Shows Pandemic No Excuse for NYC's Crime Wave

Nicole Gelinas, NY Post

How the White House Polices Language in Washington

Olivia Nuzzi, NY Magazine

What I Saw at the Most Lawless Part of the Border

Buck Sexton, Am. Consequences

Why Dems Stopped Stressing Over Big Spending

David Siders, Politico

Biden Aspires to Be FDR, On Track to Be Carter Redux

Liz Peek, FOX News

Cheney's Choice Will Sting No Matter What the GOP Does

A.B. Stoddard, RCP

Sorry, Liz: You Can't Be in Leadership & Trash Your Party

Kurt Schlichter, Townhall

Robinhood's' Big Gamble

Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker

The Dark Side of DarkSide

Arieh Kovler, The Spectator

Sunday Video: CNN | Bartiromo | NBC | This Week | FOX News | Face the Nation

Sunday, May 9

Will Biden's Effort to Appease Progressives Backfire?

David Shribman, Pittsburgh PG

Biden's New Left of Racial Radicals

Michael Goodwin, New York Post

Don't Panic Over Weaker-Than-Expected Jobs Report

John Cassidy, New Yorker

A Case for Worry About Rising Government Debt

David Goldman, Law and Liberty

Liz Cheney and the Big Lies

Maureen Dowd, New York Times

The Simple Reasons Cheney Has To Go

Derek Hunter, Townhall

Sinema, Not Kelly, Follows in McCain's Filibuster Footsteps

Susan Crabtree, RCP

Don't Forget That Republicans Tried to Overturn the Election

Robert Reich, Guardian

Democrats' Utter Disregard for Electoral Integrity

Roger Kimball, American Greatness

The Ringmaster Is Gone. But the Circus Remains

Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic

Dems Find a New But Shaky Faith in Corporate Free Speech

Jonathan Turley, The Hill

The Logic of U.S.-China Competition

Joseph Nye, Project Syndicate

Time for Cognitive Warfare Against China?

James Holmes, 1945

Joe Biden's Four-Decade Long Romance With Iran

Nahal Toosi, Politico

Teachers Unions Use Political Clout to Keep Schools Shut

Steven Greenhut, Reason

A Pennsylvania Cheerleader's Complicated Case

Jeannie Gersen, The New Yorker

On Mother's Day, an Unpayable Debt

Antjuan Seawright, RealClearPolitics

Saturday, May 8

Dems' Poor Performance in Virginia May Flip State Red

Lauren Appell, FOX News

The GOP's Critical Race Theory Obsession

Adam Harris, The Atlantic

Tim Scott Is Now a Front-Runner for 2024

Conrad Black, National Review

Cheney, Romney and Bush Are True Patriots

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, CNN

Republicans Know Cheney's Just a Useful Idiot of the Left

Ned Ryun, Am. Greatness

Biden's Capital Gains Tax: Heads, We Win; Tails, You Lose

Arnott & Tamny, RCP

Don't Freak Out About the Jobs Report Yet

Emily Stewart, Vox

How Science Has Been Corrupted

Matthew Crawford, UnHerd

Racial Politics at Disney: Wokest Place on Earth

Christopher Rufo, City Journal

GOP Is Consumed by Trump Conspiracy Theories

Brad Bannon, The Hill

GA Voters Support Voting Law, Oppose Corporate Meddling

Guy Benson, Townhall

Here's How S.1/H.R. 1 Could Silence You

Sarah Ruger, RealClearPolitics

The Arizona GOP's Attack on Democracy

Sasha Abramsky, The Nation

Newsom's Idiotic Case Against the Recall: It Costs Too Much!

Matt Welch, Reason

Caitlyn Jenner's Long Game

Jack Shafer, Politico

Scoreless Admissions Set Minority Students Up for Failure

Piereson & Riley, City Jrnl

The Reason Wood Prices Are Completely Out of Control

Henry Grabar, Slate

Friday, May 7

Bidenomics Really Is Something New

Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic

Joe Biden, Economy Killer

K.S. Bruce, RealClearPolitics

GOP Obsessed With 'Woke Supremacy' & Cancel Culture

LZ Granderson, L.A. Times

Diversity Over Discovery: Biden's War on Merit

Heather Mac Donald, City Journal

Today Marks GOP's Complete Surrender To Trump

Chuck Todd, NBC News

What Cheney Really Wants

Daniel Flynn, The American Spectator

Trump Stays Banned on Facebook. Keep It That Way

Timothy O'Brien, Bloomberg

Facebook's Ban on Trump Is Profoundly Un-American

Joe Concha, The Hill

The Republican Rebrand, Exposed

Robert Reich, American Prospect

Caitlyn Jenner Ad a Preview of National Challenge for Dems

Glenn Reynolds, NYP

No Evidence That the Lockdowns Save Lives

John Tierney, American Consequences

Trump's Next Coup Will Have Full Republican Support

Jonathan Chait, NY Magazine

Democrats Can’t Quash the 'Big Lie'

Julie Kelly, American Greatness

The Case for Critical Race Theory in U.S. Schools

Marcus Johnson, Newsweek

The Left's Lizard-Brained Hatred of Tim Scott

Matt Purple, American Conservative

Clinton: There Must Be a Reckoning With Disinformation

David Smith, The Guardian

The British Nerd Who Decides What We Can Read on Facebook

Kyle Smith, NY Post

Thursday, May 6

Are Americans Becoming Sovietized?

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Trump Is Mark Zuckerberg's Problem. Again.

Will Oremus, New York Times

Why the House GOP Has Had It With Liz Cheney

Byron York, Washington Examiner

The GOP Is at a Turning Point

Rep. Liz Cheney, Washington Post

Dems, Media Promoting Cheney Is Proof of Her Failure

Mollie Hemingway, Twitter

Things Look Just as Bad for Cheney Back Home in Wyoming

Ally Mutnick, Politico

Harris Has Done Nothing About Border Crisis

David Keltz, American Spectator

2 Border State Govs Say Biden, Harris Haven't Reached Out

Philip Wegmann, RCP

How Nervous Should Gavin Newsom Be?

Miriam Pawel, New York Times

Washington Post Toys With Public on Fatal Police Shootings

Eric Felten, RCI

Biden's Economic Agenda More Truman Than FDR

Froma Harrop, Seattle Times

His Fair Share? Biden Dodged $500K in Taxes

Christopher Jacobs, The Federalist

Chauvin Team's Attempts for Retrial Going Nowhere

Scott Johnson, The Spectator

America Is, Was, and Will Always Be a Racist Country

Preston Mitchum, The Grio

Woke Racism a Systemic Problem in America

Helen Raleigh, Newsweek

Why Reporters Are Rooting for Jen Psaki

Jessica Goldstein, Washingtonian

Johns Hopkins, Slave Owner? Not So Fast

Steve Bell, RealClearPolitics

Wednesday, May 5

Trump's Facebook Account Should Never Be Reinstated

Adam Conner, NBC News

The Book Corporate Monopolies Don't Want You to Read

Sen. Josh Hawley, Federalist

American Racism: Sen. Scott Lures Democrats Into a Trap

Chauncey DeVega, Salon

You Can Hold Your Ground Against Critical Theory

Grace Daniel, The American Mind

I'm Getting What I Voted For With Biden

Sarah Longwell, NBC News

Democrats' House Majority Looks Very, Very Imperiled

Chris Cillizza, CNN

Exit Is Nigh for Rep. Cheney

Curt Mills, The American Conservative

Questioning the Climate-Change Narrative

Steven Koonin, National Review

China and Russia's Dangerous Convergence

Kendall-Taylor & Shullman, Foreign Affairs

Origin of Covid--Following the Clues

Nicholas Wade, Medium

Biden Migration 'Fix' Sends Good Billions After Bad

Vince Bielski, RCInvestigations

Biden's Great Economic Rebalancing

John Cassidy, The New Yorker

Supply Chains Are Our Most Critical Infrastructure

Robert O'Brien, Bloomberg

A Referendum on Progressivism in PA's Big Cities

Charles McElwee, RealClearPolitics

End Systemic Racism in Policing Once and for All

Greenblatt & Hewitt, Newsweek

Leading Civil Rights Groups Bear False Witness Against Police

Ari Maas, City Jrnl

Advocates: No Iran Nuclear Talks Till Hostages Are Freed

Susan Crabtree, RCP

Tuesday, May 4

Democrats Confront Difficult Prospects for Midterms

Max Greenwood, The Hill

What You Need to Know About 'Defund the Police'

Kamau Bell, CNN

Hess & Addison, The American Mind

Trump's Failures Were the Prelude to Biden's Success

Robert Reich, Newsweek

There Is No Biden Moment

Rich Lowry, New York Post

The Politics of Attacking Sen. Tim Scott

Charles Lipson, RealClearPolitics

Why Utah Republicans Booed Romney

Dean Obeidallah, CNN

Corporate News Outlets Again 'Confirm' the Same False Story

Glenn Greenwald

Fact-Checkers Missed Stealth Edits to Abrams Op-Ed

Hirschauer & Lasch, RCP

America's Military Risks Losing Its Edge

Michele Flournoy, Foreign Affairs

Countering China's Global Great Game

Michael Sobolik, The National Interest

The Curious Case of the Asian American Victim

Richard Bernstein, RCInvestigations

I Should Only Know Ma'Khia Bryant From TikTok

Camille Squires, New York Magazine

Does the Media Care About Historic Surge in Homicides?

Michael Tracey, Substack

'Sleepy Joe' Was Just a Charade

Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics

Republicans Can't Land a Punch on Biden

Richard Wolffe, The Guardian

Woke Education Loses Big in Dallas Suburb

Alex Nester, Washington Free Beacon

Monday, May 3

The Democrats' Equity Mess

Matt Welch, Reason

Yes, America Is a Racist Country

Charles Blow, New York Times

Left's Obsession w/Race Ripping America Apart

Peter Van Buren, Am Conservative

Going Big & Bold Is Smart Politics for Democrats

Harry Reid, Las Vegas Sun

Democrats Humbled in Texas Special Election

Gromer Jeffers, Dallas Morning News

Who's Pulling Biden's Strings? Meet the Real President

Sarah Baxter, Times of London

Combating Biden & the Democrats' 'Cult of Free'

Tom Basile, Washington Times

The Pandemic Crushed America's Youth

Erica Pandey, Axios

CDC's Irrational Guidance Traps Kids In Forever Pandemic

Karol Markowicz, NY Post

Biden Promises Young Americans a Future

Chauncey DeVega, Salon

The Bleak Biden Way

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Democratic Unity Makes Biden's Ambition Possible

Shawn Zeller, Roll Call

Never Trumpers to Blame for Biden's Leftist Onslaught

Libby Emmons, Post Millennial

GOP Turns Lies Into Laws

Juan Williams, The Hill

Out to Get Trump, Feds Abuse Power to Hound Rudy

Miranda Devine, NY Post

Giuliani Raids Show Accountability Coming for Trump Era

Norman Eisen, USAT

Why the Biden Admin Is Happy With Terrible TV Ratings

Joe Concha, The Hill

Sunday Video: CNN | FOX News | NBC | This Week | Bartiromo | Attkisson | CBS

Sunday, May 2

Can Biden Flip U.S. Government From 'Them' to 'Us'?

Joseph Ellis, Los Angeles Times

Biden's State-Run Media Have a Tough Job Ahead

David Harsanyi, National Review

The Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden Show

Maureen Dowd, New York Times

Sen. Tim Scott Puts the Left to Shame on Racial Issues

Michael Goodwin, NY Post

Is America a 'Racist Nation'? Who's Asking?

Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune

The Left's Evidence-Free Destruction of Reputations

Glenn Greenwald, Substack

How Biden Could Actually Deliver on Climate Change Goals

Rebecca Leber, Vox

Census Confirms Texas & Florida Are America's Future

Grasso & Buczek, The Hill

Children Poised To Be at the Forefront of Biden’s Agenda

Amy Sorkin, New Yorker

Democrats' Inexcusable Failure to Reopen Schools

Rep. Virginia Foxx, Roll Call

Look Who Thinks He's FDR ...

Mickey Kaus, Substack

The Real Reasons Behind the Rudy Giuliani Raid

Lee Smith, Epoch Times

Lessons Learned on the Plains of Afghanistan

Sen. Dick Durbin, USA Today

CNN Can't Whitewash Biden Opposing Osama bin Laden Raid

Dan McLaughlin, NRO

Why They're Not Saying Ma'Khia Bryant's Name

Fabiola Cineas, Vox

An Open Letter to Swarthmore President Valerie Smith

Peter Berkowitz, RCP

How the Pentagon Started Taking UFOs Seriously

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker

Saturday, May 1

The Monster Is in the Classroom

Erika Sanzi, City Journal

Some Kids Never Logged On to Remote School. Now What?

Juan Perez, Politico

The Trouble With Biden's Pandemic Political Theater

Marc Thiessen, Washington Post

Biden's First 100 Days Were a Complete Success

John Podesta, NBC News

Race Demagogues Are Poisoning Our Politics

Andrew McCarthy, National Review

Florida and Texas Join the Republican War on Voting

Jon Skolnik, Salon

Raid on My Dad's Home Is Political Intimidation at Work

Andrew Giuliani, DC Examiner

Biden Wants to Prove Democracy Works--Before It's Too Late

What's 'Normal' in America?

Lee Siegel, City Journal

Will Gov. Cuomo Get Away With It All?

Stephen Miller, The Spectator

Why Republicans Must Not Succeed in Ousting Newsom

Nicholas Goldberg, LATimes

The Biden Tax Hikes Have a Math Problem

Jed Graham, Investor's Business Daily

The Left Is Winning the Economic Battle of Ideas

Chris Giles, Financial Times

Biden Approval Ratings for His First 100 Days Are Ominous

Miranda Devine, NY Post

Sen. Scott's Rebuttal to Biden Was Fatally Flawed

A Tale of Two Speeches

Newt Gingrich, Newsweek

In Memory of 'Fritz' Mondale--a Political Giant & Loyal Friend

Leslie Francis, RCP