RealClearPolitics Week of March 2, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, March 2

Hegseth Lays Out 3-Part Mission: Conflict 'Not Endless'

Ashley Carnahan, FOX News

Is Iran the World's Most Inexplicable Country?

Joe Klein, Substack

Who Takes Over Iran? How Does the Regime Get Changed?

Erik Prince, War Room

Khamenei's Unforced Errors Proved Fatal

Elliot Kaufman, Wall Street Journal

Democrats, MAGA Share Common Ground on War Powers

Lanny Davis, RCP

The Myth of the Post-Industrial Economy

Joel Kotkin, Spiked

The Bond Market Is Telling You Something

Ed D'Agostino, Mauldin Economics

From Whiskey to Weed: A 2nd Amendment Fight

John & Laura Lott, RealClearPolitics

Democrats Need a Simple Agenda

Justin Vassallo, Substack

Mamdani Needs To Get Serious About Protecting NYers

Miranda Devine, NY Post

Adopt Congressional Plan To End Persecution in Nigeria

Nina Shea, RealClearPolitics

Tuesday, March 3

Trump, Forever Wars and Iraq Syndrome

Byron York, Washington Examiner

The Case For--and Against--Striking Iran

Caitlin Dewey, Vox

Rubio Remarks Blow Open MAGA's Israel Divide

Caputo, Ravid, Isenstadt & Basu, Axios

Vance 'Didn't Take Persuading'

Bevan, Cannon, Wegmann & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM

Holding FBI and CIA Accountable for Weaponization

Sen. Eric Schmitt, U.S. Senate

Texas Primary Could Rewrite the Democrat Playbook

Russell Payne, Salon

Cornyn Learning There's More to Politics Than 'Electability'

David Marcus, FOX News

The Rare-Earth Reckoning

Shawn Regan, City Journal

Can the Iranian Regime Hold On?

Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs

Decapitating Amalek: Iran, Purim and the Obligation To Act in Time

Eric Spitz, RCP

The Politicization of Parenting Is Unfortunate

Leonard Sax, Commonplace

Wednesday, March 4

A New Middle East Alliance Is Suddenly Feasible

Shimon Refaeli, Wall Street Journal

Iran Tests Its Pain Threshold in Survival Battle

Golnar Motevalli, Bloomberg

Iran, America and the Wrong-Headed 'Pottery Barn' Rule

Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics

Best Bet Is That a Business Deal Is Reached With Iran

Martin Wolf, Financial Times

Cornyn Spends $70M To Get to Runoff vs. Paxton's $4M

Eric Benson, Texas Monthly

Talarico Triumphs, Providing Some Relief for Dem Leaders

Kevin Robillard, HuffPost

Crenshaw Gone After Foolishly Allying With Cheney, Kinzinger

Alex Bruesewitz, X

My Criticism of the Ivy League Isn't Hypocrisy

Rob Henderson, Wall Street Journal

AI Industry's Civil War: What Anthropic and OpenAI Really Believe

Eric Levitz, Vox

What Eileen Gu Stole From America

Maxwell Meyer, Pirate Wires

Are We Going To Care for Abused Kids, or Just Keep Talking?

Tim Tebow, FOX News

ME Sen (Pan Atlantic): Platner (D) 44, Collins (R) 40 | Collins (R) 44, Mills (D) 44

Thursday, March 5

America First? Trump's Iran Move Faces Skepticism, Scrutiny

Robby Soave, The Hill

Iran Had a Plan To Fight. It All Collapsed After October 7

Joshua Keating, Vox

The New Israeli Rules of Engagement

Amit Segal, Wall Street Journal

Kristi Noem Out as Homeland Security Secretary

Clarissa-Jan Lim, MS Now

Bizarre Talarico Comments Resurface

Bevan, Cannon, & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM

House GOP Wrong To Subpoena Clinton, Embarrassed Itself

Miranda Devine, NY Post

Democrats Should Embrace Move Toward Healthier Food

Ryan & Zorn, The Guardian

Spanberger Protects Murderous Illegal Immigrant

Zachary Faria, Washington Examiner

4 Reasons Why AI (Probably) Won't Take Your Job

Eric Levitz, Vox

Homeownership Is Key to the American Dream

Ryan Neuhaus, The American Mind

It's a Chaotic Market. Take the Long-Term View

Steven Sears, Barron's

Friday, March 6

Perhaps Iran Thought Trump Was Like His Predecessors

Douglas Murray, NY Post

How Does It End in Iran? The Most Likely Scenarios

Zack Beauchamp, Vox

The Grand Senate Bargain?

Scott McKay, The American Spectator

Paxton's Clever Ploy in Texas Senate Race

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

Fatal Stabbing: Fairfax Prosecutor Under Fire

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora, IWFeatures

Hollow Promises in Ohio's Silicon Heartland

Logan Chapman, American Prospect

Yes, Trump Can Do That With Tariffs

Peter Harrell, Commonplace

Congress Tells the Retreat Caucus To Sit Down

Kyle Moran, RealClearPolitics

Epic Fury Is Justified, But Americans Will Need Convincing

David Winston, Roll Call

Germany Conducts 13th Day of Censorship Action

John Rosenthal, Brussels Signal

What Kind of People Did Founders Intend Us To Be?

William Schambra, Giving Review

Sunday, March 8

Saint James Talarico (he/him)

David Harsanyi, Washington Examiner

Talarico Is a Picture of Christian Decency

David French, New York Times

A Question for Mr. French

Data Republican, X

Texas Primaries Raise GOP Alarm About Latino Voters

Knowles, et al, Wash Post

Iran and the Midterm Elections

Byron York, Washington Examiner

Trump Is Breaking Iran. Don't Count on Him To Fix It

Tim Swarens, USA Today

Trump Restoring America as World's Only Superpower

Batya Ungar-Sargon, Substack

Why the GOP's Mid-Decade Redistricting Ploy Is Unraveling

Paul Waldman, MS Now

International Women’s Day Should Include Motherhood

Rachel Scott, Epoch Times

Do Not Bring Your Politics to My Father's Memorial

Jesse Jackson Jr.

Checking In on Pravda, and It's Worse Than You Can Imagine

David Strom, Hot Air