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RealClearPolitics Week of September 14, 2026 Archives

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Monday, September 14
AI CEOs Say They Need To Slow the Pace. But Will They?
Nick Robins-Early, Guardian
AI Promises Boom, Doom and Both at Once
Gerard Baker, Wall Street Journal
Why OpenAI Hired Schumer Daughter From Amazon
Dylan Gyauch-Lewis, AmProspect
Gun Control Groups Silent as Crime Rate Drops
Bronson Winslow, Restoration News
Fetterman Is a Predictable Chaos Agent
Oliver Bateman, RealClearPennsylvania
Can Sununu Reclaim New Hampshire Senate Seat?
Carine Hajjar, Washington Post
$5,000 Checks Scheme Is an Insult to Americans
Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now
How Politico Operates as a Gossip Rag for Lobbyists
Christopher Jacobs, Federalist
Youth Sports: Private Equity Having a Field Day--Kids Are Not
Hewitt, et al., Vox
The Rise and Fall of a Super-Terrorist With Joby Warrick
Zane & Varney, RCI Podcast
Report: UK Arrested Over 62K for Speech-Related Offenses
Tyler Durden, ZeroHedge
Tuesday, September 15
AI Boom Can Withstand Development, Regulatory Slowdown
Courtenay Brown, Axios


The AI Debate Is All About Amassing Political Power
Sean Davis, The Federalist
Congress Takes Up Tech Industry's Apocalyptic Visions
Arthur Delaney, HuffPost
What, If Anything, Can Be Done About AI?
Niall Ferguson, The Free Press
Anti-Fraud Campaign a Boost for Vance
Byron York, Washington Examiner
Why Tucker Carlson Effectively Backed El-Sayed for Senate
Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now
In Corrupt Milwaukee, Election Integrity Dies in Darkness
M.D. Kittle, The Federalist
Putin Will Not Yield in Ukraine
Kimmage & Lipman, Foreign Affairs
Russian Base at Center of Putin's Plot To Destroy Kyiv
Verity Bowman, The Telegraph
Barney Frank's Last Harsh Warning to the Left
Anne Kim, Washington Monthly
Remembering Norm Macdonald
Kyle Smith, Wall Street Journal
TDIH - Sep 15th 2nd Term Job Approval: Trump 40.0 | Obama 41.4 | Bush 40.0
Wednesday, September 16
China and the U.S. Aren't in a Cold War
Zachary Karabell, Washington Post


Why the Press Is Hyperventilating Over AI and the Fed
Larry Kudlow, New York Sun
It's Not the Role of AI To Self-Regulate or Understand Impacts
Bill Gates, Tech Times
The Lie About Islam, Europe and the Dangers We Face
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Free Press
The Hidden Divide That Shapes Our Politics
Sen. Chris Murphy, American Prospect
Workers Split 50/50--Union Political Spending Goes 90% to Dems
Tom Jones, AAF
Fighting 'Democracy (In)Action'
Travis Taylor, RealClearPublishing
4 Powerful Shocks Coming for Global Economy
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph
Why the Fed Should Not Be Hiking Interest Rates
Stephen Miran, X
Land Acknowledgments Are Easy. Helping Indian Country Is Hard
Ayaan Karan, RCP
Kirk Family Prepares To Sue Utah Over Assassination
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News
Ohio (BGSU): Senate: Brown 48, Husted 45 | Gov: Acton 48, Ramaswamy 45
Thursday, September 17
Still Here? AI Hoax Similar to Climate Change
Roger Kimball, The Spectator


A Right Way To Regulate AI--and a Very Wrong Way
Timothy Noah, The New Republic
Plan To Stop Rigged Census Might Work This Time
Ben Weingarten, The Federalist
Harris Is Sticking to Her Own Timeline on 2028 Decision
Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN
What To Make of Wild Senate Polls
James Antle, Washington Examiner
Democrats Favored To Take Senate, But It's Close
Schoen & Cooperman, FOX News
A Republic, If You Can Teach It
Liebert & McDonald, RealClearPolitics
Free Marxist Kit Lays Out Curriculum for Teachers
Victoria Manning, Restoration News
Trump Lost Interest in Iran, But It's Still Interested in Him
David Faris, The Nation
Iran Is Cooked, and the World Should Be Rejoicing
Conrad Black, Brussels Signal
Starlink Has Made Costly Internet Subsidy Obsolete
Johnny Kampis, RealClearScience
New Polls: Sen: TX, MI, ME, MN, OH, IA - Map | Gov: TX, MI, IA, OH, MN,CT - Map
Friday, September 18
Lefty Prosecutors Have a Crime Problem All Their Own
Charles Lehman, City Journal


SCOTUS Still Works as the Founders Intended
Bill Scher, Washington Monthly
Records Show ActBlue Opened Door Wide to Foreign Donors
M.D. Kittle, Federalist
Trump's Attack on Effective Altruism Is a Head-Scratcher
Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now
Communism, Globalism and a Push for Regulatory Capture
Joe Lonsdale, FOX News
The Politics of Religion
Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
New York Is Holding $19M That Belongs to These Nuns
Madeleine Long, Free Press
Helping Mikala Sposito Achieve Her Dream of Becoming a Welder
Mike Rowe, X
Burned on My 16th Birthday
Hal Craig, RealClearPolitics
Great Books and the Embrace of Complexity
Naomi Riley, Commentary
English Departments Have Lost the Plot
Henry Oliver, Substack
Sunday, September 20
The Fall of California
Rhett Wagner, American Greatness
Mayor Bass Calls Herself 'An Activist Fighting for Change'
David Zahniser, LA Times
How Brandon Johnson's Agenda Hurts Black Chicagoans
Paul Vallas, JohnKassNews
7 Takeaways From the 2026 Primaries
Chris Stein, The Guardian
Republicans Will Hold Senate in Nov, Gain 1-2 Seats
Dick Morris, Newsmax
Even in Reliably Red Kansas, GOP Enthusiasm Fading
McWhirter, et al, WSJ
Alaska's Independent Streak Rears Head in Senate Race
Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost
Britain’s Rush To Net Zero Fueled China's Energy Dominance
Matt Oliver, Telegraph
You Probably Have the Iran War Backward
Miad Maleki, Wall Street Journal
Why Are Democrats in Hysterics About AI?
Wimbish & Dayen, American Prospect
No Blanket Immunity for AI Companies, Ever
Alex Berenson, Substack
Princeton Has Been Captured by Left
Yingling & Spencer, Princetonians for Free Speech
2026: Senate Map: 9 Toss Ups, Dems Lead in 7 | House: Dems +8.1, Past Cycles


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