March 5, 2018 Archives

Week of March 5, 2018 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, March 5

Trump Grasps the Need for Change in U.S. Foreign Policy

Judd Gregg, The Hill

Dear Mr. President, Reboot Before It's Too Late

Richard Haass, The Daily Beast

The Devin Nunes You Don't Know

Jim Geraghty, National Review

How Christopher Steele Compiled the Sordid Trump Dossier

Jane Mayer, New Yorker

FBI's Secret Warrant to Surveil Page Should Scare Us All

Ladar Levison, NBC News

Trump's Costly and Futile Tariffs

Holtz-Eakin & Varas, US News & World Report

Six Simple Reasons Trump Is Right on Tariffs

Kevin McCullough, Townhall

The Power-Structure Oscars

Megan Garber, The Atlantic

Most Tepid, Predictable Academy Awards in Recent Memory

Sara Stewart, NY Post

Protect Yourself at All Times--a Second Amendment Mantra

Steve Cortes, RCP

On the Ground with Parkland Teens as They Plot Revolution

Lisa Miller, NY Magazine

Full Replay: White House Press Briefing with Sarah Sanders

Tuesday, March 6

Failure to Attract Talent Again Comes Back to Bite Trump

Timothy O'Brien, Bloomberg

Pursuit of Nunberg Hurts Credibility of Mueller Probe

Ed Rogers, Washington Post

Donald Trump Has Already Won His Trade War

Patricia Murphy, Roll Call

Republican Panic Spreads to Pennsylvania

Josh Kraushaar, National Journal

How Trump Can Test North Korea's Peace Talk Sincerity

Tom Rogan, DC Examiner

Trump: The Bull in the China (Policy) Shop

Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect

Why Is the GOP Terrified of Tariffs?

Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Why Are Democrats Helping Trump Dismantle Dodd-Frank?

Mike Konczal, NY Times

A Populist Reboot in Italy

Joel Weickgenant, RealClearWorld

The Catastrophic Success of #MeToo

Alice Lloyd, The Weekly Standard

A Strange, Uneven Oscar Night in the Year of #MeToo

Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker

Wednesday, March 7

On Russia and the 2016 Election, Dems Are Still in Denial

Katie Pavlich, The Hill

It's Not Just Gary Cohn. Trump's White House Is in a Staffing Crisis.

Ezra Klein, Vox

'Bad Cop' Trump Deserves Credit for North Korea Progress

Charlie Campbell, Time

Kim Jong Un Makes America Irrelevant

Jon Wolfsthal, The Atlantic

50 Years of Blaming Everything on Racism

Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal

Black Children Will Be the Victims of Armed Teachers

Sherrilyn Ifill, Time

Dear Annoying Parkland Kids: No, You're Not Experts

Robert Tracinski, The Federalist

The Flat Mind of Thomas Friedman

Helen Andrews, The National Interest

Memo to the President on Saudi Arabia

Thomas Friedman, New York Times

Saudi Crown Prince Shocks Islamists With Bold Moves in Egypt

Thomas Lifson, AT

China's Military Spending Spree Speeds Up

David Axe, The Daily Beast

Generic Ballot: YouGov: Dems +6 | Quinnipiac: Dems +10 | Monmouth: Dems +9

Thursday, March 8

Who Believes in Russiagate?

Lee Smith, Tablet Magazine

Robert Mueller's Russia Probe Just Got a Lot Weirder

Abigail Tracy, Vanity Fair

Trump's Tariff Move Just Might Pay Off in 2020

Niall Stanage, The Hill

Trump's Problem Isn't Who's Leaving. It's Who's Staying

Margaret Carlson, Daily Beast

California Endangers Lives to Promote Its Open Borders Agenda

Sessions Suit Against California Is Bad News for the GOP

Joe Garofoli, SF Chronicle

In Many GOP Primaries, No Calls for New Gun Laws

James Arkin, RealClearPolitics

Cohn's Resignation Will Only Fortify the Trump Agenda

Liz Peek, The Hill

Trump's Tariffs Are Triumph of Pride Over Policy

Robert Samuelson, Washington Post

Center-Left Politics: Dying in Europe & America

Michael Brendan Dougherty, NRO

Reagan's 'Evil Empire' Declaration Is Relevant Again

Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics

Trump Approval: Marist: 44% | Generic: Reuters: Dems +7 | RasRpts: Dems +6

Friday, March 9

Trump's Shock and Awe Foreign Policy

Michael Crowley, Politico

What Will Trump Give Up for Peace with North Korea?

Victor Cha, New York Times

Trump's Master Stroke

Jacob Heilbrunn, The Spectator

Meeting Kim Is a Half-Baked, Dangerous Idea

Richard Wolffe, The Guardian

Thanks to Trump, Little Rocket Man Blinked

Piers Morgan, Daily Mail

How Democrats Can Sweep the Midterm Elections

Rep. Adam Schiff, LA Times

Democrats Sing the Texas Blues

Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

The Worm Overturns the Immigration Debate

Wesley Pruden, Washington Times

Trump Abandons Families in Immigration Impasse

John McCullough, USA Today

Donald Trump Is a Walking Maelstrom

Elizabeth Drew, The New Republic

Christopher Steele & the Entitled's Echo Chamber

George Neumayr, American Spectator

Sunday, March 11

In Texas, Encouraging Signs for Republicans

Josh Kraushaar, National Journal

Dems Must Show Why Voting Blue Is Worth It in 2018

Douglas Schoen, The Hill

Is California Becoming America's Taiwan?

Joe Mathews, Sacramento Bee

How Identity Politics Hurts Dems' National Hopes

Steve Koppman, SJ Mercury-News

Barack Obama's Legacy: He Sparked Hope - and Got Blindsided

Julian Zelizer, CNN

This Week Delivered Bad News for Obama Administration

Julie Kelly, Am. Greatness

The World Is Better Than Ever. Why Are We Miserable?

Andrew Sullivan, NY Magazine

Even Trump Critics Like Me Must Admit: He's Not Half Bad

Matt Gillow, Independent

Concept of 'White Privilege' Is Just Ugly, Angry Racism

Rex Murphy, National Post

Why Tamika Mallory Won't Condemn Farrakhan

Adam Serwer, The Atlantic

Civility Isn't Surrender

David French, National Review