RealClearPolitics Week of January 1, 2024 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Tuesday, January 2

An Election Unlike Any We've Seen. Are Dems Ready?

Michael Tomasky, New Republic

Biden's Fallen, and He Can't Get Up

Byron York, Washington Examiner

GOP 2024 Field Down to Just Trump, Haley and DeSantis

Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine

Who Are the Real Insurrectionaries?

Victor Davis Hanson, X/Twitter

The Idea of 'Wokeness' Is Bludgeoned Beyond Recognition

Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC

Shelby and Eli Steele on Race, Innocence and Power

Samuel Kronen, City Journal

The Courage To Admit You're Wrong

Jamie Reed, The Free Press

Harvard University President Claudine Gay Is Resigning

Mike Damiano, Boston Globe

Why the ACLU Is Working With the NRA

Jonathan Turley, USA Today

The Very Best Books of 2023

Constance Grady, Vox

Happy New Year! And Predictions for 2024

Sasha Stone, Substack

Wednesday, January 3

10 New Year Resolutions for Saving American Democracy

Robert Reich, Guardian

How I Will End Biden's Border Disaster on Day 1

Donald Trump, Des Moines Register

Could Nikki Haley Actually Do It?

Healy & Miller, New York Times

Media Has Divided Country To the Breaking Point Over Race

Vivek Ramaswamy, X

Trump's Final Battle Has Begun

Frank Bruni, New York Times

It Looks Like Biden, Not Trump, Obstructed Justice

Margot Cleveland, The Federalist

You Are Entering the Infernal Triangle

Rick Pearlstein, The American Prospect

Year of the Hypocrite: 2024 in Preview

Derek Hunter, The Hill

The Battle for Normie Ridge

John Halpin, The Liberal Patriot

Obama Most Overrated President, Coolidge Most Underrated

Stephen Moore, WT

Gay Had To Go, But She Was Right About the Big Things

Jonathan Chait, NY Mag

Gay Betrayed Values of My Black Elders To Exploit White Guilt

Eli Steele, Newsweek

Thursday, January 4

Biden vs. Trump Is the Race Voters Want. Really

Bill Scher, Washington Monthly

Can Even Trump Save Biden's 2024 Run?

Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

Democrats! Re-Embrace Merit, Free Speech & Universalism

Ruy Teixeira, Substack

Without a Unified SCOTUS, Ballot Bans Will Be the Norm

Sanford Horn, The Federalist

Even Harvard Isn't Free From the Culture War

Chris Lehmann, The Nation

After Resigning, Claudine Gay Mounts Laughable Defense

Joe Concha, Messenger

The Utter Insanity of Biden's Open Border

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Untangling the Government Funding Mess

David Dayen, American Prospect

The Silent Death by a Thousand Cuts in Manufacturing

Salena Zito, DC Examiner

Magnificent 7 Isn't the Only Concentration To Worry Over

Gillian Tett, Financial Times

The Carbon Tax Cliff

Mark Mills, City Journal

Friday, January 5

DeSantis, Haley Take Aim at Trump in Iowa Townhall

Lowenkron & Hall, Bloomberg

How To Think About a Two-Incumbent Election

Matthew Continetti, National Review

Biden's Attention Deficit

Kevin Robillard, HuffPost

Note From the Campaign Trail--First Stop: Iowa

Matt Taibbi, Racket News

Claudine Gay Is Only Digging Deeper

Victor Davis Hanson, RealClearPolitics

Gay's Resignation Had Nothing To Do With Plagiarism

Moira Donegan, The Guardian

Unrepentant DEI at MIT

Heather Mac Donald, City Journal

To My Friends Across the Political Divide

Martin Gurri, Substack

Musk's Top 10 Free Speech Moments in 2023

Mike Benz, Foundation for Freedom Online

You Don't Need Everything You Want

Emily Stewart, Vox

Blame Regulations for Higher Airline Prices

John Lott, RealClearPolitics

Sunday, January 7

Maureen Dowd, New York Times

Biden Fails To Cement Trump-Dictator Narrative

Roger Kimball, American Greatness

Could NH Primary Push Biden Out of Office?

David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Lloyd Austin Fallout Is Growing

Ward, Seligman & Lemire, Politico

House GOP Prefers Political Theater To Passing Laws

Glenn Altschuler, The Hill

Mayorkas Is 'Not a Good Faith Negotiating Partner'

Speaker Mike Johnson, CBS News

Why January 6th is More Important Now Than It's Ever Been

Josh Marshall, TPM

The Dems' Crusade To Get Trump, Other Republicans Off Ballot

David Deavel, AMAC

Is Trump Building His Own 'Unenthusiasm Gap'?

Keith Naughton, The Messenger

Biden, Democrats Have a Huge Problem With Black Voters

Mike Miller, RedState

MAGA Cynics Have Decided To Destroy Diversity Efforts

Robin Abcarian, L.A. Times

Obama To Blame for America Being at Each Other’s Throats

Larry Elder, Toronto Sun