RealClearPolitics August 15, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

FBI: Violent Crime Plummeted in 2025

Anna Schecter, CBS News

Progressives Are in a Catch-22

Emma Camp, Wall Street Journal

Can the Left Separate Economics From Culture?

Janan Ganesh, Financial Times

Karoline Leavitt, Trump's Happy Warrior

James Antle, Washington Examiner

What's Hiding Underneath Trump's Blustering on Iran

Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now

Iranians Struggle To Afford Groceries Amid U.S. Squeeze

Golnar Motevalli, Bloomberg

The Electoral Integrity Issue Isn't Israel--It's Islam

Josh Hammer, Newsweek

The Making & Remaking of Chinese Totalitarianism

Chenggang Xu, Project Syndicate

ABC News Exposed, Changed Coverage Due to 'Fauci'

Isaac Schorr, New York Post

The Dignifying Solution to America's Care Crisis

Courtney Martin, The Nation

Requiem for a Dream: Jason Arday Was a Child of God

Alex Berenson, Substack

Why Is the University of Michigan Hiding Grades?

Neetu Arnold, City Journal

The Case for Lesser-Known Colleges

Elwood Watson, Washington Monthly

Closing Federal Prisons: A Winning Hand

Levin & Cumberbatch, RealClearPolitics

The Quiet Manufacturing Boom

Steve Cortes, The Daily Signal

Men Also Want It All

Maibritt Henkel, Substack

WNBA Should Clarify That Only Women Can Play

Lisa Davis, UnHerd