RealClearPolitics May 15, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Mr. Xi Can Saber-Rattle, But Mr. Trump Has the Goods

Larry Kudlow, New York Sun

China's Iran Calculus Extends Beyond Hormuz

Amena Bakr, Semafor

After the Ayatollah

Jason Greenblatt, Tablet Magazine

The Iran Nutcracker

Joe Klein, Substack

Trump's Head-Scratching Iran Comments

Bevan, Porter & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM

Chicago Closure Another Case Study in Leftist Failure

Guy Benson, DC Examiner

Illegal Immigrant Crime Is Its Own Kind of Tragedy

Charles Lane, The Free Press

Why Did Every Democrat Skip Senate Hearing on Fauci?

David Marcus, FOX News

Vance Wants You To Think Fraud Is Only Blue State Problem

Paul Waldman, MS Now

Becerra Feels the Heat in Final CA Governor Debate

Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics

Who Will Win the House? The Scales Are Shifting

Henry Olsen, Washington Post

Thinking Through the Implications of Annexing Venezuela

Matt Ford, New Republic

CIA Director Travels to Cuba as Island's Fuel Reserves Hit Zero

Marc Caputo, Axios

China Solar Market Remade Itself Around U.S. Forced Labor Law

Adrian Zenz, RCP

AI Is Incapable of Poetry

Katha Pollitt, The Nation

The Moral and Political Wisdom of C.S. Lewis

Daniel Mahoney, The American Mind

Pay Attention: Essential Advice for the Class of 2026

Jonathan Haidt, The Atlantic

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Myth of the Thucydides Trap Is Convenient for China

Aaron MacLean, The Free Press

Cold Peace Between U.S. and China Is Good Enough

Jessica Weiss, Financial Times

Is China Out of New Ideas?

Michael Auslin, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM

Roberts, Birthright Citizenship and the Constitution

H.A. Scott Trask, Chronicles

Why the Anti-Abortion Movement Is Disappointed

Balonon-Rosen & Wegmann, Vox

Peak Human Is Coming Sooner Than You Think

Eberstadt & Norrick, The Free Press

The Hunger for the Real

Christine Rosen, Commentary

Political Anxiety Is Driving People to Therapy

Catherine Kim, Politico

A Fantastically Important Political Novel

Jonathan Leaf, RealClearBooks&Culture

The Roosters of Miami, Florida

Alex Perez, The Dispatch

Interest in UFOs, Distrust in Institutions

Diana Pasulka, Washington Post

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