RealClearPolitics August 17, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Simple Reason Gas Prices Could Cost GOP in November

Lillie Boudreaux, MS Now

El-Sayed and the Ongoing Conflict Within Democratic Party

Byron York, DC Examiner

Democrats' Woke Era Was Crazy, But It's Also Fixable

Luke Winkie, Slate

USS Lincoln: Performance for the Ages

Brad Cooper, Wall Street Journal

Iran and Trump's Midterm Malaise

David Smith, The Guardian

Wait...How Much Oil Is Actually Leaving the Persian Gulf?

David Goldman, CNN

What Our Spies Cut Out of the China File

Peter Navarro, Washington Examiner

The Cost of Keeping China Out

Cowhey & Rithmire, Foreign Affairs

Dem Governors Get an F for Blocking Education Freedom

Glenn Youngkin, NY Post

U.S. Universities Are Sliding Into Decline

Jon Marcus, Washington Monthly

Head Start Has Never Worked

Heather Mac Donald, City Journal

Fake News: The Long History

John Hamilton, RealClearPolitics

What Happens When Millennials Take Over?

Kristen Anderson, Substack

Why Texas May Soon Have More People Than California

Joel Kotkin, New York Post

Housing Bill Trump Shrugged Off Is Half the Answer

Dave Uejio, Washington Monthly

Pregnant in Public

Theresa Braid, Commonplace

Europe's Existential Crisis

Kenneth Timmerman, American Greatness

'28 Dems (FT): Harris 26, Newsom 15, Buttigieg 13, AOC 9, Shapiro 8 | '28 GOP

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Milwaukee's Latest Election Mess a Bit of History Repeating

M.D. Kittle, Federalist

What Trump's Obsession With Small-Dollar Fraud Reveals

Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now

Warsh Is Wise To Ditch the Dots

Donald Luskin, Wall Street Journal

Hey, Your AI Is Showing

John Herrman, New York Magazine

What Tasks Was Rep. Swalwell Performing for China?

Jack Posobiec, War Room

Did Trump's Harvard Loss Conceal a Strategic Victory?

Jason Willick, Washington Post

The Tragedy of Jason Arday

Douglas Murray, The Free Press

Teaching Kids Scarcity in an Age of Abundance

Nathan Harden, RealClearEducation

Ukraine's Long Shot

Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic

Ceuta Tests Spain's Border, Exposes Britain's

Conrad Black, Brussels Signal

The Prestige Industrial Complex

Zane, Varney & Bezmenov, RCI Podcast

'28 GOP (FT): Vance 45, Rubio 20, Trump Jr. 8, DeSantis 8, RFK Jr. 5 | '28 Dems