Real Clear Politics Thursday

After Big Loss, Dems Reelect All Their Leaders. Huh? - Chris Cillizza, WP
Law in the Raw - Linda Greenhouse, New York Times
"Context" No Excuse for Jonathan Gruber - Mollie Hemingway, Federalist
Gruber Is Right About Voters & Legislating - Danny Vinik, New Republic
Obama's Obfuscations Have Added Up - Kathleen Parker, Washington Post
IQ2: A Higher Form of Debate - Pat Horan, RealClearPolitics
The Demise of the White Democratic Voter - Thomas Edsall, NY Times
Republicans' Obsession With "Restoring" America - Peter Beinart, Atlantic
The President Defies the Voters - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Is America Still Able To Defend Itself? - Pete Hegseth, RCP Changing Lanes
Money Can't Buy You Happiness - Michael Lewis, The New Republic
Obama Job Approval: YouGov 40% | Gallup 41% | RCP Average 41.6%

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RCP Morning Edition

Is This the Political Map of the Future? - Michael Barone, Wash Examiner
Jim Messina: Democrats in Good Shape for 2016 - Carlos Watson, Ozy
It Wasn't Just Obama - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
Landrieu's Hail Mary - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Obamacare: Built & Sold on a Foundation of Lies - Ron Fournier, Natl Jrnl
Gruber's Confession Impolitic, But Not Newsworthy - Brian Beutler, TNR
In Praise of Jonathan Gruber's Honesty - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
All Eyes on Jeb Bush - A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
Carson Making Case to Be Taken Seriously in 2016 - Scott Conroy, RCP
A Question for Dems Before They Choose Hillary - Noam Scheiber, TNR
Hillary: The Biggest Loser of Them All - Ross Kaminsky, American Spectator
The Climate-Change President? - Stephen Stromberg, Washington Post
Climate Deal a Non-Binding Charade - Sen. James Inhofe, USA Today
Another Stock-Market Bubble? - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Elections Have Consequences 2.0 - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle
A Withering Critique of Obama's NSC - Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
Rethinking U.S. Foreign Policy - George Will, National Review

Editorials

A Major Breakthrough on Climate Change - New York Times
The Audacity of Climate Cynicism - Washington Examiner
Confirm Loretta Lynch as Attorney General - Denver Post
Gruber and the Stupidity of the American Voter - Boston Herald

Real Clear Politics Wednesday

Morning Update
Obama's Advisers Go Too Easy on Him - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Smarter Than Thou - Ian Tuttle, National Review
Health Law Not in Such a Dire Shape - Michael Cohen, Boston Globe
Obamacare's Foundation of Lies - Timothy Carney, Washington Examiner
The Party of "No" Has No Clue - Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post
Inroads in Some Very Blue States - Michael Warren, Weekly Standard
Midterm Mood Swings - Jeffrey Frank, The New Yorker
A President Who Is Hearing Things - Richard Benedetto, RealClearPolitics
China, America and Our Warming Planet - John Kerry, New York Times
The Real Problem With Valerie Jarrett - James Poulos, The Daily Beast
Jarrett Deserves Credit, Not Sexist Attacks - Mika Brzezinski, MSNBC
How to Distort Income Inequality - Gramm & Solon, Wall Street Journal
Freud and the Middle East - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Will Obama Thwart Hillary Again? - Noemie Emery, Washington Examiner
Bringing Accountability to Energy Regulation - Daniel Fiorino, RCP
Polarization and the American Situation - Paul Starr, American Prospect
Washington Can't Stop Itself - Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal

Afternoon Update
Are Democrats Losing the Youth Vote? - Mark Bauerlein, New York Times
Why the Republicans Won - Elizabeth Drew, New York Review of Books
President Impervious - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
Obama Outmaneuvers GOP on Climate - Christopher Flavelle, Bloomberg
Conservatives Right About Obamacare Lies - Charles Krauthammer, FOX
Pelosi: Wave? What Wave? - Lauren French & John Bresnahan, Politico
Rise of the Republican Pragmatists - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
Israel's New Intolerance - David Remnick, The New Yorker
Obama and the Definition of "Islamic" - Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
My Name Is Stephen Glass, and I'm Sorry - Hanna Rosin, The New Republic
25 Years After the Wall Fell, Challenges Remain - Cathy Young, RCP

Real Clear Policy

We're Ready to Repeal and Replace Obamacare - Orrin Hatch, USA Today
Will Gruber Have to Testify Under Oath? - Robert Costa, Washington Post
Killing the Medical Device Tax - Kevin Drawbaugh, Reuters
Ebolacare: Where Will $6.2 Billion Go? - Betsy McCaughey, American Prospect
There Is No Gridlock Clause, Obama - Josh Blackman, National Review

Real Clear Markets

How to Prepare for Obamacare's Collapse - Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg
Tech Bubble 2.0? NASDAQ Just 7% Off March 2000 Levels - CNNMoney
Income Taxes Are Lower Than You Think - Rick Newman, Yahoo
Where's Your Dividend, Warren Buffett? - Elizabeth MacDonald, Fox Biz
College Grad's Average Student Loan Debt? $28,400 - Kim Clark, Time

Real Clear World

Russia's Coming Offensive in Ukraine - Adrian Karatnycky, Atl. Council
China Is Financing Putin's Aggression - Gordon Chang, Daily Beast
Great-Power Rivalry Still Threatens the Pacific - The Economist
Beware the Siren Song of ISIS - Geneive Abdo & Lulwa Rizkallah, TNI
Catholicism on Decline in Latin America - Adam Taylor, Wash. Post

Real Clear Defense

China and the U.S. Are Preparing for War - Michael Pillsbury, Foreign Policy
U.S. & China's Competing Versions of Transparency - John Grady, USNI
Don't Forget America's Nuclear Arsenal - Tom Nichols, National Interest
The Culmination of Unconventional Warfare - Steve Thomas, WOTR
4 Things Veterans Hate That Movies Get Wrong - Brian Adam Jones, T&P

Real Clear Science

The Mystery of the Terracotta Warriors - Lori Ann White, Symmetry
Incredible Photos from a Comet's Surface - Marcus Woo, Wired
5,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Found - Elizabeth Palermo, LS
Ancient Reptile Either Cute or Terrifying - Ross Pomeroy, RCScience
Ancient Solar System's Magnetic Field - Ken Croswell, Science News

Real Clear Technology

How the Broadband Industry Can Kill Net Neutrality - Brendan Sasso, NJ
Net Neutrality Delays AT&T Fiber Install Plans - Matt Hamblen, Computerworld
Sony to Offer Internet TV with 75 Channels - Arjun Kharpal, CNBC
Why Didn't the Windows 8 Gamble Pay off? - Steve Ranger, ZDNet
ISPs Removing Email Encryption - Jacob Hoffman-Andrews, EFF

Real Clear Energy

The GOP Prepares For An Energy Battle - Denver Nicks, Time Magazine
The Coming Climate Onslaught - Restuccia and Martinson, Politico
Breaking Into the Flare Business - Patrick Miller, The Bakken
Keystone: It's No Longer Economically Viable - Tim Mullaney, CNBC
It's Time to Stop Digging a Climate Hole - Albany Times-Union

Real Clear History

Was Scott an Incompetent Explorer? - Alison George, New Scientist
Doomed Explorer's Legacy for Science - Eric Niiler, Washington Post
Scott's Final Letter Made Public - Robert Barro, Associated Press
Tojo Scapegoat for Japan Aggression? - Peter Chen, WWII Database
U.S. Gives War Criminal Hirohito a Free Pass - Pacific War

Real Clear Religion

Jesus Christ, Baby Daddy? - Candida Moss, The Daily Beast
Holy Grail Conspiracy Theories - Rupert Hawksley, The Telegraph
Prosperity Gospel in Black & White - Dennis Sanders, Christian Century
What the Economy Has Done to the Family - Ben Steverman, Bloomberg
The LDS Church's Bigger Problem - Joanna Brooks, Religion Dispatches

Real Clear Education

USED to Give Waiver States Fast Track to Renewal - A. Klein, PK12
GAO: Oversight Needed of Native American Schools - K. Hefling, AP
Kevin Huffman Out as Ed Commissioner - Boucher & Garrison, Tennessean
White House Pulls Controversial NLRB Pick - E.I. Dovere, Politico
Ed-Tech Vendors Often in Dark on District Needs - S. Cavanagh, EdWeek

Real Clear Sports

A Rare Moment of Clarity Out of Michigan - Jason Gay, Wall Street Journal
FIFA in Total Denial Over Ethics Report - David Conn, The Guardian
When Tiger Snubbed Johnny Football - Ryan Ballengee, Devil Ball Golf
Josh Brent Deals With Fatal Mistake - Brandon George, Dallas Morning News
There's Another Way to Pick CFP Field - Scott Ostler, S.F. Chronicle

Real Clear Books

Anatomy of a Presidency - Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
National Security Adrift - Edward Luce, Financial Times
A New Conservative Cool - David DesRosiers, Washington Times
Revolution for Morons - Michael Moynihan, The Daily Beast
Testing and Authoritarianism - Diane Ravitch, New York Review of Books