Real Clear Politics Wednesday
Our Decadent Democracy - George Will, Washington PostHouse GOP Clown Car Crashes, Again - Joe Conason, Truthdig
The President Who Wants It All - Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journal
Good Riddance to Rottenest Congress in History - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
Boehner Likely to Remain Speaker - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RealClearPolitics
Half the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong - Ronald Bailey, Reason
RCP Afternoon Edition
Real Problem Is the Policy Deficit - Walter Russell Mead, American InterestLost Decade, Revisited - Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal
Inside the Republicans' Failed "Plan O" - Farrell, Frates, Cook & House, NJ
Well, I'm Glad That's Over - Jared Bernstein, Huffington Post
Is This the High Water Mark for Federal Spending? - Nick Gillespie, Reason
It's Okay to Question Clinton's Recovery - Melinda Henneberger, Wash Post
The Stock Markets Climbed Wall of Worry In '12 - Adam Shell, USA Today
Dysfunctional Republican Nihilism - Michael Cohen, The Guardian
Memo to Washington: Economic Growth Is Easy - John Tamny, Forbes
The Five Worst Op-Eds of 2012 - Gene Healy, Washington Examiner
CNN Has Utterly Lost Its Grip - David Zurawik, Baltimore Sun
More From Real Clear
Markets: The Pessimists Might Be Right - Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs
Energy: 12 Alternative Tax Breaks Survive Cliff - Chris DeMorro, Gas 2
Tech: Adios Netbooks: No One's Gonna Miss You - Brian Proffitt, ReadWrite
Sports: Ray Lewis Calling It a Career - Jeff Zrebiec, Baltimore Sun
Energy: 12 Alternative Tax Breaks Survive Cliff - Chris DeMorro, Gas 2
Tech: Adios Netbooks: No One's Gonna Miss You - Brian Proffitt, ReadWrite
Sports: Ray Lewis Calling It a Career - Jeff Zrebiec, Baltimore Sun
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RCP Morning Edition
Obama Riding High, Wins Cliff Showdown - Howard Kurtz, The Daily BeastNothing Is Certain Except More Debt and Taxes - David Malpass, WSJ
A Reasonable Compromise, But New Fights Await - Ryan Lizza, New Yorker
Failure of Presidential Leadership - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Obama Wins Big, Gets His Tax Hikes - Charles Gasparino, New York Post
Businesses Begin Bracing for ObamaCare - Anthony Mason, CBS News
Hillary Angst - Tina Brown, The Daily Beast
Benghazi and the Return of the Credibility Gap - Mona Charen, NRO
5 Disturbing Trends to Watch in 2013 - Paul Brandus, The Week
A New Agenda - Erick Erickson, RedState
The Man Who Said "Nay" - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Biden May Be Most Influential VP Ever - Michael Hirsh, National Journal
For Obama, the Economy Never Comes First - Byron York, DC Examiner
Obama Took Republicans to the Cleaners - Ed Schultz, MSNBC
Congress Doesn't Mend Its Old Ways - Charles Hurt, Washington Times
Americans Weary, Wary Heading Into 2013 - Susan Page, USA Today
An F for Effort on Holding Down Tuition - Charles Lane, Washington Post
Editorials
Retreat from Debt Mountain - Chicago TribuneJoining the EPA's War on Soot - Los Angeles Times
Ten Ways for Obama to Remake the World - Bloomberg
The New York Times Gives Up - New York Sun
Real Clear Politics Tuesday
Morning UpdateSenate OKs Deal Raising Taxes on Affluent - Jonathan Weisman, NY Times
Tax Increase Is Biggest In Decades - Zachary Goldfarb, Washington Post
Obama Gets Higher Taxes on Rich, But at What Cost? - David Lauter, LAT
What's Happening in Washington Is a Joke - John Crudele, New York Post
One Positive of Deal: No Spending Cuts at All - Paul Krugman, NY Times
Big Battles Pushed to the Springtime - Nancy Cook, National Journal
Obama's Incredible Arrogance - Charles Krauthammer, FOX News
Republicans Adrift - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
New Year Means Tax Hikes to Pay for Health Law - Tony Pugh, McClatchy
Employers Must Offer Family Care, Affordable or Not - Robert Pear, NYT
Pols Lied About True Purpose of Euro Behemoth - Christopher Booker, DM
Ending India's Rape Culture - Naomi Wolf, Globe & Mail
The Depardieu Revolution - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Rupert Murdoch's Make-or-Break Venture - Michael Wolff, The Guardian
Long Walk, Short Piers - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Why 2013 Is Going to Be Awful - Alex Pareene, Salon
Happy New Year? - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Transcripts & Speeches
Obama's Remarks on the Passage of the Fiscal Cliff Deal - Barack ObamaInterview with Senator-Elect Deb Fischer - The NewsHour
Obama's Speech on the Fiscal Cliff Negotiations - Barack Obama
Interview with Senator Rand Paul - The Situation Room
Guests: Reps. Rangel & Huelskamp - Your World w/Neil Cavuto
Best of the Blogs
The Obama Tax Hikes Have Just Begun - James Pethokoukis, IdeasThe End of One Crisis and the Start of Another - Steve Benen, Maddow Blog
The Deal and the Working Poor - Ed Kilgore, Political Animal
Fiscal Cliff Deal Endangers Entitlements - James Kwak, The Atlantic
Relax About Sandy Relief For a Minute - Daniel Foster, The Corner
Real Clear Markets |
What Did the the Cliff Deal Resolve? Nothing - Neil Irwin, Washington Post
Euphoria Over This Deal Will Be Short-Lived - Cyrus Sanati, Term Sheet
A Budget 'Cure' Worse Than the Disease - Charles Gasparino, New York Post
Economy Isn't Real Beneficiary of Cliff Deal - Mohamed El-Erian, Fortune
Real Clear World |
Welcome to a Diminished America - Kenneth Weisbrode, Yale Global
Germany's Downward Trend - John Vinocur, New York Times
Pitfalls of an Aging China - John Lee, The National Interest
Finally, a Real Challenger for Merkel - Henning Meyer, The Guardian
Real Clear Religion |
Moving On With the Mormon Moment - Joseph Walker, Deseret News
The Emergence of Ethical Man - Alan Brill, Book of Doctrines & Opinions
Hobby Lobby Braces for Million Dollar Fines - Bob Allen, AB Press
John Paul II's Liberation Encyclical - Barry Hudock, Commonweal
Real Clear Science |
You Could Have Been So Much Brighter - Hank Pellissier, Transhumanity
Does Pot Cause Psychosis... or Vice Versa? - Lindsay Abrams, Atlantic
The Chemistry Behind Removing Graffiti - Enrico Uva, Science 2.0
Sorry Phoebe, Lobsters Don't Mate for Life - Matt Soniak, Mental Floss
Real Clear Energy |
Obama Must Prove Serious About Independence - Grady Means, Wash.Ex.
Is U.S. Cursed With Energy Plenty? - David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
Solar Faces Problem of Abundance - Dana Blankenhorn, Seeking Alpha
Will Shale Undermine Russian Prosperity? - Owen Matthews, Daily Beast
Real Clear Sports |
NFL Playoff Spotlight on Quarterbacks - Peter Schrager, Fox Sports
Seahawks' Secret Weapon: No-Name Defense - Jim Trotter, Sports Illustrated
Texas, Oklahoma Could Solve Big Ten Woes - Bill Bender, Sporting News
Ducks Face K-State, Then Uncertainty - Rob Moseley, Eugene Register-Guard