December 31, 2012 Archives 
RealClearPolitics Morning Edition
Obama's Tax Hikes Won't Be Nearly Big Enough - John Judis, New Republic"We Darn Well Better Cut Spending" - Pete DuPont, Wall Street Journal
Let's Give Up on the Constitution - Louis Michael Seidman, New York Times
Why Government Is Often Self-Defeating - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Deal or Not, Budget Debacle Will Linger Into 2013 - Rick Klein, ABC News
Globalization in Retreat - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
2013 Likely Another Ho-Hum Year for Economy - Kevin Hall, McClatchy
America Slouching Towards Europe - Samuel Gregg, New York Post
Media CEOs Try to Engineer Turnaround in 2013 - David Carr, NY Times
Misplaced Fear & Loathing Over Income Inequality - Nick Gillespie, Reason
Lessons for Both Parties From the 2012 Elections - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
The Five Worst Things Obama Did in 2012 - Tim Stanley, The Telegraph
Billionaires Should Buy, Liquidate Gunmaker - William Cohan, Bloomberg
Syria's Descent into Hell - McCain, Lieberman & Graham, Washington Post
West Must 'Change Approach to Failing States' - Gerhard Spörl, Der Spiegel
Al-Qaida Carves Out Its Own Country in Mali - Rukmini Callimachi, AP
In Search of Our Better Angels - David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition
Deal Takes Shape, Spending Still at Issue - Jonathan Weisman, NY TimesDeja Vu: Congress Raises Taxes, Won't Cut Spending - Erick Erickson, RS
Brewing Up Confusion Over "Debt Crisis" - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Obama's Crisis Demagoguery - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
With or Without Deal, Most Face Tax Hikes - Zachary Goldfarb, Wash Post
Will Gun Control Happen? - Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker
The Mega-Scandal Everyone Has Forgotten - John Fund, National Review
Kindness in the Face of Horror - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Obama's Lincoln Demurral Has a Hollow Ring - Carl M. Cannon, RCP
2012: The Year in Review - Dave Barry, Miami Herald
RealClearPolitics Editorials
Le Tax Fairness - Wall Street JournalA Broken System for Tracking Guns - New York Times
Hobby Lobby Standing on Principle - The Oklahoman
California's Climate-Change Experiment - Washington Post