Carl M. Cannon
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Coming of Age in an Era of Protest
I talk with John Della Volpe about his latest book, Fight: How Gen Z is Channeling Their Fear and Passion To Save America. CmC: First, a basic question:... → Read More
Virginia Is for Losers: A COVID Cautionary Tale
One year into his tenure as Virginia governor, Ralph Northam stumbled awkwardly into the fraught topic of third-trimester abortions. A freshmen Democratic legislator from Northern Virginia had... → Read More
RCP Poll: Viewing the Election Through a Pandemic Prism
Until this year, no U.S. president had ever faced impeachment while running for reelection. Neither had Americans experienced a deadly global pandemic during a presidential election year. Both of... → Read More
How the N.Y. Times Swung at Fox News
Not content to accuse Donald Trump of killing Americans with his incompetence during the coronavirus pandemic, Democrats and their allies in the media have turned their fire on the presidents... → Read More
American Civics in the Time of Coronavirus
At the peak of his popularity, Jay Leno could put his Tonight Show audience in stitches merely by sticking a microphone in front of ordinary Americans and asking them easy questions about... → Read More
Dateline Gettysburg, 1863: Press Reports Echo 2019 Partisanship
On this date in 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered a brief, sublimely crafted, 272-word oration that historian Garry Wills called nothing less than the words that remade America. Men died that... → Read More
RCP Poll: K-12 Education Falls Short, and Hope for Gains Lags
A majority of registered voters are dissatisfied with the performance of the elementary and secondary education system in this country, according to a detailed new survey. Moreover, Americans have... → Read More
New Poll Shows Health Care Is Voter's Top Concern
Health care has emerged as the top policy issue for American voters, according to a new poll containing detailed data suggesting → Read More
Special Prosecutorial Abuse
We’re supposed to be reassured that the FBI agents who raided the offices and home of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael A. Cohen, were, in Cohen’s words, “courteous” and “respectful.” The president’s attorney was understandably grateful that the agents didn’t replicate the FBI’s tactics at the home of Paul Manafort, Trump’s onetime campaign manager. Busting in before dawn, guns drawn, with… → Read More
High Tech and Government: A Culture Clash
In this series of articles running through July, RealClearPolitics and RealClearDefense take an in-depth look at the intersection of cybersecurity, technology, and warfare in the 21st century. Below... → Read More
Tiny Tent Political Parties
After narrowly losing Tuesday’s Democratic Party primary to Chicago-area Congressman Dan Lipinski, challenger Marie Newman indulged herself with a concession speech perhaps unique in... → Read More
Cyberthreats: The Vexing New Front in Modern Warfare
In this series of articles running from mid-March to July, RealClearPolitics and RealClearDefense take an in-depth look at the intersection of cybersecurity, technology, and warfare in the 21st... → Read More
Florida's Barney Fife Brigade
Even when it aired in the 1960s, “The Andy Griffith Show” was an anachronism. Today, it’s hardly watchable. Griffith is still likeable as Andy Taylor, sheriff of the mythical North... → Read More
Breaking Through Barriers: Glenn, Lincoln and Douglass
John Glenn passed away since I last wrote about him. He died last winter at age 95, and was buried in the spring of 2017 at Arlington National Cemetery. On this date in 1962, he was given an... → Read More
Memo to Comey: The Cost of Secrecy
The next time a crazy uncle or that old high school buddy who became a right-wing nut rants on social media about black helicopters or “Deep State” conspiracies, take a moment before... → Read More
Poland, Jews, and the Cost of Hatred
Poland and Israel should not still be arguing over the Holocaust. But they are, and in recent days tensions have escalated to the point of a looming diplomatic crisis. The subject of their heated... → Read More
The Heartening Souls at the Center of Trump's Speech
A year ago, Democratic women in Congress made a point of wearing white, the color of turn-of-the-century suffragists, as President Trump delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress.... → Read More
From Detroit to Selma: Viola Liuzzo's Sacrifice
On this date in 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. convened the series of protests that would become known collectively as the Selma to Montgomery March. “Today marks the beginning of a determined,... → Read More
Alabama Special Election: Winners and Losers
WINNERS: Doug Jones: Little-known inside Alabama and utterly unknown outside the state, the Democratic candidate finally found his voice in the waning days of the campaign. “I’ll never... → Read More
An Indispensable Man
Perhaps you’ve heard the adage: “The cemeteries are full of indispensable men.” It’s intended as irony, of course: It means that nobody is irreplaceable, a notion considered... → Read More