Scott Brown's New Media Revolution
FF Exclusive: The guru behind Scott Brown's impressive victory was media strategist Rob Willington. Willington spoke with FrumForum and shared the secrets behind his aggressive and innovative social media campaign. Scott Brown’s win was impressive, but of course, he didn’t do it alone. Behind …Obama as Orator? Overrated
Obama once described his public speaking abilities to Harry Reid as a "gift." Now, as he prepares for his State of the Union address, the Beltway chattering class is allowing itself to ask a previously unutterable question: "Is Obama really that good of a speaker?" I have long been in a minority …"Obama the Populist" Doesn't Ring True
My latest column at CNN.com discusses President Obama's upcoming State of the Union address. Lately, the Obama team has been experimenting with a new theme -- a sharp populist turn, attacking bankers and lobbyists. ... But will this theme continue into Wednesday's State of the Union? My latest …Secrecy for the AIG Bailout?
Let's get this straight. The underwear bomber's information is so unimportant to the security of the United States that he can be read a Miranda warning and urged to stop talking. But the details of the AIG deal - they are national security secrets so important that the SEC wanted to classify …If Healthcare Reform Fails Dems Have Themselves to Blame
We're going to hear a lot about how the threat of the filibuster stopped healthcare reform. If true, that's true only in a very roundabout way. The threat of filibuster compelled the Senate to write a more moderate and potentially more acceptable bill, against which the Democratic left rebelled. …25 Years in Prison for Army Ranger Who Shot Al Qaeda Agent
The case of 1st Lieutenant Michael Behenna of Oklahoma, sentenced to prison for 25 years for shooting an al-Qaeda operative just highlights the dangers of treating wars like law enforcement operations. The extraordinary case of American Army Ranger 1st Lieutenant Michael Behenna of Oklahoma: …
Chavez Silences the Free Press, Again
This past Saturday, Venezuela's most popular television station declined to broadcast one of Hugo Chavez's rallies. In retribution, Chavez has ordered cable providers to stop carrying the channel. Click here for all of David Frum’s reports on Venezuela. Jan. 23 is an important day in …Finding the Good in Obama's New Bank Reg Proposals
Conservatives should give the president’s proposed banking regulations serious consideration. While there are drawbacks, in many cases, the new rules may actually reduce the government’s role in the market. President Barack Obama’s proposal to regulate the size and reach of larger banks will …Is Chavez the Next Fidel Castro?
Hugo Chavez is not a killer - not yet anyway. Opposition Venezuelans express fear of the regime, but what they are afraid of is economic retaliation: they will be fired from their jobs, their property will be confiscated, they will be attacked with arbitrary tax assessments. Click here for all …What I Saw at the March for Life
The March for Life has been going on for nearly forty years. Is the pro-life movement actually making progress? “No exceptions. No compromise.” So blared from the lips of Nellie Gray, the founder of the annual March for Life event, which brings hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates to …Fixing the Filibuster
The Democratic majority in the Senate has dropped below 60, and suddenly the air is thick with calls for filibuster reform. This is the first installment in a series. Click here to read the rest of the series. The Democratic majority in the Senate has dropped below 60, and …Defending Internet Speech
I have just finished Justice Kennedy’s opinion for the Court in Citizen United v. FEC and one thing is mightily clear -- conservatives are now the chief defenders of free speech and the internet, and the importance of the blogosphere has broken through to the Justices. I have just finished …How Chavez Rules
President Chavez's Bolivarian "missiones" are a highly personalized form of presidential largesse financed by the secret unaudited accounts of Venezuela's oil revenues. But these "missiones" do not function like a social welfare program. Click here for all of David Frum's posts from Venezuela. …Fox's Own Poll Shows Tea Party, Palin Less Popular Than Obama
Voters in a Fox News poll prefer Barack Obama to a hypothetical Tea Party candidate. And it's a result Fox News chose to bury in its reporting on the poll -- choosing instead to highlight "anti-Obama" voter sentiment. A new Fox News survey shows that Americans remain deeply wary of the tea …
U.S. Air Reaction to Praying Jew Understandable
Some rabbis have criticized a US Air crew for religious insensitivity when it diverted a plane and called in a bomb squad to investigate a Jewish teen who turned out to be... praying . However, the reaction of the staff was very much understandable. Some rabbis have criticized a US Air crew for …