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Sarah Palin’s Regional Tour

It’s useful to glimpse celebrities doing the regional circuit: Away from the flattering lights of Broadway or Hollywood, you see what kind of performer they are. I was thinking this as I watched Sarah Palin “perform” Thursday in Hamilton, Ontario. It’s useful to glimpse celebrities doing the …

Written by Danielle Crittenden on Saturday April 17, 2010

Communism with Chinese Characteristics

One of the early surprises for an English-speaking visitor to China is how little enthusiasm for democracy - how much outright mistrust - is expressed by the highly educated, sophisticated, and globalized people he meets. Click here to read all of David Frum’s blogposts from China. I …

Written by David Frum on Saturday April 17, 2010

Did MoveOn Crash the Tea Party?

Yesterday’s Tea Party at the Washington Monument attracted a counter-protest of Obama supporters. While these protesters denied any official backing, some comments by members suggested there were MoveOn.org members in the mix. Yesterday’s Tea Party at the Washington Monument attracted a counter-pr…

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Friday April 16, 2010

Beijing Vice

Number of English-speaking pimps and prostitutes working the two blocks between the Beijing Sheraton and the nearest subway stop at 10:30 pm on a Friday night: 5. Click here to read all of David Frum’s blogposts from China. Number of English-speaking pimps and prostitutes working the …

Written by David Frum on Friday April 16, 2010

Tea Party Leadership Still Up for Grabs

At yesterday's D.C. Tea Party rally, we surveyed attendees to determine which public figures Tea Partiers saw as potential leaders. Our results found a movement drawn to media figures such as Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck, but still unable to identify with any one elected official. At the Tax Day Tea …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Friday April 16, 2010

The Fat Diaries: Too-Fast Food

Everyone’s heard this one right? “It takes twenty minutes for your stomach to feel full. You should eat at a slow pace so you don’t stuff yourself.” In theory it makes perfect sense. There’s only one problem: Most Americans have been trained since kindergarten to consume an entire meal in 15 …

Written by Monica Marier on Friday April 16, 2010

Hello Tweeps

UPDATE: Maybe this censorship works better in Chinese, but while Twitter is blocked on my hotel ISP, I can read it fine on my phone. Click here to read all of David Frum’s blogposts from China. Forgive the Twitter silence - Twitter is blocked in China, so can't send tweets while in …

Written by David Frum on Thursday April 15, 2010

Will Rand Paul Wreck GOP Kentucky Hopes?

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has tried to block Tea Party favorite Rand Paul, son of Ron Paul, from winning the GOP nomination for the state’s other Senate seat. But his efforts appear to be failing. Has Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell lost his political magic back home in …

Written by John David Dyche on Thursday April 15, 2010

Three Sneak Tax Hikes to Watch For

My latest column for The Week dismisses the growing speculation that the Obama administration is planning to introduce a European-style value added tax. Count on Obama to instead opt for tax hikes that will garner less attention and less of a fight. My latest column for The Week dismisses …

Written by David Frum on Thursday April 15, 2010

Debating Dubya

What's taking place in Glenn Beck's attacks on President Woodrow Wilson is a coy conservative self-conversation -- a way of actually debating the presidency of George W. Bush without explicitly mentioning our former President. So what IS this Woodrow Wilson thing all about? Well let’s think …

Written by David Frum on Thursday April 15, 2010

Avoiding the Deficit Trap

Republicans should be careful not to oversell their ability to tackle the nation's deficit woes. Earlier this week, a Frum Forum contributor discussed the challenge of losing weight, and offered some advice that conservative politicians should heed. Don't set unrealistic goals for …

Written by Henry Clay on Thursday April 15, 2010

Taste Test

I've been savoring the air in Beijing for 4 hours and on balance I still have to award Kabul the prize for the worst I've ever breathed. Coal dust, diesel exhaust and industrial effluent are nasty, but there's nothing quite like the smell of sun-baked flakes of airborne human feces. Click here …

Written by David Frum on Thursday April 15, 2010

Rating China's Bureaucracy

Reach the head of the line at immigration at Beijing airport and you see something unexpected: On a little ledge just below the officer's line of sight is a small machine inviting travelers to rate the work of the officer. Click here to read all of David Frum’s blogposts from China. …

Written by David Frum on Thursday April 15, 2010

Newt's Government Shutdown Revisionism

The Newt Gingrich engineered government shutdown of 1995 destroyed Republican approval ratings and helped seal the reelection of President Clinton. Yet, Gingrich is now pushing a repeat of this disastrous strategy. In an interview with Dave Weigel, Newt Gingrich argues that the government …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Thursday April 15, 2010

Krugman's Not So Green Economy

Paul Krugman's scheme to cut emissions through cap-and-trade would fail to create the investment needed to sustain a carbon-free economy. Princeton economist turned fire-breathing lefty political pundit Paul Krugman recently wrote a much discussed piece in The New York Times Magazine titled …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Wednesday April 14, 2010

What Doctors Don't Know about Health Costs

Medical students are bombarded with an onslaught of medical coursework to master in a short period of time. But are they ever taught to be cost effective? As a patient you may be overdue to have a conversation with your doctor about cost control. As a physician I know that doctors face many …

Written by Victor Green on Wednesday April 14, 2010

Kirk Now the Frontrunner

The race for President Obama's old Senate seat is officially Mark Kirk's to lose. Kirk outraised Democratic candidate Alexi Giannoulias by $1 million during the first quarter of this year. The race is officially Mark Kirk's to lose. As I predicted last week, Mark Kirk outraised Alexi Giannoulias …

Written by Jeb Golinkin on Wednesday April 14, 2010

Note from a Dying Reader

I was tremendously moved by an email I received from Colorado reader and self-described lifelong Democrat, Karen S. I was tremendously moved by this email I received from Colorado reader and self-described lifelong Democrat, Karen S. She gave me permission to publish it. Mr. Frum, I am a …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday April 14, 2010

Glenn Beck's Anti-Wilson Crusade

Michael Lind has a very smart piece up at Salon.com about Glenn Beck’s polemical reinvention of American history, in which Woodrow Wilson is cast as anti-conservative public enemy #1. Michael Lind has a very smart piece up at Salon.com about Glenn Beck’s polemical reinvention of American …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday April 14, 2010

It's Deja Vu All Over Again in NY-23

In New York’s 23rd congressional district, fighting has broken out between candidates in the GOP primary and the race threatens to be a repeat of the divisive 2009 election that saw a Democrat take the historically Republican district. In New York’s 23 rd congressional district, it’s déjà vu all …

Written by Tim Mak on Tuesday April 13, 2010