Ron Paul's Spaced Out Plan
Ron Paul has unveiled a fiscal plan that would eliminate the Commerce Department, among other departments. The Commerce Department includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and one of NOAA’s functions is operating the nation’s weather satellites . Paul’s plan …
Mitt Romney: Constitutionalist
On the Las Vegas stage, Anderson Cooper asked the candidates about the role of faith generally and then specifically to the disparaging comments about Romney's Mormonism by the pastor who introduced Rick Perry at the Values Voters Summit. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich used the opportunity to …
Cain's Immigration Plan is Not Enough
Last night’s free-wheeling, barely moderated debate was a joy to watch. We learned that Michele Bachmann thinks Libya is not in Africa. We learned that Herman Cain might have another set of numbers besides 9-9-9: 171 -for-1...the number of Gitmo detainees that he might be willing to swap for a …
Read FrumForum's Nevada GOP Debate Livechat
On October 19th, Frum Forum's bloggers and contributors liveblogged the Nevada's GOP presidential debate. The debate was a lively affair, featuring strong attacks on Herman Cain's 999 plan, energetic rhetoric from Rick Perry, and even a physical confrontation between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. …
They Wouldn't Occupy if They Had the Votes
If the Occupy Wall Street protestors represent ‘the 99%’ then why don’t they already dominate our government? Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, the Tea Party and the Occupy Wall Street protests should create some concern. These are not the products of healthy politics. …
Sharia Banking is Bad Islam
At Huffington Post Canada , Tarek Fatah explains why the Canadian experiment in Sharia banking has collapsed: The leading promoter of Sharia banking in Canada, UM Financial Inc. has gone into receivership without much fanfare. None of the nation's newspapers have bothered to report the …
Foreign Policy, Finally!
The Heritage Foundation has announced that it will co-host -- with the American Enterprise Institute and CNN -- a Republican presidential debate on foreign policy and national security. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait a month (the debate won’t happen until Tuesday, November 15), but such …
Obamacare is Unraveling
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Anne Applebaum has just written the best column I've yet seen on the Occupy Wall Street protests. She makes two key points , one chastening to OWS supporters, one to skeptics. Counter supporters, Anne notes: [T]hese international protests do have a few things in common, both with one …
GOP: Pick Romney!
If it wasn’t clear before, it should be now: Mitt Romney is the only sensible choice Republicans have for their presidential candidate in 2012. The exciting choice would have been New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who, in any debate or personal appearance, would have demolished rivals – Republican …
Palestinians Behaving Badly
The Palestinian envoy to Canada is asked to leave after she tweets a link to a call to "destroy the Jews." Linda Sobeh Ali, the chargé d’affaires of the Palestinian delegation in Ottawa, is just one cut above persona non grata. The Canadian government called her in for a high-level …
Herman Cain: High-Carb Candidate
My editor showed me this video from the 1991 Omaha Press Club. It features Herman Cain singing his own pizza-themed lyrics to John Lennon’s “Imagine.” I don’t know where to start. For those of you who don’t know me, I write about obesity trends in American culture for the Frum Forum weekend …Reagan As He Was
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Herman Cain's gaffe claiming he's not familiar with the "neoconservative movement" has already sowed widespread doubts about his fitness for the office of President. This is ironic, because Cain's self-professed ignorance shed accidental light on at least one truth: There's no such thing as …
Watch: Frum on Herman Cain
On CNN's American Morning , David Frum discussed his latest column arguing that Herman Cain lacks the necessary experience to be president:You Read it First at FrumForum
At the New York Post , Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein explain that the Ground Zero Mosque now faces eviction if it can't pay the rent on its real estate: Pay up or get out. Con Ed has given the Ground Zero mosque an ultimatum: Pay the $1.7 million you owe in back rent, or we’ll …
About that Perry Jobs Plan
The governor's jobs plan is to open more of the US to energy exploration and production. He promises that such a policy will create 1.2 million new jobs. When I heard this, it seemed to me utterly implausible: the US oil and gas industry employs 2.1 million today, coal under 100,000 - and these …
More Problems with Cain's 999 Plan
There is so much to like about Herman Cain. And there is also his 999 plan. Mr. Cain's website states that "Amidst a backdrop of the economic renewal created by the 999 Plan, I will begin the process of educating the American people on the benefits of continuing the next step to the Fair Tax." …
Herman Cain Can't Be President
In my column for CNN, I explain why Heman Cain can't be President: If Herman Cain had served as governor of Georgia, or even mayor of Atlanta, he'd be a valid and credible candidate for president of the United States. But here's the trouble: he has not held those offices or any other …