Obamacare Could Ban Abortion
As part of the deal-making to pass healthcare, conservative Democrats joined House Republicans in passing the anti-abortion Stupak amendment. This will almost certainly mean no abortion coverage in the insurance policies more and more women will have to buy. As part of the deal-making to pass …Name that Decade!
How will the '00s be remembered? It began with 9/11 and ended with twin real estate and banking crashes. Last week, our nation’s most celebrated investor put his chips behind a railroad – a technology that preceded the Information Age by three generations of googlers. I’m willing to bet that …Should Pelosi Thank Club for Growth?
Without the win in NY-23, the Dems would only have had 219 votes and only a three vote margin in last night's health bill vote. Can at least two of the other "yes" votes be attributed to the Club for Growth knocking out moderate Republicans? When Pelosi went out of her way to have a big vote on a …Obama and California Republicans
A new L.A. Times poll takes an interesting temperature reading of Cal Republicans' feelings about the president. Offered a choice of five terms - "pride," "hope," "disappointment," "anxiety," and "anger," only 21% of Republicans in the state chose the maximal answer, "anger." A new L.A. …Mission Accomplished?
If the House bill survives in anything like its present form, the U.S. government will soon be in the business of decreeing health care prices. That’s what the whole debate over the “public option” has been about from the start: price control. That’s a dangerously premature victory celebration the …Where Giants Have Walked
On Saturday, shortly before passing HR 3962, the health-reform bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi commented that Democrats are walking “where giants have walked” in completing major legislation. On Saturday, shortly before passing HR 3962, the health-reform bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …The Palin Fantasy
A piece in this weekend's Weekly Standard hails Sarah Palin as the ideal leader of a new populist uprising. One problem with this thesis: The populist Sarah is in fact one of the most unpopular figures in American life. Almost two-thirds of Americans say they would never consider voting for her. …Hasan: Jihadist or Mental Case?
One thing not being mentioned openly about the Fort Hood massacre is whether this was a version of suicide bombing. Was the suspect something of a Jihadist "sleeper" intent on maximizing his opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? One thing not being mentioned openly about the Fort Hood …What They're Drinking at the Tea Party
WATCH : Frum Forum interviews protestors at Michele Bachmann's Tea Party on Capitol Hill, held November 5. We meet The Good, The Bad, The Nutty--and quite a number of The Sane. Frum Forum interviews protestors at Michele Bachmann's Tea Party on Capitol Hill, held November 5. We meet …More Nukes
If you want to curtail the emission of greenhouse gases - without a shocking hit to the American standard of living - nuclear power is the only currently feasible substitute. We've got a lively debate going on the economics of nuclear power. It began with Brad Plumer and Matt Yglesias arguing …Berlin's Anniversary
Nov. 9 is not only the anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall. It is also the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the organized attack upon German Jews in 1938, and of Hitler’s Beer Hall putsch in 1923. On this particular Nov. 9, the Germans will want to remember only what is joyous. Let’s join …Conservatives Heart Nuke Power
First Brad Plumer in the New Republic , then Matt Yglesias on his site have marveled at the supposedly strange enthusiasm of conservatives for nuclear power. What's strange about it? It's pure cold economic rationality. First Brad Plumer in the New Republic , then Matt Yglesias on his …Obama's Anniversary
In the year since his election, most of President Obama’s main accomplishments are things that he and his party never wanted to do. Worse (from the liberal point of view), they have consumed the political capital that he needed to accomplish the things he and his party did want to do. I have a …Fort Hood Shootings
Terrorism is always the same. It doesn't matter whether it's Islamic-themed, or Neo-Nazi, or Communist-inspired. Terrorists cry out "Injustice!" and yet they are willing to commit the most horrific crimes in the world. I was out in the field this afternoon when the news broke on the shootings at …
The Shootings at Fort Hood
Here are some images everybody should keep in mind today. Here are some images everybody should keep in mind today:
Boehner at the Tea Party
Why not just send greetings? Why go in person to an event highly likely to turn wacky? Why not just send greetings? Why go in person to an event highly likely to turn wacky?Following the Soviets to Failure
It looks as if President Obama is leaning towards replicating an American version of the Soviet Union’s policy in Afghanistan that failed so conclusively. Defending the big towns and cities and letting the countryside drift to the insurgents is what the Russians did, and it guaranteed their defeat. …Tea Partiers: Mad at Dems and GOP
Frum Forum spoke with protesters at the Tea Party rally on Capitol Hill about whether they supported the Republican Party. The answers were surprising: the vast majority of protesters had no connection to the GOP and were just as likely to oppose the party as they were to support it. Yesterday, …