The Jewboy Email: Let's Go to the Tape!
NM Exclusive: Americans for Limited Government’s communications director charged today that NBC producer Jane Stone had originally denied sending any email to ALG. This claim, which diverges from statements by NBC News, reveals an apparent inconsistency that is sure to add more fuel to the …Lengthen the School Year?
My two older children were 9 and 6 respectively on voting day, 2000. Both were passionately George W. Bush supporters on the basis of a single issue: Al Gore's expressed interest in lengthening the school year. My two older children were 9 and 6 respectively on voting day, 2000. Both were …Chris Alexander: The Best of the Best in Afghanistan
As Canada's former ambassador to Afghanistan and now special envoy for the UN secretary-general, Chris Alexander is the most knowledgeable person in Canada (and possibly the U.S.) about Afghanistan and what it will take to leave that country with peace, security and prosperity. On September 29th, …Audit the Fed? Fine - So Long as Audit is Secret
Congress is contemplating two bills which would allow the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to audit the Federal Reserve. The idea should not be dismissed out of hand. A finely-tuned audit could make the Fed more accountable, while also protecting its independence. I’ve always been a staunch …NBC News Emailgate: The Truth May Never Be Known
Last week, a conservative group, Americans for Limited Government, alleged that NBC News producer Jane Stone sent ALG Director of Media Outreach Alex Rosenwald an anti-Semitic email. NBC denied the charge. Unfortunately, even if both parties release files documenting the email exchange, the truth …
The Custom of the Country
My most recent Bookshelf review discusses Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country . My most recent Bookshelf review discusses Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country . Edith Wharton seems at one point to have intended The Custom of the Country as a feminist novel, an expose of the …Holiday Schedule
In observance of the Yom Kippur holiday, posting will be light at FrumForum.com over the next 36 hours. In observance of the Yom Kippur holiday, posting will be light at FrumForum.com over the next 36 hours.Obama's Narcissism
Michael Gerson's reading of President Obama's speech to the UN is both shrewd and damning. He writes: "I can recall no other major American speech in which the narcissism of a leader has been quite so pronounced." Michael Gerson's reading of President Obama's speech to the UN is both shrewd …Horowitz Replies to Frum
David Frum and David Horowitz debate Glenn Beck's effect on the conservative movement. Today, David Horowitz responds: "[The] remarkable conservative outburst against the broadcaster Glenn Beck... is wrongheaded, absurd, destructive to the conservative cause and a blatant contradiction of the “big …A Luncheon Date to Remember
Today's National Post column may be a little baffling to non-Canadian readers - but Canadians of a certain age will find it rings a lot of childhood memories! Elwood Glover was a veteran CBC broadcaster, one of the most familiar voices in Canada through World War II and the years after. But in …Most Hated Conservatives
John Hawkins' poll at Right Wing News names the people on the right most disliked in the right-wing blogosphere... David Frum tied with Lindsay Graham for 3rd place, just behind John McCain, but beating David Brooks. John Hawkins' poll at Right Wing News names the people on the right most …With Obamacare on the Ropes, Dems Go After the Insurers
With support for Obamacare dropping, the Democrats are now pointing the finger at health-insurance companies. Obama has made promises to increase regulation on the industry, but many of the proposals have already been enacted at the state level with poor results. “I want insurance companies to …The Whiskey Rebellion: All They Wanted was a Value Added Tax
The historical lesson drawn from the Whiskey Rebellion is usually that Americans are inherently anti-tax. Actually, that’s not quite true. The problem with taxing whiskey wasn’t so much that Americans weren’t willing to be taxed as that whiskey was the principal medium of exchange — it was what …NIH Defends Funds for Ravers
The National Institutes of Health pushed back at a NewMajority exclusive report , that revealed legitimate research was denied funding in favor of politically correct, scientifically dubious projects. A spokesman for the NIH stood behind each of the four grants mentioned in the story, including a …The Whiskey Rebellion
Today - September 24th - marks the day in 1794 when President Washington ordered the militia out to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion. It was the first time under the United States Constitution that the federal government used military force to exert authority over the nation's citizens. Today - …