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Update: American Deserter in Germany

It was predictable that yesterday’s post on American deserter Andre Shepherd would open a can of worms, and it did. It was predictable that yesterday’s post on American deserter Andre Shepherd would open a can of worms, and it did. After I posted, I googled the thing and lo and behold I …

Written by Sean Linnane on Sunday July 5, 2009

Patriots For Every Country But Their Own

During a phone interview yesterday on MSNBC, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) accused congressional Republicans of “rooting against the country” for daring to vote against cap and trade . During a phone interview yesterday on MSNBC, as Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) accused congressional Republica…

Written by Tom Qualtere on Sunday July 5, 2009

Standing in French Hell

Today I did something to tell the grandchildren about: I stood in a large room, looking rather like a high school gymnasium, atop something like one-third of France’s most radioactive nuclear waste. Today I did something to tell the grandchildren about: I stood in a large room, looking rather …

Written by David Frum on Sunday July 5, 2009

France Goes Nuclear

UPDATED: I traveled to Normandy this week to see something not to be seen in the United States: a nuclear reactor under construction. Nuclear energy in France operates almost entirely without controversy. I traveled to Normandy this week to see something not to be seen in the United States: a …

Written by David Frum on Sunday July 5, 2009

The Ricci Case

Suppose you were a large-scale employer trying to make sense of the Supreme Court’s Ricci decision yesterday. You call your human relations counsel to ask: “What did the court just tell me to do?” Answer: “Same as yesterday – only don’t get caught.” Suppose you were a large-scale employer trying to …

Written by David Frum on Sunday July 5, 2009

Dick Cheney's Child and Mine

Recently our older son told us he was gay. He also confided that he voted for Obama because he views the Democratic Party as being more compassionate regarding social issues. Recently our older son told us he was gay. I have to be perfectly honest that my aspirations for my son did not include him …

Written by Elise Cooper on Sunday July 5, 2009

An American Deserter in Germany

The United States has had traitors and deserters in every war we have been in - Andre Shepherd is the latest to don the Yellow Badge of Cowardice. Meet Andre Shepherd, span> American Deserter

Written by Sean Linnane on Sunday July 5, 2009

When Love Turns to Scandal

Twenty-one years (to the day) into my own marriage, I have to concede that if I’ve learned anything over time, it’s that the so-called traditional marriage is anything but traditional. When it works, it’s a bloody miracle. I always feel sorry for husbands on the morning after these political sex …

Written by Danielle Crittenden on Sunday July 5, 2009

The Newest Sport: Pirate Hunting

Luxury ocean liners in Russia are offering pirate hunting cruises aboard armed private yachts off the Somali coast. Wealthy sportsmen pay upwards of $5,000 per day to patrol the most dangerous waters in the world hoping to be attacked by raiders. Luxury ocean liners in Russia are offering …

Written by Sean Linnane on Sunday July 5, 2009

Obamanomics: Don't Trust the Numbers

From my latest column in the "National Post": "The U.S. under Barack Obama and the Democrats is planning to spend astounding amounts of money, colossal amounts, and to pile up debt on a scale never previously contemplated in peacetime. If these plans are all enacted, the U.S. will end the next …

Written by David Frum on Friday July 3, 2009

The Coming Ross-Holbrooke Turf War

Ben Smith's report in Politico today about Dennis Ross' new job at the NSC makes fascinating reading. Besides the spot-on reference to "Jones' powerful deputy, Tom Donilon," the implications seem pretty clear: Ross will effectively supervise the work of four different areas of NSC policymakin…

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday June 26, 2009

Sex Scandals: Who Are The Hypocrites?

I notice a theme in some of the comments on the NM tally of Republican and Democratic sex scandals: Republican scandals it is said are worse because they are spiced by hypocrisy, what with the GOP being the party of traditional morality and all. But if hypocrisy is the worst sin, here too …

Written by David Frum on Friday June 26, 2009

David Frum on Pajamas TV

David Frum discusses the Mark Sanford scandal and Rush Limbaugh on Pajamas TV. Watch the interview here .

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday June 26, 2009

Not to Praise WFB, But to Bury Him

As you may have heard, the novelist Christopher Buckley and the popular historian Richard Brookhiser have each written a book about Buckley’s father, the late William F. Buckley Jr. Neither is just about WFB. Buckley’s Losing Mum and Pup tells what it was like – from battling grief to …

Written by Austin Bramwell on Friday June 26, 2009

Who Scores More: GOP or Dems?

The rapid-fire sequence of Republican sex scandals this year may inspire the depressing thought: what's wrong with our guys? But a quick tally of reported incidents finds the two parties running neck-and-neck. Their polygamous Jesse Jackson is matched by our bigamous Vito Fossella. Their treacherou…

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Thursday June 25, 2009

The Woman Who Wins in the Sanford Affair

It's plain enough who the losers are in the Mark Sanford story: the governor, his family and loved ones. But there are winners too - the surviving GOP presidential candidates relieved of one more competitor in the crowded right edge of the party field. Who is likeliest to benefit? Nominations are …

Written by David Frum on Thursday June 25, 2009

Hypocrites Can Still be Right

Discussing Gov. Mark Sanford’s press conference, one of my co-workers suggested that maybe the time had come for the Republican Party to surrender its claim to represent family values. Dinesh D’Souza put it in em> Letters to a Young Conservative

Written by Dustin Siggins on Thursday June 25, 2009

Lear Hits Back at Frum

Thank you for printing my response to the conservative who took exception to my trumpeting the song, “Born Again American” by Keith Carradine. And thank you, too, for your personal reaction to the song itself and to my involvement with it. Correction: When I started People for …

Written by Norman Lear on Wednesday June 24, 2009

GOP's Winning Team: Facebook/Twitter in '12

Republicans have been quick to recognize the practical benefits of technology, but slow to grasp its political implications. Amidst a backdrop of dizzying technological change, British Conservatives floundered, while the GOP used sophisticated programs to target voters and win elections with …

Written by Jamie Boulding on Wednesday June 24, 2009

Dodd's New Bait-and-Switch on Healthcare

It is one thing to support reform of our national healthcare system . But I bet most Americans would balk at the creation of a national healthcare program . Yet in a moment of candor this weekend, Senator Chris Dodd, who is steering Democrats’ legislation through the HELP Committee, suggested …

Written by Henry Clay on Tuesday June 23, 2009