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That's What I Was Trying To Say!

Left-wing blogger Bob Somerby makes a point about the Rachel Maddow show that I tried to make in an on-air interview last year. In a recent column, Michael Kinsley imagined the possible future of news reporting. “Maybe the newspaper of the future will be more or less like the one of …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday April 8, 2009

Our Plan Is To Have No Plan

That seems to be the message of VP Joe Biden's message to Israel on Iran .

Written by David Frum on Wednesday April 8, 2009

Four Scary Charts

Here is the Eichengreen / O'Rourke piece rocketing around the blogosphere arguing, "It's a Depression alright."

Written by David Frum on Tuesday April 7, 2009

It's A Price, Not A Tax

Fighting for lower taxes has always been a bread and butter issue for Republicans -- and a good thing given the Democrats’ propensity toward raising them and “spreading the wealth.” However, Republican tax rhetoric veered in a perilous new direction recently when party leaders …

Written by Jim DiPeso on Tuesday April 7, 2009

Update In Ny-20

Yesterday evening, PolitickerNY reported that Democrat Scott Murphy had once again pulled ahead of Republican Jim Tedisco by 83 votes in their race to become NY-20’s next congressman. This news came after official tallies showed Jim trailing by 13 , ahead by 12 , stuck in a weekend …

Written by Tom Qualtere on Tuesday April 7, 2009

Can Meg Whitman Govern California? And Why Does She Even Want To Try?

They must be gluttons for punishment. Amidst the bleakest fiscal crisis in California’s history, no fewer than eight prominent politicians—three of them Republicans, five Democrats—have announced their interest in becoming the Golden State’s governor in 2010. …

Written by Michael Rosen on Tuesday April 7, 2009

Misunderestimating North Korea

In 2007, an Israeli preemptive strike destroyed a Syrian nuclear reactor modeled after the Yongbyon reactor based in North Korea. The dangers of the nexus between nuclear weapons, rogue regimes and terrorist-supporting states outlined by President George W. Bush in his famous 2002 State of the …

Written by Zac Morgan on Tuesday April 7, 2009

Asleep At The Switch

“Gov. Sebelius, if you were a kitchen appliance, which appliance would you be?” “What would others say about you, Governor?” “What is the last book you read?” Senate Republicans stopped just short of these fluffy interview-style questions, …

Written by David Gratzer on Monday April 6, 2009

CIA To Congress: We Are Not The Enemy

Retired high-level CIA agents angrily spoke out against a proposed Senate review of the CIA’s detention and interrogation program, insisting that sometimes unsavory actions are needed to save American lives. “It’s not like some CIA officer wakes up and says we are going to …

Written by Elise Cooper on Monday April 6, 2009

Mark Kirk For Senate

The current issue of the Weekly Standard presents a deservedly highly favorable piece on Illinois' Mark Kirk. But there is something strangely apologetic about the piece's title: "In Praise of a GOP Moderate: Mark Kirk is the party's best hope in Illinois." Kirk has been a strong fiscal …

Written by David Frum on Monday April 6, 2009

Holocaust Denial's Mission Accomplished, Says Leading Holocaust Denier

"The new anti-semitism" is the name given to the more pathological forms of anti-Zionism often found in the Middle East, in Europe and alas on North American university campuses. Obsessive hatred of Israel serves the same purpose as the more explicit hatred of Jews that went out of style with the …

Written by David Frum on Monday April 6, 2009

Worthwhile Obama Initiative

I was on George Stephanopoulos' show this morning for a lively roundtable with George Will, Martha Raddatz, Richard Haass and Arianna Huffington. One thing became clear to me as we discussed the likelihood of bank nationalization - an auto bankruptcy -and the impending nuclearization of North …

Written by David Frum on Sunday April 5, 2009

Europes Lesson: Overspending Is Not The Answer

At the G-20 summit, leaders agreed to a $1.1 trillion capital injection to be provided by the IMF and the World Bank so that they can provide emergency credit to countries in distress, particularly developing countries. Unlike what President Obama had wanted, however, no global “stimulus̶…

Written by Jurgen Reinhoudt on Sunday April 5, 2009

Frum On "Real Time With Bill Maher"

My appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher can be viewed on YouTube, broken into 4 parts: one , two , three & final . Or see our WatchNow box for a direct link.

Written by David Frum on Saturday April 4, 2009

Virginia: Tomorrow's The Day

Tomorrow's the day for the Virginia State Central Committee meeting which will decide whether Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Jeff Frederick will stay in office. 58 of the 77 central committee members support a change in leadership, joined by all five U.S. House members from Virginia, our …

Written by John S. Gardner on Friday April 3, 2009

What Green Jobs?

Remember all those “green-collar” jobs President Obama says are going to replace those, dirty, carbon-heavy jobs he plans to tax away? Looks like somebody didn’t get the memo .

Written by Gusher on Friday April 3, 2009

David On Cbc Tv

Here's a link to a recent interview on CBC.

Written by David Frum on Friday April 3, 2009

The Lost-Out Generation

A generation of highly educated young Americans have signed up at law firms, investment banks, and hedge and equity funds, happily assuming that the boom times would last forever. Now Wall Street is to young financiers what Detroit is to would-be autoworkers. The adjustment won’t be easy. …

Written by Meghashyam Mali on Thursday April 2, 2009

Sarko's No Show No Go

Nicolas Sarkozy's erratic G-20 antics - threatening walkouts, then changing his mind and welcoming President Obama effusively - have led many to wonder: What on earth does the French president think he's doing? Or, is he just behaving... stereotypically French? The latter, I'm afraid. …

Written by Jean Granville on Thursday April 2, 2009

So Much For An Obama Presidency Of Administrative Expertise

Yesterday it was reported that HHS nominee Kathleen Sebelius, like so many of her fellow nominees, underpaid her federal income taxes. If the Senate is concerned with its constitutional responsibility to advise and consent on nominees, this should be the least of her worries. Erica Werner …

Written by Henry Clay on Thursday April 2, 2009