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Lessons From The 2008 Election

Before the election season began, the Democrats were expected to get something like 53% of the presidential vote this year and 55% of the congressional vote, giving them unified control of the federal government with a party that is ideologically unified around a liberal core. And this is indeed …

Written by Andrew Gelman on Tuesday January 20, 2009

A Short History Of Qassam Rockets

A casus belli of the Israeli air assault upon and subsequent invasion of Gaza, the Qassâm rocket is Hamas’s signature weapon, a low-cost, low-tech, in-house invention that has heretofore paid big strategic dividends (even as it‘s failed miserably as a tactical device). The …

Written by J. Moses Browning on Tuesday January 20, 2009

Live Blogging Obama's Inaugural Address

One thing to learn from that speech - Obama is adjusting to his new role. He has learned that he must delegate even his own writing, which cannot have been easy. I feel sure that speech was not the personal work of this highly eloquent man. It takes a team of highly trained professionals to produce …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday January 20, 2009

A Tuesday In Early December...

A Tuesday in early December was about as bad a day as I can remember at the high school I teach at: At least three violent fights had broken out – one resulting in a girl's head being smashed through the office window and another resulting in a boy being stabbed repeatedly in the face by a …

Written by Thomas Gibbon on Monday January 19, 2009

Welcome To FrumForum.com

Welcome to FrumForum.com, a new Web site devoted to Republican reform and renewal. We launch on a triumphant day for the United States, but a difficult moment for our party. All Americans of all parties feel pride in the swearing in of the first African American president of the United …

Written by David Frum on Monday January 19, 2009

My Generation And The Gop

Being a self-professed young Republican today is about as socially acceptable as walking into a music store and asking where the cassettes can be purchased. So bad news, fellow Republicans: our party's brand really is as in the toilet among the young as the dreaded Mainstream Media want you to …

Written by Alex Knepper on Wednesday January 14, 2009

Lessons From The 2008 Election

Lessons from the 2008 election Andrew Gelman Before the election season began, the Democrats were expected to get something like 53% of the presidential vote this year and 55% of the congressional vote, giving them unified control of the federal government with a party that is ideologically …

Written by Andrew Gelman on Wednesday January 14, 2009

How Conservatives Can Win Back College Campuses

The Obama Campaign dominated college campuses this fall. There is no way around that. At my own campus, the University of Virginia, seeing Obama paraphernalia on my way to class became as common as seeing North Face fleeces. Thus, it was no surprise that voters under the age of 30 voted for …

Written by Karin Agness on Tuesday January 13, 2009

Goldwater Was Right: Republicans Must Show Greater Tolerance Toward Gays

As the Republican Party seeks to rebuild itself in the aftermath of 2008, it must seek to build broader coalitions and embrace a wider audience. This is long overdue with regard to Republican policies toward gay issues; if the Party gravitates back to its tradition of inclusion and freedom, it …

Written by Jonas Stankovich on Thursday January 1, 2009

The Demise Of Fannie And Freddie

The shapers of the U. S. mortgage finance system hoped to achieve the security of government ownership, the integrity of local banking and the ingenuity of Wall Street. Instead, they got the ingenuity of government, the security of local banking and the integrity of Wall Street. Yesterday, …

Written by David Frum on Saturday July 12, 2008

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