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I Hate Bullies

In recent days, bullying in schools has been a hot topic for condemnation, with little in the way of solutions being offered. While everyone deplores bullying, a sorry reality is that many people who oppose it are bullies themselves, without realizing it. And bullying takes many forms. In …

Written by Peter Worthington on Thursday December 15, 2011

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Between my late mother, my sister, my wife, and me, the Frum family had collectively published 13 books as of the summer of 2011. Only one member of the clan avoided print: my father, Murray Frum. But after years of prodding from my wife and other relatives, my father at last succumbed to the peer …

Written by David Frum on Thursday December 15, 2011

Only One Can Rule the Galaxy

While reading Maureen Dowd’s New York Times column about Newt Gingrich, we learn that the former Speaker of the House is a big fan of the science fiction novels of Isaac Asimov, and not in a good way : Speaker Gingrich told me that he became a historian because he read Isaac Asimov’s …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Thursday December 15, 2011

Truth Hurts

In my column for The Week , I discuss the recent debate in the left-wing bloggosphere over former AIPAC spokesman Josh Block: A blogosphere spat is revealing an important fracture in the Democratic Party and liberal institutions. The spat erupted nearly a week ago. The website em> …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday December 14, 2011

The UK's Future in Europe Looks Very Swiss

Despite what the sensational media coverage might suggest, EU-UK relations did not experience a watershed moment last week. The EU has indeed become a two-tier organization but the divide has not occurred between the UK and Europe but between the Northern “fiscal hawks” and the slump European …

Written by Robin Tim Weis on Wednesday December 14, 2011

She's Back!

Last night, the most coveted endorsement in the Republican presidential primary was secured by Mitt Romney . Ending months of intense speculation, Tea Party diva and thrice-failed Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell threw her support behind the former Massachusetts Governor’s bid to secure …

Written by Fictio Cedit Veritati on Wednesday December 14, 2011

Three Bankers: Brian

Read Part 1 in the 'Three Bankers' miniseries here . Read Part 2 here . Banker 3: Brian Brian grew up in a rural state with the cards stacked against him—middle-class, scrappy and short, he overachieved his way into being the top finance student in my class. He taught me how a collateral…

Written by Galatea on Wednesday December 14, 2011

Being Irrelevant

The Washington Post covers the O'Reilly-Goldberg Factor segment on my irrelevance.

Written by David Frum on Wednesday December 14, 2011

Remove Obama's Nuclear Regulator

One of the raps against President Obama is that he's in over his head due, in part, to lack of executive management experience. Here's one thing Obama could do to shore up his management credentials: find a way to get rid of Greg Jaczko as chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Now would …

Written by Jim DiPeso on Wednesday December 14, 2011

Three Bankers: Allen

Read Part 1 in the 'Three Bankers' miniseries here . Banker 2: Allen Allen eventually made his way onto Wall Street, working for a midsize firm but pulling in a massive, six-figure salary. I always remembered Allen being a very sweet, if awkward and neurotic guy, prone to throwing money …

Written by Galatea on Wednesday December 14, 2011

Three Bankers: Luke

Banker 1: Luke Luke was insane. Like, absolutely, certifiably whackadoo. There was the clinical mental illness part—talking with his therapist on the phone at all hours, receiving pills in the mail, and shuffling his hulking mass along the hallways of campus as he muttered about The …

Written by Galatea on Tuesday December 13, 2011

Read: Frum on the Hutchinson Report

On December 11th, David Frum participated in a radio interview with host Earl Ofari Hutchinson of The Hutchinson Report Newsmaker Hour. The interview focused on the race for the Republican presidential nomination. You can read the full transcript of the interview here . EOH: Will Newt …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Tuesday December 13, 2011

Romney Doesn't Carry Small Change

Mitt Romney's proposed $10,000 bet with Rick Perry has earned a lot of criticism for the candidate. Given that it was a rhetorical device (albeit a clumsy one) rather than an actual bet and given that a $10,000 is not really a lot of money for a presidential campaign, I'm personally inclined to …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Monday December 12, 2011

The New Payroll Tax Strategy

House Republicans have made a bid to boldly reverse their public relations disadvantage as gridlock over the extension of the payroll tax holiday and other legislation vital to the economy continues. For the past month or more, Republicans had been scolded as the bastion of the rich and …

Written by Steve Bell on Monday December 12, 2011

Arizona's Immigration Law Gets its Day in Court

Today the Supreme Court announced that it has granted the State of Arizona’s petition to review the Ninth Circuit Appellate decision striking down most of S.B. 1070, the controversial state law prohibiting the employment of illegal immigrants and making it a crime for immigrants not to carry …

Written by Howard Foster on Monday December 12, 2011

Why Was the $10,000 Bet Moment so Bad?

Ed Morrissey observes at HotAir.com: If Romney wanted to make himself look rich, arrogant, and clueless, he could hardly have done a better job. When was the last time someone challenged you to a ridiculous bet in order to intimidate you out of an argument? For me, I think it was junior-hig…

Written by David Frum on Monday December 12, 2011

Where Was the GOP's Middle Class Agenda?

Saturday night's debate provided a good example of how current GOP orthodoxy thwarts presidential candidates from talking seriously about the economic problems of the American middle class. Mitt Romney wants to offer a middle-class economic agenda. (Or anyway, his consultants have decided he …

Written by David Frum on Monday December 12, 2011

Newt is Confused by Democracy

Newt Gingrich believes in much more democracy than the founding fathers. They believed the U.S. House should consist of representatives elected by white male property owners. Voting at the time was a public act. On election day the voters would show up at a public place, usually a county seat, …

Written by Howard Foster on Monday December 12, 2011

Canadian Politics Get Americanized

In my column for the National Post I discuss the investigation of Treasury Board President Tony Clement: Last month, the RCMP announced that it had found no basis for further investigation of Treasury Board President Tony Clement. In 2010, a former Liberal MP had asked the RCMP to …

Written by David Frum on Saturday December 10, 2011

Where Are the Honorable People in Sports?

Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poem “Richard Cory” describes a man with all of life’s blessings who mysteriously commits suicide. Numerous less famous poems by Robinson similarly suggest man’s impenetrability. Many of his poems take place in the imaginary town of Tilbury, a quaint place whose …

Written by Alan Hirsch on Saturday December 10, 2011