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Gingrich Knows Illegals Break the Law

Recent comments by Newt Gingrich to the effect that illegal immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for 25 years, “obey the rules, have children and belong to a church” should be allowed to remain here are deliberately deceptive. His premise is that an illegal immigrant can somehow live and work in …

Written by Howard Foster on Friday December 2, 2011

I Heart Romneycare

‘Galatea’ is a columnist writing about her experience looking for work after her recent downsizing. Previous entries in her series can be strong> read here

Written by Galatea on Friday December 2, 2011

Great Leap Backwards

The head of a major union lauding a model where striking gets you shot? Lord I miss George Meaney and Lane Kirkland.

Written by John Vecchione on Friday December 2, 2011

The People of the Book

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Written by David Frum on Friday December 2, 2011

Austerity Comes to Britain

Dagenham is an industrial suburb east of London, hard-hit by the decline of manufacturing in the United Kingdom. It was the site of tonight's Question Time program on BBC, where I occupied a chair hoping that I wouldn't get asked too many questions about the British educational system. Question …

Written by David Frum on Friday December 2, 2011

State Legislators Like Romney, A Lot

Scottsdale, AZ--Even as he continues to fight off challenges from an ever-changing troop of "flavor of the week" candidates, Mitt Romney's organization appears to be gaining the type of support it most needs to win primaries--the support of conservative legislators. Here, as the American …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Thursday December 1, 2011

What Friends of Israel Face in Britain

As an example of the attitudes my friends at the Anglo-Israel Association bump up against in contemporary Britain, there's this : A Labour MP has caused outrage by suggesting that Britain's first Jewish ambassador to Israel has divided loyalties because he has "proclaimed himself to be a …

Written by David Frum on Thursday December 1, 2011

Who Strains the US-Pakistan Relationship?

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Written by David Frum on Thursday December 1, 2011

The EU's Plan: Raise Taxes With Bailouts

The past two weeks have seen a dizzying array of proposals from virtually every organ of the EU claiming that they can make the eurozone more efficient, durable, and solvent. If you noticed that no one is saying that they will make the eurozone more democratic, you’re not the only one . The …

Written by Jeff Cimbalo on Thursday December 1, 2011

The Wrong Way to Attack Gingrich

The American Spectator has decided to attack Newt Gingrich’s position on healthcare because he once praised the work of Dr. Donald Berwick’s Institute for Healthcare Improvement. I must say, as someone who has pretty consistently thought that Obamacare was a terrible way to go about reforming …

Written by Stanley Goldfarb on Wednesday November 30, 2011

Let Europeans Vote for EU Officials

In my column for The Week I explain why the European Union needs more democratic accountability: The European Union is not a democracy because until now it has been regarded as an association of democracies. The institutions at the center of Europe existed to serve democratic governments, …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday November 30, 2011

Who Made Norquist's Pledge Sacrosanct?

Grover Norquist’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge is not even 100 words long, yet it has been blamed for gridlock in Congress and for making it impossible for Republicans to make any constructive negotiations and compromises over the budget. Because of the importance of the pledge (which commits …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Wednesday November 30, 2011

Britain's One-Day Strike

British public-sector workers engaged in a one-day strike today to protest government plans to reduce the generosity of public-sector pensions. I witnessed the big protest march down Whitehall toward Parliament. The crowd was thick, but generally orderly--although past such protests have seen …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday November 30, 2011

The Cost of the Tea Party

Here's some interesting data from Pew. Americans turning against the "tea party" (however they understand the "tea party" to mean) is not exactly a new story, but here it continues to accelerate. More surprising: the tea party seems to be contaminating the larger Republican brand. …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday November 30, 2011

Gingrich Passes a Very Low Bar

Newt Gingrich has a voluminous history of misdeeds as a public figure. But since he is now emerging as the consensus alternative to Mitt Romney, we should pause to appreciate how he is succeeding where others have failed in auditioning for that role. I write this not as a Newt Gingrich fan, …

Written by Jay Gatsby on Tuesday November 29, 2011

Can NATO Adapt to Cyber Warfare?

What is the likelihood that NATO would invoke Article Five--NATO’s collective defense clause--in response to a cyber attack? The possibility first entered media discourse back in October 2010 when the German Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on an internal memo in which NATO Secretary-General Anders …

Written by Robin Tim Weis on Tuesday November 29, 2011

Jobless, With Dwindling Options

‘Galatea’ is a columnist writing about her experience looking for work after her recent downsizing. Previous entries in her series can be strong> read here

Written by Galatea on Tuesday November 29, 2011

Poland to Germany: We Need You to Act!

In an important speech in Berlin, Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski expressed a thought maybe has never been heard before on German soil from a Polish leader: What, as Poland’s foreign minister, do I regard as the biggest threat to the security and prosperity of Poland today, on 28 th …

Written by David Frum on Monday November 28, 2011

Don't Reform Law School; Abridge it

The New York Times published an editorial several days ago which discussed the need for reform of legal education in the United States. This editorial took particular aim at the casebook method approach to legal education (sometimes also called the case method, as in the article) and …

Written by Mark R. Yzaguirre on Monday November 28, 2011

Signs of Hope, Part 4

Frum Forum is on the lookout for Signs of Hope that the conservative movement is moving towards intellectual openness . Today's entry comes in the form of a new Facebook group: Republicans for Responsible Reform . The group was started by friends of the site D.R. Tucker and Michael …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday November 28, 2011