The Next Fake Hollywood Scare: Child Hunger
A new documentary Hungry in America hopes to launch a crusade to end child hunger. But if they don't their facts right, they may discredit a worthy cause. The current wave of partisan cinéma non-vérité has become every bit as formulaic and tiresome as Michael Moore's scruffy Common Man routine. …War by Committee
The enforcement of a no-fly zone over Libya is being described as America's "third war". But with no clear objective it's more like a glorified international police action. "War is diplomacy by other means." - Clausewitz "You are a professional, but the world is full of dangerous amateurs." …
Palin Flops in India
If Palin's speech at a Delhi conference was intended to establish her foreign policy credentials, she failed. With due respect to aficionados of the emerging India-US alliance, it is difficult to see how New Delhi qualifies as an appropriate destination for a potential presidential candidate to …5 yrs of Twitter? I cn hrdly blv it
Y it seems just ystrdy oped clmnsts wd go on & on. Ponderously using 900 wds to make a pt that cd be made in a sentence or 2. 5 yrs of Twitter? I cn hrdly blv it. Y it seems just ystrdy oped clmnsts wd go on & on. Ponderously using 900 wds to make a pt that cd be made in a sentence or …The Prowl: Return of the Pizza Maker
A few months back, I had a one-night stand with a pizza maker. After a great date, he stood me up twice and I never heard from him again... until this week. For those of you keeping track at home (and it's perfectly reasonable if you're not), my first column for Frum Forum detailed what was …The Fat Diaries: Confessions of a Movie Snack Smuggler
A new mandate forcing movie theaters to share the calorie contents of their foods has concession stands worried they will lose more business. They lost mine years ago. Hope you all had a great St. Patrick’s Day. Mine was lamer than usual in that I was out of beer and forgot to buy something …The Adjustment Bureau: Free Will Takes a Backseat
Matt Damon's new thriller The Adjustment Bureau , presents a world where what seems like chance is all part of the (master) plan. A cute girl (or guy) willingly gives you their phone number or email at the club on Friday night. Then you call them the next week and they hang up on you; then they …"There Are No Ex-Green Berets"
The use of a green beret, as a piece of headgear for elite special forces, dates back to WWII and the French Underground. I was recently asked: Which is "proper" or preferred by these men when referring to them, "Green Beret" or "Special Forces"? It is a very insightful question, and …
Help! I'm an Outcast in the Office
Eddie hears from a reader worried that her workplace office is a lot like high school, and unfortunately she isn't in the "in" crowd. Writing in the Globe and Mail , David Eddie hears from a reader worried that her work office is a lot like high school, and she isn't in the "in" crowd. The …Follower-in-Chief
In his desire not to repeat our open-ended commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq, Obama's just pledged the U.S. to an open-ended fight in Libya. It’s not just generals who fight the last war. President Obama’s speech about Libya on Friday afternoon served notice: he is still fighting against the …Easy Budget Cuts the GOP Forgot
Eventually, Congress will need to spend serious political capital to make tough budget cuts. But for now, there are plenty of easy cuts the House has overlooked. As Congress cuts the federal budget, attention has focused on truly easy cuts—programs that are clearly outdated or needless but …The Newest Celebrity: The Dictator's Wife
Remember when Saif Qaddafi was a bold promising reformer feted by society? Not everybody learned their lesson from that disaster. Remember when Saif Qaddafi was a bold promising reformer, feted by the London School of Economics and Dr. Benjamin Barber , the self-described "internationally …T-Paw: The Generic GOP Choice?
The Kristol-Barbour falling out is getting all the headlines, but the real story is Pawlenty’s falling in with Bill Kristol. Real Clear Politics offers a clear summation of the Kristol-Barbour spat. But it's easy to read this story upside down. The real news here is not the Kristol-Barbour …Should the West Ignore Qaddafi's Ceasefire?
UPDATED: It's a pity the UN didn’t show resolve weeks ago when Qaddafi was vulnerable. Now he's declared a ceasefire. Is it too late for regime change? Does the UN know what it’s doing? It makes little sense for the UN Security Council to have waited until Muammar Qaddafi had rebounded to …Israel's BlackBerry Gap
After a week meeting with senior defense and political officials in Jerusalem, one thing's surprised me: you'll see few BlackBerrys in Israel. Over the last week it has surprised me that there were so few BlackBerrys in Israel’s capital of Jerusalem. In a city that is supposed to be the center of …Obama’s Libyan Opportunity
A success in Libya could give Obama cover for a faster windup of the war in Afghanistan. A success in Libya could give cover for a faster windup of the war in Afghanistan. With Saddam and Qaddafi overthrown, it may not matter so much that we were unable to build a stable government in poor and …Enforcing the No-Fly Zone
In a normal time, imposing a no-fly zone upon a country like Libya would be an easy exercise of US power. But three wars is a lot even for America. Obama moves on Libya. Probably not the last move either. Here's where the anti-interventionists have a point: in a normal time, imposing a no-fly zone …Nuke Energy: The Next Casualty of Japan
The aftershocks from the Japan quake are being felt around the world: Nuclear energy projects are being suspended with knee-jerk swiftness and little thought. It's like watching a Japanese Monster B-Movie: Battered by two epically-scaled natural disasters and now a human-made emergency in the form …College Degrees: No Longer Recession-Proof
In this recession, even a college degree won't protect you from joblessness. The recession is proving that even a college degree does not protect you from joblessness. This may fly in the face of the conventional wisdom but the evidence backs it up. A chart from a Cleveland Federal Reserve report …