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Don't Dianify Jack Layton

The funeral is done, the mourning crowds have dispersed, the media has turned to other things – but in the wake of Jack Layton’s too-early death at age 61, he has somehow become an icon, sanctified as a symbol for a better Canada. By dying at the peak of his political career, before he’d …

Written by Peter Worthington on Monday August 29, 2011

Res Judicata: The Poisoning That May Save The 10th Amendment

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Written by Howard Foster on Sunday August 28, 2011

Red Light Cameras: They Work

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Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Sunday August 28, 2011

Bachmann Blows Off NH

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Written by David Frum on Sunday August 28, 2011

I Stand With Glenn Beck

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Written by Emmanuel Navon on Sunday August 28, 2011

A Monument Not Fit for a King

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Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Sunday August 28, 2011

More Conservative Than You Think

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Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Saturday August 27, 2011

The Eurozone - Too Big to Save?

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Written by David Frum on Saturday August 27, 2011

I Love Disney

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Written by Eli Lehrer on Saturday August 27, 2011

Remembering Jack Layton

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Written by David Frum on Saturday August 27, 2011

Listen to this Canadian Politeness Expert

Here is Miranda Frum doing her first radio interview, discussing her blogpost on Canadian vs. U.S. politeness.

Written by David Frum on Saturday August 27, 2011

Dealing Weed Beats Cutting Grass

Picture a drug dealer in your mind. What does he look like? Whatever the image is, it's probably not going to be a young white male wearing this summer's latest footwear, and an untucked "secret wash button-down Coral tattersall" shirt from J. Crew. Doubtful, too, your imagination pictures him as …

Written by Daniel Alexandre Portoraro on Saturday August 27, 2011

The Prowl: Farewell

This week rather than writing something about anything remotely related to dating in DC, instead I am saying goodbye. Yes, this will be the last Prowl (at least as written by me). I briefly considered ending my stint on Frum Forum in some sort of sensationalist bang. This column from …

Written by Vivian Darkbloom on Friday August 26, 2011

Higher Ground Shows Down to Earth Evangelicals

Premiering at June's LA Film Festival, top-notch character actress Vera Farmiga's directorial debut hits the big screens (and arthouses) this week. It's the story of a shy, curious-about-the-world, and intellectual woman (Farmiga) in the 1970s and '80s (the height of the Religious Right's …

Written by Telly Davidson on Friday August 26, 2011

Are There Any Good People Left in Baseball?

Recent issues of Sports Illustrated implicitly raised and perhaps answered an intriguing question. The August 15 issue features a cover story on Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia. Tom Verducci presents Pedroia as combining off-the-charts ability with an off-the-charts attitude. Pedroia lives …

Written by Alan Hirsch on Friday August 26, 2011

Summer Romance: Dating 2.0 Brings Digital Anxieties

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Written by Vanessa Rodriguez on Friday August 26, 2011

Kinky Friedman Flip-Flops On Perry

I wrote a piece on August 19th about how Texas Governor Rick Perry may have changed his mind about certain issues over the years. I now want to write about another Texan who appears to have changed his mind - Kinky Friedman. For those readers who are unfamiliar with him, Kinky Friedman is …

Written by Mark R. Yzaguirre on Friday August 26, 2011

How Ron Paul Could Save Obama

John Podhoretz writes about the possibility of a third party bid by Jon Huntsman and whether he could harm Obama in the process. As heartening as I found it, I wish to take issue with part of the argument. I do not think the key to a third party candidate damaging one or the other main candidates …

Written by John Vecchione on Friday August 26, 2011

Common Ground

Rep. Joe Wilson of "you lie" fame has been hospitalized with Lyme disease. I suffered a case of the disease last summer, and I can attest: it's a nasty and very painful business. My sympathy to the congressman. I hope he makes a swift and complete recovery - and that he will then join my campaign …

Written by David Frum on Thursday August 25, 2011

Buffett Tax Would Cover Seven Days Spending

Warren Buffett is known as the Sage of Omaha for a good reason: his outstanding ability to find profitable investments that took him from a small portfolio owner to one of the richest people in the world. Recently, he used his formidable reputation to suggest in the New York Times , …

Written by Herbert Grubel on Thursday August 25, 2011