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Release of Palin Work Emails Delayed

Release of Palin Emails Delayed The Hill reports: Sarah Palin’s former staff has requested another delay in releasing e-mails from her time as governor of Alaska. Several news organizations requested the information more than two years ago, just after the relatively unknown …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 28, 2010

How Chavez Lines His Pockets

Hugo Chavez isn't redistributing wealth from rich to poor, but rather from a business elite to a political elite, and from non-relatives to his own family. This New York Times dispatch from Venezuela is fine so far as it goes, but it risks leaving behind a very wrong impression. The idyll …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday December 28, 2010

Alfred Kahn RIP

As chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, economist Alfred Kahn helped turn flying from a luxury for the few to a basic commodity for the many. As chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board in the 1970s, the economist Alfred Kahn persuaded President Carter and a Democratic Congress to deregulate …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday December 28, 2010

Bloomberg Defends NYC Snow Response

Bloomberg Defends NYC Snow Response The New York Daily News reports: The sixth largest snowstorm in New York history buried the streets in four-foot drifts, brought transit to a halt and spread a strange and wonderful hush over the city. The Blizzard of 2010 dumped between …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 28, 2010

Obama Looks at Chicago for 2012 Campaign HQ

Obama Looks at Chicago for 2012 Campaign HQ Politico reports: Never in modern history has a U.S. president attempted to win reelection with a campaign operation based beyond the Potomac. But that's what President Barack Obama is apparently proposing to do. It's a daring move …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 28, 2010

Awlaki Inspired UK Terror Plot

Awlaki Inspired UK Terror Plot The Daily Telegraph reports: Nine alleged terrorists plotted a Christmas bombing campaign targeting sites that included the London Stock Exchange and Big Ben, a court heard. They are alleged to have carried out reconnaissance missions before …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 28, 2010

Daniels Stands by "Social Truce"

Daniels Stands by "Social Truce" The Hill reports : Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R), a potential 2012 presidential candidate, said this weekend he has no regrets about expressing his desire for a "truce" on social issues during the next presidency. Daniels, a noted fiscal …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 28, 2010

China Deploys New Anti-Ship Missiles

China Deploys New Anti-Ship Missiles The Washington Times reports : China's military is deploying a new anti-ship ballistic missile that can sink U.S. aircraft carriers, a weapon that specialists say gives Beijing new power-projection capabilities that will affect U.S. support for …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 28, 2010

Obama Birth Certificate Demands Increase

Obama Birth Certificate Demands Increase The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports : People who do not believe President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu in 1961 have stepped up their requests for proof of his birth this month, in the hopes that the new gubernatorial administration …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 28, 2010

Iran Hangs Man Convicted of Spying

Iran Hangs Man Convicted of Spying The Jerusalem Post reports : The Teheran Prosecutor's Office said that a man accused of spying for Israel was executed in Teheran's Evin Prison early Tuesday morning, official Iranian news agency IRNA reported. In and out of prison for …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 28, 2010

Thune Heads to Minnesota

Thune Heads to Minnesota The Star-Tribune reports : So it begins. Mark down U.S. Sen. John Thune as the first potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate with a high-profile speaking date in Minnesota. In the first half of last year, other potential candidates Sarah …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 28, 2010

Barbour Continues Lobbyist Lifestyle

Barbour Continues Lobbyist Lifestyle Politico reports : The Mississippi state plane, a zippy Cessna Citation with a capacity of 12, is a model favored by corporate executives and the wealthy, and its principal passenger, Gov. Haley Barbour , might easily be mistaken for one of them …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 28, 2010

Alvin Greene Might Run for House

Alvin Greene Might Run for House The Huffington Post reports : COLUMBIA, S.C. — Alvin Greene, the unemployed Army veteran who suggested during his failed U.S. Senate bid that making action figures of himself would help create jobs, is running for office again. Greene paid …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 28, 2010

The Founders Were No Libertarians

Christopher Beam's new article on libertarianism makes one key mistake: the Founders weren't libertarian. In fact, they saw first-hand the failure of such ideas. Christopher Beam has written a thought provoking, well-argued piece in a mainstream liberal magazine on libertarians. Libertarians, …

Written by John Vecchione on Monday December 27, 2010

WH Condemns Russian Tycoon's 'Political' Trial

WH Condemns Russian Tycoon's 'Political' Trial The Hill reports: The Obama administration on Monday said it was "troubled" by the conviction of one-time Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky in his second trial and suggested an "abusive use" of that country's legal system. The …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 27, 2010

Paul Promises Spending Cuts in Every Bill

Paul Promises Spending Cuts in Every Bill The Hill reports: GOP Sen.-elect Rand Paul said Monday that he wants to attach spending cuts to every piece of major legislation that comes before the Senate next year. Paul (Ky.) — who won his race with strong support from the Tea Party …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 27, 2010

If Sarah Palin Tells You Anything...

Check it. And then check it again. Case in point: Palin's latest explanation for how she first used the word "refudiate." Check it. Then check it again. Taegan Goddard links to a New York Daily News item catching another of these -- shall we call them self-flattering improvements of the record …

Written by David Frum on Monday December 27, 2010

Priebus Leads in RNC Endorsements

Priebus Leads in RNC Endorsements Wall Street Journal reports: Members of the Republican National Committee will select their chairman in less than three weeks, and nearly two-thirds of the votes are still up for grabs. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Wisconsin GOP, has …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 27, 2010

Newt's Daughter: He's 'Serious' About Prez Run

Newt's Daughter: He's 'Serious' About Prez Run Politico reports: Newt Gingrich’s daughter says her father may be doing more than just flirting with a run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012. "He's very serious," said Jackie Gingrich Cushman, an author and syndicated …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 27, 2010

RNC Members Start 'Dump Steele' Drive

RNC Members Start 'Dump Steele' Drive Ben Smith at Politico reports: A group of conservatives on the Republican National Committee’s governing board has launched an “Anybody but Steele” campaign and are gathering pledges from other committee members not to back the beleaguered …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 27, 2010