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Beck Raises $10K for Chamber of Commerce

Beck Raises $10K for Chamber of Commerce Politico reports: Glenn Beck appears to have overwhelmed the servers at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by calling for his radio listeners to make today the “largest day of fundraising for the Chamber of Commerce, ever.” The call was in …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

US was Warned About Mumbai Attacks

US was Warned About Mumbai Attacks The Washington Post reports: Three years before Pakistani terrorists struck Mumbai in 2008 , federal agents in New York City investigated a tip that an American businessman was training in Pakistan with the group that later executed the attack. …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Pentagon to Troops: Don't Come Out

Pentagon to Troops Serving: Don't Come Out Ed O'Keefe reports: There is uncertainty about the future of the military's gay ban, the Pentagon's top personnel official said Friday in a memo to senior military leaders. Troops also should not alter their behavior as the policy remains …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Angle Spending $1 Million A Week

Angle Spending $1 Million A Week The Washington Post reports: -- Republican Sharron Angle clobbered Sen. Harry Reid in fundraising between July and September but most of the cash is gone - she's spending an average of nearly $1 million a week in her bid to defeat the Democratic …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Wilson Lives Down "You Lie!"

Wilson Lives Down "You lie!" The Washington Examiner reports: Not too long ago, Rep. Joe Wilson -- the South Carolina Republican who famously shouted "You lie!" during President Obama's September 2009 address to a joint session of Congress -- was Enemy Number One for angry …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Charles Johnson Disowns Geller

Charles Johnson Disowns Geller Charles Johnson writes: If you happened to read the Sunday New York Times last weekend, you might have seen Anne Barnard and Alan Feuer's profile of Pamela Geller, the extreme rightwing blogger who's arguably done more than anyone else to incite …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Sex and the City

F F is launching two new columns: "Sex on Campus" by Rachel Ryan and a column on young dating life in D.C. called "The Prowl." Two very gifted young writers will be launching new columns here at Frum Forum this weekend. Our friend Rachel Ryan will be writing a regular weekend feature, "Sex …

Written by David Frum on Friday October 15, 2010

The Prowl: Unglamorous Sex in the (Capital) City

The first date with Pizza Maker (yes, he makes pizza for a living) was objectively great. We never had a second date though, because he stood me up. Twice. The first date with the Pizza Maker, yes, he made pizza for a living and I have two degrees (three if you count high school) and a career, was …

Written by Vivian Darkbloom on Friday October 15, 2010

Sex on Campus: The Condom Breakthrough

A new survey claims that young people are more sexually active and practicing safe sex. But is it true in the campus hookup scene? On Thursday October 14 th , The Center for Sexual Health Promotion released a study claiming, among other things, that not just sex, but safe sex , is on …

Written by Rachel Ryan on Friday October 15, 2010

The Fat Diaries: Losing Weight on the Chopsticks Diet

I occasionally go to Chinese buffets. With a little discipline and a few rules, one can eat well without throwing their diet out of whack. In a recent medical study , researchers examined the behavior of obese and normal weight people at a Chinese buffet. The article noted that …

Written by Monica Marier on Friday October 15, 2010

Keeping Your Guests from Killing Each Other

Parties in Washington can get complicated: the longer one lives here, the harder it becomes to put together a guest list that avoids confrontation. Writing in the Washington Examiner , Meghan Cox Gurdon looks at the secret fear of every Washington cocktail party host: that her guests will hate …

Written by Meghan Cox Gurdon on Friday October 15, 2010

Help! My Parents Are Fixing an Arranged Marriage

A reader in a relationship asks for advice for dealing with his immigrant parents who are pushing an arranged marriage. Writing in the Globe and Mail , David Eddie hears from a reader who is in a relationship, but who's immigrant parents are pushing an arranged marriage. The reader writes: …

Written by David Eddie on Friday October 15, 2010

General: Clinton Cabinet Member Wanted US Plane Shot Down Over Iraq

Clinton Cabinet Member: Let Iraq Shoot Down A U-2 Salon reports: General Hugh Shelton , who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during parts of the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, has a new memoir out that contains this significant-seeming story: Back in the late …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

We're Cutting to Make Government Better

John Boehner has promised to slash spending if the GOP retakes the House. Just as important though is explaining to voters how spending cuts will benefit them. This week, the likely next Speaker of the House, John Boehner, promised to introduce new bills every week to cut spending should …

Written by Henry Clay on Friday October 15, 2010

Olson: Why I'd Never Vote For Cuomo

Olson: Why I'd Never Vote For Cuomo Walter Olson writes at Cato@Liberty : There are many reasons to be glum about the impending coronation of dynastic heir Andrew Cuomo, now leading in the New York governor’s race against a GOP opponent (Carl Paladino) who at first polled decently …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

Prosecution: Drop Wilders "Hate Speech" Case

Prosecution: Drop Wilders "Hate Speech" Case BBC reports: Dutch prosecutors have recommended acquitting leading anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders on all five charges of hate speech. They said his comments had targeted Islam, not Muslims, and he had the right to comment on …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

They Didn't Start the Fire, But Should Have Put it Out

Last week, firefighters let a home burn because a resident failed to pay his town services fees. But there's a better way to make residents pay up in the future. I pity poor Gene Cranick, the rural Tennessean whose house burned down because he failed to pay the $75 fee required to receive …

Written by Harold Bonacquist on Friday October 15, 2010

GOP Makes Large Leads in Ohio

GOP Makes Large Leads in Ohio WLWT reports: CINCINNATI -- A new poll released on Friday shows the Republican challengers for two of Ohio's highest offices have extended their lead. The Ohio Poll, conducted by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati, showed …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

Read: Murdoch's Defense of Israel

Read: Murdoch's Defense of Israel From Rupert Murdoch's speech to the Anti-Defamation League: You [the ADL] were founded a century ago against the backdrop of something we cannot imagine in America today: the conviction and then lynching of an innocent Jew. In the century since …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

T.A. Frank: Debate was a "Disaster" for Reid

T.A. Frank: Debate was a "Disaster" for Harry Reid T. A. Frank writes: Why Harry Reid agreed to have a debate with Sharron Angle is a bit of a mystery to me. If your campaign is based on portraying your opponent as loony, then why give that opponent a chance to look reasonable? …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010