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Mitch Daniels: Governing by the Numbers

Businessweek has a fascinating piece about what makes Mitch Daniels an effective Governor of Indiana: Indiana is one of 10 states that has seen its unemployment rate go down in the past year, from 10.5 percent in May 2009 to 9.8 percent in April 2010. It has a budget surplus and a triple-A …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 20, 2010

BP CEO Under Fire for Yacht Race

BP's CEO has drawn renewed outrage due to how is spending his time since he stopped dealing with the Gulf oil leak: BP officials on Saturday scrambled yet again to respond to another public relations challenge when their embattled chief executive, Tony Hayward , spent the day off the coast …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 20, 2010

Obama's Costly Immigration Grandstanding

The Obama administration's decision to bring suit against the enforcement of Arizona's new immigration law will only hurt the Democrats at the polls. Whatever one’s views on immigration it is clear that upwards of 60% of Americans believe that Arizonans were justified in their new law that allows …

Written by John Vecchione on Saturday June 19, 2010

José Saramago's False Courage

The words of protest José Saramago never uttered against dictatorship in Portugal he unleashed against democracy in Israel. Jose Saramago, Nobel laureate in literature and anti-Semite, died Friday aged 87. Saramago won his prize in 1998. He put his new global fame to the service of a new cause: …

Written by David Frum on Saturday June 19, 2010

New Poll Shows Arab and Muslim Dissatisfaction with Obama

Spencer Ackerman has identified a poll which shows the lack of satisfaction with Obama in the Muslim and Arab world: A year after President Obama’s speech in Cairo vowing to reset relations with the Muslim world, Muslims worldwide are telling pollsters about their disillusionment with …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday June 19, 2010

The Media's Misplace Sympathy for Islam

In her column for National Review , Mona Charen discusses the media's misplaced sympathy for Islam, and their tendency to ignore that crimes that are carried out in the religion's name: The Times story about women who cover their entire bodies, including their faces, spoke of the challenge…

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday June 19, 2010

Will Folks Endorses "Lying" Nikki Haley

Nikki Haley has been endorsed by the blogger who first claimed to be having an affair with her. While he endorses her, he doesn't necessarily trust her: He’s still convinced she’s lying about their “inappropriate physical relationship,” but Will Folks is endorsing South Carolina state Rep. …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday June 19, 2010

Bachmann Featured in first Anti-BP Ad

David Weigel has identified the first political advertisement with an explicitly anti-BP message, and Rep. Michelle Bachmann is featured in it: Click here to read more.

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday June 19, 2010

Arizona Immigration Lawsuit Confirmed

A senior White House source has confirmed to CBS News, that the Justice Department will sue Arizona over their new immigration law: As Hotsheet reported yesterday , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a television interview in Ecuador this month that the Obama Justice Department …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday June 19, 2010

Romney Invests in Haley

Politico reports that Mitt Romney is making a significant financial investment into Nikki Haley's campaign: Former Massachusetts GOP Gov. Mitt Romney has contributed $42,000 to Nikki Haley’s campaign for governor in South Carolina, POLITICO has learned. Political action committees are …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday June 19, 2010

Fox Gives the GOP Their BP Talking Points

Why is the GOP defending the Barton's "shakedown" comments, when BP proposed the escrow fund in the first place? Andrew Sullivan links to a depressing clip of conservative pundits denouncing the idea of an escrow fund to prepay the environmental damage done by BP. Wince, ouch. …

Written by David Frum on Friday June 18, 2010

Angle Whitewashes Scientology Connections in Prison Program

In an interview with Human Events Sharron Angle goes out of her way to downplay the significance of L. Ron Hubbard's design of a "detox" program, and its connections to Scientology: The same Post story claimed that as a legislator, Angle had supported “a prison rehabilitation program …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Friday June 18, 2010

Dealing with the Drug Dealers Next Door

Writing in the Globe and Mail, David Eddie gives advice to a reader thinking about ratting out his noisy, teenage, drug-dealing neighbors. Writing in the Globe and Mail , David Eddie gives advice to a reader thinking about ratting out his noisy, teenage, drug-dealing neighbors: Now, over …

Written by David Eddie on Friday June 18, 2010

Obamacare's Costs are still Dire

Chait has some harsh words for me. Fair enough. But while we exchange posts on budget finances, the cost curve is still bending in the wrong direction. Busted. Jonathon Chait has harsh words for me over at The New Republic , criticizing a recent blog post on Medicare cuts and deficit …

Written by David Gratzer on Friday June 18, 2010

Jose Saramago's Anti-Semitism

Jose Saramago is dead at 87. After winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998, Saramago proceeded to put his new-gained fame to work to support a cause close to his heart: anti-semitism. Jose Saramago is dead at 87. Saramago, not previously well known outside his native Portugal, won the …

Written by David Frum on Friday June 18, 2010

Angle Raises $100K Per Day

Hotline On Call reports that Sharron Angle is having a fairly strong start to her fund raising campaign: Ex-NV Assemb. Sharron Angle (R) is raising more than $100K a day online since winning the right to face Senate Maj. Leader Harry Reid , according to data kept on her website. Since …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Friday June 18, 2010

Pelosi Delays Campaign Finance Bill Vote

Politico reports that Nancy Pelosi has delayed the vote on new campaign finance legislation due to opposition from several different congressional groups: Following a rebellion by two important factions of rank-and-file House Democrats, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has pulled a …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Friday June 18, 2010

The New Low-Skilled American Workforce

In the 1970s, California had the seventh most educated workforce in the nation. Now, the latest census data shows it is at the bottom of the list. What happened? In the 1970’s, California had the seventh most educated workforce in the nation. Now, the latest census data shows it is at the …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Friday June 18, 2010

Glenn Beck's Novel Plays With Fire

Glenn Beck's new novel isn't just bad. It also displays how he cynically manipulates his readers with dangerous ideas -- including fanning "truthers" of terrorist attacks. One disturbing aspect of Glenn Beck’s new novel seems to have passed over every reviewer who has read it. In the novel, Beck …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Friday June 18, 2010

Barton's Gaffe is the Tip of the Iceberg

Rep. Joe Barton's statement that the deal to set up a fund to pay for damages from the Gulf oil spill was a "$20 billion shakedown" is not the first time the GOP has engaged in incoherent opportunism over BP. Yesterday, BP Chairman Carl Henric Svanberg declared that BP cares about the “small …

Written by Jim DiPeso on Thursday June 17, 2010