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BP Leak May Last Till August

Due to the failure of "Top Kill" it is possible that the BP oil leak will not be stopped until August: As BP readied its latest fallback plan to stop oil gushing from one of its wells in the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration and the company warned that the crude could continue flowing …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday May 31, 2010

White House Doubts BP's Intentions & Estimates

Carol Browner, the director of Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, has expressed significant reservations with BP: The Obama administration is adopting an increasingly confrontational approach with BP — accusing company executives of intentionally underestimating the scale of the Gulf …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday May 31, 2010

Ed Case Drops Out of Hawaii Race

Democrat Ed Case has announced that he will not run against Republican Charles Djou for Hawaii's first congressional district. Former Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaii), who recently finished third in a House special election, says he will not run in November against newly-minted GOP Rep. Charles Djou. …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday May 31, 2010

Frum: Oil Leak is a "Three Mile Island" Moment

On HuffPost Radio , David Frum weighed in on the BP oil leak. He described the disaster as a "Three Mile Island" moment which will require the oil industry to be more concerned about safety in the future: Click here to learn more.

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday May 31, 2010

Hollywood Dishonors Military War Dead

Funeral duty - especially the family notification - is the most sacred task a soldier can be called upon to perform. This Memorial Day, Americans are being treated to Hollywood's distortion of this hallowed duty. In the twenty-five years I wore the War Suit, the deal was you could do anything - …

Written by Sean Linnane on Sunday May 30, 2010

Bill Clinton Defends Centrist Democrats

Former President Bill Clinton recently defended SeneBlanche Lincoln in Arkansas against the Democratic Party's left flank: Using unusually vivid language to describe the threat against Sen. Blanche Lincoln , Clinton urged the voters who nurtured his career to resist outside forces bent on …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday May 30, 2010

Israel Rejects Nuclear Non-Proliferation Document

Israel on Saturday sharply criticized an action plan on nuclear weapons agreed to by the United States and 188 other countries, rebuffing its most novel proposal -- a conference in 2012 to discuss ridding the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction. The action plan stressed the …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday May 30, 2010

NYC Approves Charter School Expansion

Advocates for charter schools have received some good news from New York City: In a huge legislative coup for Mayor Bloomberg at the statewide level (where has has not generally enjoyed great success over his first two terms), New York's two houses of the legislature have passed bills …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday May 30, 2010

Teacher Critic of Chris Christie Makes $85K+

It turns out that a teacher who criticized Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey about the supposedly low pay that teachers receive, actually makes more then $85, 000 a year: Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie had a little dust-up with teacher Rita Wilson. Upset over Christie’s …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday May 30, 2010

White House: Carville "Doesn't Understand Facts" of BP Spill

The White House has tried to downplay recent criticism from Democratic political strategist James Carville regarding the administration's response to the oil leak: Reporter: What does the President have to say about the fact that some of his staunchest supporters like James Carville have …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday May 30, 2010

BP Bused in Temp Workers for Obama

Yahoo News reports that BP sent hundreds of workers to the Gulf Coast while President Obama was visiting Louisiana, to create the illusion of greater activity: Perhaps you saw news footage of President Obama in Grand Isle, La., on Friday and thought things didn't look all that bad. Well, there …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday May 30, 2010

Sestak Was Ineligible for Job Offered

In an interesting wrinkle in the Sestak Saga, it seems that Rep. Joe Sestak was not even eligible for the job that he was offered to have him drop out of the Pennsylvania Primary: In a little-noticed passage Friday, the New York Times reported that Rep. Joe Sestak was not eligible for a …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday May 30, 2010

Fake BP Twitter Account Creates PR Headache

The fake Twitter account @BPGlobalPR has been creating a humorous headache for BP as it tries to salvage its image in the fallout of the oil leak: Along the beleaguered Gulf Coast, the emergency measure known as "top kill" appears to have halted the flow of oil from a ruptured offshore BP …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday May 30, 2010

Documents Show BP Was Worried About Oil Rig

Newly uncovered documents suggest that BP was aware of potential problems on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig: Internal documents from BP show that there were serious problems and safety concerns with the Deepwater Horizon rig far earlier than those the company described to Congress last …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday May 30, 2010

Lake: U.S. to Focus on Domestic Terror Threats

Eli Lakes reports that President Obama's new national security strategy will place a renewed focus on the threat of domestic terrorism: President Obama's new national security strategy will include a new focus on the threat posed by Americans who can be recruited and radicalized by al Qaeda …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday May 30, 2010

BP Fails to Stop Oil Leak

BP's latest effort to stop the oil leak--the "Top Kill"--has met with failure: In another serious setback in the effort to stem the flow of oil gushing from a well a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico, BP engineers said Saturday that the “top kill” technique had failed and, after consultatio…

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday May 30, 2010

Justice Department May Sue Arizona

The Justice Department has expressed concerns to Arizona about its new immigration law. Some believe that a lawsuit is going to follow: Justice Department officials told Arizona's attorney general and aides to the governor Friday that the federal government has serious reservations about the …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday May 30, 2010

The Inside Story of the Reagan Campaign

Craig Shirley’s enthralling new history of the 1980 presidential campaign summons that grand hour back to life. “Make it new” was Ezra Pound’s advice to writers. Craig Shirley’s enthralling new history of the 1980 presidential campaign eminently fulfills that advice. Here is a story you’d …

Written by David Frum on Saturday May 29, 2010

Glenn Beck Mocks Obama's Daughters

On his radio show, Glenn Beck attacked Obama's response to the oil spill by imitating and mocking his daughters: Click here to read more.

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday May 29, 2010

Bruce Bartlett: Tax Expenditures Are A Huge Problem

For his Forbes.com column, Bruce Bartlett attacks the inefficiencies that come from tax expenditures: Conservatives are united in their belief that government spends much too much and that spending ought to be cut sharply. But they almost universally ignore de facto spending through the Tax …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday May 29, 2010