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Nick Clegg's Sickening Israel Bashing
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg may be surging in the U.K. election polls, but as Nile Gardner, Director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, argues, his eagerness to demonize Israel while encouraging her enemies deserves closer scrutiny. Liberal Democrat …Is the GOP Ready to Govern?
If Republicans retake the House in November, we know that they will attempt cut taxes, cut spending and repeal healthcare reform. But will they also be able to develop a positive legislative agenda that answers the everyday concerns of citizens? If Republicans retake the House in November, we know …A New Front in Colombia's War on Drugs?
In the run up to Colombia's presidential election, voters are gravitating towards a candidate who is offering a new way to wage war against the drug-trafficking guerrillas FARC. May 30 will be the first round of Colombia's presidential election. The election was supposed to be a largely uneventful …Shining Light on Our Financial Markets
A new proposal by writer Richard Vigilante and mortgage trader Andrew Redleaf to require banks to publish every trade and every position could provide investors the information needed to prevent another market crisis. It's so crazy it just might work... The great Peruvian economist Hernando …Can Chinese Free Themselves?
A reader sent in a comment about my post on the Chinese Cultural Revolution. He shared the life story of an academic colleague who survived the horrors of that time. Click here to read all of David Frum’s blogposts from China. A reader sends this comment about my post on the …The Fat Diaries: Fast Food's Dirty Little Secret
This week, the FDA announced plans to monitor the sodium content of foods. They should be sure to include the chemical MSG in their oversight. Its contribution to our obesity epidemic is one of the dark secrets of the food industry. A few weeks ago, I saw a story in the news that a New …
Arizona's Embarrassing GOP
The votes by Arizona Republicans requiring President Obama to show his birth certificate to get on the state ballot in 2012 and in support of a tough anti-illegal immigration bill will only harm the party’s image. Well, I guess we all know why the birther-pandering J.D. Hayworth is running even …Fight Obama’s SCOTUS Pick at the Polls
GOP senators should resist the temptation to use procedural tactics to delay or halt confirmation of President Obama’s next nominee to the Supreme Court. GOP senators may be tempted, particularly after Democrats’ abuse of the reconciliation process to enact Obamacare, to use procedural tactics …Ending Prison Rape
Under the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act, the Justice Department has to issue tough new standards to reduce sexual abuse behind bars. However, some corrections professionals are proposing efforts to narrow the definition of “sexual assault”. In the next few weeks, Attorney General Eric Holder …Choosing Sides in the Pet Fight
A tendency among people who profess love for animals is to claim affection for all animals--in this case, dogs and cats. To me, such lack of discrimination is as mindless as those who claim to love all mankind. Conrad Black wrote recently that he likes dogs, but he loves cats. As well as a …Campbell: Fiorina Campaign in the Red
Wednesday, California GOP senatorial candidate Tom Campbell’s campaign released an investigative report on rival Carly Fiorina’s finances. Campbell’s campaign dug into Fiorina’s FEC statements and found a campaign with mounting unpaid bills. Wednesday afternoon, Tom Campbell’s campaign released an …The Other China
To leave Beijing is to leave a city where Western-style affluence is at least everywhere visible for a nation where wealth is concentrated at specific points. Click here to read all of David Frum’s blogposts from China. To leave Beijing is to leave a city where Western-style …Giannoulias' Banking Blunders
Instead of giving into opponent Alexi Giannoulias bullying and returning campaign contributions from Goldman Sachs employees, Illinois Senate candidate Rep. Mark Kirk should be reminding voters of Giannoulias' disastrous decisions at his family owned bank. Mark Kirk is apparently planning to …
Palin's Sound Bite Foreign Policy
Palin’s comments criticizing the new START nuclear arms treaty reveal a disturbing truth: when she doesn’t have an expert to tell her what to think, all she can do is recite the factoids that were drilled into her during the campaign. Seated on the same side of an antique table before a large …Confronting China's Dark Past
Shantou City does have one remarkable local feature: a museum to the memory of the victims of the Cultural Revolution. It exists and offers something closer to actual history than is usually allowed people here. Click here to read all of David Frum’s blogposts from China. Shantou City …
The Human Toll of China's Economic Boom
China's achievements are all very visible to the visiting eye. The costs are tucked away in places that Westerners tend not to go. Click here to read all of David Frum’s blogposts from China. China's achievements are all very visible to the visiting eye. The costs are tucked away in …China's Rising Middle Class
An electric clothes dryer is seen as an outlandish almost outrageous luxury in China. But what happens to China's power consumption and carbon output when 200 million middle-class Chinese decide a dryer is a necessity? Click here to read all of David Frum’s blogposts from China. …The Army's War on Fat
If the United States hopes to defend itself and its interests in places with bad roads, thick jungles, hot deserts or high mountains, the health of the average volunteer soldier is going to have to improve, and fast. If you need a reason to care about the politics of obesity, look no further …Scenes from China
Glenn Beck bait? Beijing airport shop Food Market Sign At Forbidden City Glenn Beck bait? Chinglish store At Great Wall With debating partner Ruy Teixeira and the world's most expensive bottles of …