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Conservatives and Their Dogs

In these tough recessionary days, what this country needs is a photo montage of conservatives and their dogs. Interested FF readers should submit their photos to run in this column. Sean Linnane's Jack Russell Tiny, a hunter of moles and killer of possums In these tough recessionary …

Written by David Frum on Monday September 21, 2009

Dave Matthews Songs to Play at the Wedding

Leaks from a tell-all book by a one-time aide to John Edwards reveal that Edwards and his mistress, Rielle Hunter, made plans for a wedding to be held after Elizabeth Edwards died. These plans included a rooftop location in Manhattan and, for dancing, the Dave Matthews Band. I've put together a …

Written by Danielle Crittenden on Monday September 21, 2009

Obama Threatens to Break 2008 Promise Not to Raise Taxes on Families

President Obama pledged during the 2008 campaign not to raise taxes on families earning less than $250,000, but his proposed health insurance mandate could count as a tax: The mandate is compulsory and substantially costly, although it is not paid to the government. The liveliest topic on the …

Written by David Frum on Monday September 21, 2009

Ahmadinejad Pens Book Denying Holocaust

The Iranian president writes of the "lying myth of the Holocaust and explanation of how this was linked to the creation of the bogus regime Israel," according to the Paris-based Aladdin project, which has now published a translation of the book into English. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday September 21, 2009

Gambling with Free Speech on the Net

Upset at what he saw as competition to the state lottery and to state-taxed parimutuel betting, last year Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear (D) initiated efforts to seize the internet domain names of 141 offshore online poker, sports betting, and casino gaming sites. If Beshear succeeds, our First …

Written by Rich Muny on Monday September 21, 2009

Conservatives and Their Dogs

In these tough recessionary days, what this country needs is a photo montage of conservatives and their dogs. Interested FF readers should submit their photos to run in this column. Vicki Webster's Perry, who knows that conservation is conservative. In these tough recessionary …

Written by David Frum on Sunday September 20, 2009

Give Insurers More Power

The big problem with America's private-sector health insurance companies is that they are not nearly powerful enough. Here's a radical thought: The big problem with America's private-sector health insurance companies is that they are not nearly powerful enough. Oh, they are more …

Written by David Frum on Sunday September 20, 2009

Conservatives and Their Dogs

In these tough recessionary days, what this country needs is a photo montage of conservatives and their dogs. Interested FF readers should submit their photos to run in this column. Lauren Johnson and her Texas Heeler, Landry, who loves life, liberty and the Dallas Cowboys In these …

Written by David Frum on Saturday September 19, 2009

Healthcare Must be Affordable

The Detroit Free Press recently reported that thousands of customers of Blue Cross of Michigan received notices that their premiums would increase 22% next year. When healthcare (insurance premiums, co-pays, deductibles, pharmaceuticals, etc.) becomes unaffordable, as housing did in 2006 despite …

Written by K.E. Boedeker on Saturday September 19, 2009

Glenn Beck and Ron Paul

Debating David Horowitz about Glenn Beck, I made the point that it was very strange that David Horowitz can excoriate Ron Paul and then enthusiastically defend Beck, who is (I wrote) Paul's "chief TV enthusiast and publicist." You'd think that reviewing Glenn Beck's comments would be a matter of …

Written by David Frum on Saturday September 19, 2009

Irving Kristol

My first reaction to the death of the great neoconservative thinker appears on The American blog. Just click here . My first reaction to the death of the great neoconservative thinker appears on The American blog. Just click here .

Written by David Frum on Friday September 18, 2009

N.Y. GOP Fights to Stay Relevant

The first incremental steps in the New York State Republican Party’s journey back to relevance have been taken: Edward Cox is poised to become the next chairman of the state GOP and Rick Lazio is preparing a bid for governor. The first incremental steps in the New York State Republican Party’s …

Written by Richard Brownell on Friday September 18, 2009

Multiculturalism in Action

From a conversation overheard while waiting in line at the U.S. Post Office, Podunkville, deep in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey... Overheard while waiting in line at the U.S. Post Office, Podunkville . . . deep in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey: Sweet Little Old Lady: "I'd like to buy …

Written by Sean Linnane on Friday September 18, 2009

Police Chiefs: Terror Threat Still Real

With 9/11 still in everyone’s mind, NewMajority interviewed Cathy Lanier, the Washington D.C. Police Chief, and William Bratton, the outgoing Los Angeles Police Chief, on how they intend to protect their cities from another terrorist attack. Their cities are two of the top three most vulnerable …

Written by Elise Cooper on Friday September 18, 2009

The Revolution Will be Blogged

Outstanding links to the Qods day demonstrations in Iran at AndrewSullivan.com, here . Outstanding links to the Qods day demonstrations in Iran at AndrewSullivan.com, here .

Written by David Frum on Friday September 18, 2009

Obamacare by Any Other Name

The core of Obamacare is embodied in the Baucus bill. He would have a government committee decide on what’s an appropriate health plan for you and your family. There would be mandates and regulations and subsidies – and, yes, much spending. After months of negotiations, Senator Max Baucus has …

Written by David Gratzer on Thursday September 17, 2009

Obama Heads for Foreign Policy Disaster

Despite the domestic focus of these early months of his presidency, Barack Obama thinks of himself as a foreign policy thinker above all, according to those who know him best. His confidence is undiminished by his lack of experience and credentials, and that confidence continues to flourish despite …

Written by David Frum on Thursday September 17, 2009

The White House's Clumsy Timing

Sept. 17, 2009, is the day that the Obama administration yielded to Russian pressure and canceled the proposed missile defense system based in Poland and the Czech Republic. Today also happens to be the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, when Russia gulped down its share of …

Written by David Frum on Thursday September 17, 2009

New Obama Appointee Targets the SEC

As President Obama gears up to increase regulation of the financial markets, he may face opposition from an unlikely source: his own appointee to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Cass Sunstein. As President Obama gears up to increase regulation of the financial markets, he …

Written by Tim Mak on Thursday September 17, 2009

Giving Moderation a Bad Name

The so-called moderate Baucus plan announced yesterday offers no answers to the problem of rising health costs. It imposes an individual mandate, extends federal subsidies, and imposes a tax on employers to generate some expansion of coverage. But as to cost control, it proposes virtually nothing. …

Written by David Frum on Thursday September 17, 2009