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Emailing While Racist

Racism is alive and well and brewing in the Republican party. Newscoma.com reported on its blog that Sherri Goforth, legislative aid to Tennessee State Senator Diane Black (R-Gallatin), emailed this photo - “Historical Keepsake Photo” - to “ the wrong list …

Written by Crystal Wright on Friday June 19, 2009

David Frum and Flynt Leverett Discuss the Crisis in Iran

Flynt Leverett, senior fellow at the New America Foundation, and I discuss the Iranian election and the implications for President Obama on Bloggingheads.tv. You can see the video here .

Written by David Frum on Friday June 19, 2009

Democracy in Albany 2

The past week and a half in Albany has been one for the history books. Not because of any major legislation the Republicans would’ve introduced after their surprise Senate takeover ; quite the contrary. As a result of span> the June …

Written by Tom Qualtere on Friday June 19, 2009

New Polls: Obama May Be Human After All

Despite solid overall approval ratings, recent polls show dwindling support for President Barack Obama’s focus on health care reform—and instead underscore the public’s concern for the snowballing budget deficit. A new Wall Street Journal /NBC poll, released June 17, …

Written by Jeb Golinkin on Thursday June 18, 2009

David Frum Reviews Liaquat Ahameds "Lords Of Finance"

Just added a new review of Liaquat Ahamed's Lords of Finance in the FF Bookclub. It opens: Americans do not easily imagine the Great Depression as a global event. Yet if asked for a short answer to the question, “What caused the Depression,” the best reply would be: “th…

Written by David Frum on Thursday June 18, 2009

The Urgent Case to Reform Conservatism

For the past four years, Republican reformers have been warning of political disaster ahead. Our party's ideas have fallen behind the times, we are losing key demographic groups, and we have suffered disappointment and defeat in four of the six national elections since 1998. You'd think that …

Written by David Frum on Thursday June 18, 2009

More Raptors on the Horizon?

It looks like the F-22 production line may not fall idle after all. Cracks in the Administration's attempts to kill it are appearing. First, as Mike Goldfarb at the em> Weekly Standard notes

Written by J. Moses Browning on Thursday June 18, 2009

Gallup and Gullibility

My new column for The Week warns against allowing the new Gallup poll - you know, the poll that showed 40% of Americans identifying as "conservative" - to lull political conservatives into complacency. The case for reform is supported, not contradicted, by Gallup's results.

Written by David Frum on Thursday June 18, 2009

The Real Loser of the Iran Election: Obama

President Obama is right not to talk too much about Iran. Words of support from an American president cannot much help the protesters – and may hurt them, by exciting nationalist feelings the regime can exploit against them. Worse, such words stake the credibility of the United …

Written by David Frum on Thursday June 18, 2009

Clubbing Judges

Some Republicans are criticizing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor for belonging to a women’s organization called the “ Belizean Grove .” This organization, apparently made up primarily of “wise Latinas” is a place to relax and spend time with like-minded people …

Written by John Vecchione on Thursday June 18, 2009

Obama & Gay Benefits

The Gay Patriot blog pauses between excoriating President Obama on Iran to applaud him for signing this afternoon a memorandum on gay partner benefits. The blog's unusual positive response to the president tells something about the very high level of support within the gay community for these …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday June 17, 2009

Dems at Odds on Paying for Obamacare

Today, the likelihood that the Democrats will be able to rush through a health care package before the August recess is increasingly in doubt. The financing of Obamacare has the Democrats twisted in knots. Earlier in the week, the Congressional Budget Office found that the still incomplete …

Written by Henry Clay on Wednesday June 17, 2009

Wannabe Martyrs? Zacarias Moussaoui and the Gitmo Five

The Obama Administration is reported to be “gravely concerned” that by permitting Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four accused 9/11 co-conspirators to plead guilty it could be fulfilling their “desire” for martyrdom. But is it in fact the aim of KSM and his co-conspirators to …

Written by John Rosenthal on Tuesday June 16, 2009

The Moussaoui Transcripts

In connection with my article “ Wannabe Martyrs? Zacarias Moussaoui and the Gitmo Five ” , NewMajority is making available here the complete transcripts of Zacarias Moussaoui’s testimony at his 2006 trial. Moussaoui took the stand twice during the trial: first on March 27 and …

Written by John Rosenthal on Tuesday June 16, 2009

Obamacare: Haven't We Learned Anything?

In yesterday’s speech to the American Medical Association , President Obama argued that the collapse of General Motors demonstrated the need for his wholesale reform of America’s health care system. In yesterday’s speech to the American Medical Association , President Obama argued that the …

Written by Henry Clay on Tuesday June 16, 2009

Dems Protect Their Own on Countrywide

According to this story in The Hill today, Democrat Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) refused to join ranking Republican Darrell Issa (R-CA) in seeking documents related to the “Friends of Angelo” program. Makes one wonder what Chairman Towns’ reaction might be if it were two Republican …

Written by FF Washington Insider on Tuesday June 16, 2009

Negotiations with Iran Would be a Sham

As David Frum and Richard Perle quipped in em> An End to Evil

Written by Zac Morgan on Tuesday June 16, 2009

A Republican Majority Must be Conservative

As the Obama administration defines itself by actions rather than words and George W. Bush fades into history, the number of people calling themselves conservative has increased. As RealClearPolitics span> notes

Written by John Vecchione on Tuesday June 16, 2009

Violence in Iran - 3

Among other casualties of the violence in Tehran: President Obama’s foreign policy hopes. If he persists now in his deal-making efforts, he’ll be acquiescing in fraud and violence. What is happening in Iran now is this year’s Tiananmen Square, and if Obama tries do business with the regime …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday June 16, 2009

Who Wants School Vouchers? Rich Whites and Poor Nonwhites

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Written by Andrew Gelman on Tuesday June 16, 2009