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What The Gop Can Learn From The British Tories

Six months on from their election defeat, nobody is quite sure who leads the Republican Party. Across the Atlantic, British Conservatives have no doubt who is in charge. David Cameron has turned what should be an embarrassing scandal involving MPs’ expenses into another opportunity to …

Written by Jamie Boulding on Monday June 1, 2009

What Obama Learned From The Chrysler Bankruptcy

When dealing with bondholders, bribes cause less fuss than threats ....

Written by David Frum on Monday June 1, 2009

Crist The Better Bet For Florida Republicans

Are conservatives nuts? I keep hearing wild enthusiasm about Marco Rubio’s challenge to Charlie Crist. But why make the perfect the enemy of the good? This is not merely about the next election. That seat will be up for reelection in 2016. By that time Fidel will be 90 and almost certainly …

Written by Andrew Pavelyev on Monday June 1, 2009

Wanted: Dead Or Alive

Today's pick: Oliver Wendell Holmes. Despite being perhaps the least empathetic person ever to sit on the United States Supreme Court [1902-1932], Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. remains a progressive icon. Holmes’ less-than-compassionate disposition did not prevent him from penning famous …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 1, 2009

Did I Err?

Last week, I did a broadcast on Marketplace that the justices of the current Supreme Court collective have "strikingly little" experience of business law. The broadcast defined what I meant by business experience - and why it matters in today's context. The Obama administration is challenging …

Written by David Frum on Monday June 1, 2009

Is $50 Bn The Limit For Gm?

Mickey Kaus convincingly argues that the Obama administration has left the spigot open.

Written by David Frum on Monday June 1, 2009

O'Reilly And Tiller

Gawker has a summary of the Fox News anchor's denunciations of the assassinated abortion doctor George Tiller: apparently 28 separate incidents.

Written by David Frum on Monday June 1, 2009

Ilan Halimi's Murderer: "I Am Proud"

Given that the trial has been closed to both the public and press, it is difficult to know what exactly has been going on in the trial of Youssouf Fofana and the other members of his so-called “Gang of Barbarians.” As discussed in my earlier FF report here , Fofana and twenty six …

Written by John Rosenthal on Sunday May 31, 2009

Capitalists Of Little Faith

The New York Times ran an irritating piece about a new trend at American business schools. It appears that b-school students are pledging to behave ethically when they're launched into the waiting arms of the world's companies, many of which will presumably still be struggling to survive by the …

Written by Ken Kurson on Sunday May 31, 2009

A Future Republican Star?

I have just returned from the nominating convention of the Republican Party of Virginia. The Virginia Republicans long ago united around Attorney General Bob McDonnell for Governor. He is going to give whoever is the Democratic nominee fits. There were contested races for Lt. Governor, Party …

Written by John Vecchione on Sunday May 31, 2009

Olson: Latecomer On Gay Rights?

So suggests a letter writer to Andrew Sullivan, here I can attest first-hand that Ted Olson has been involved with this issue for a long time. I remember a spirited conversation on this subject just before he went into the Bush administration as solicitor general, over dinner at the Caucus …

Written by David Frum on Sunday May 31, 2009

Human Genetic Engineering? Why Not?

My weekend column for the Nationa l Post sees human hope in those glowing green monkeys.

Written by David Frum on Sunday May 31, 2009

The Moral Math Of Glowing Green Monkeys

Genetically engineer monkeys to make them glow green? It’s always cool when actual scientists do what 11-year-old boys think scientists do. Next thing, the marmoset monkey team will produce a working starship for Starfleet Command. The Japanese team got their results by encoding a fluorescen…

Written by David Frum on Saturday May 30, 2009

Sotomayor: It's Not About Race

Michael Kinsley goes over the top with this one: It's clear that the one paralyzing fact about Sonia Sotomayor, to Republicans, is the color of her skin. If she weren't Latino, they would be in full revenge-for-Clarence-Thomas mode. Instead, they are in an agony of indecision, with GOP …

Written by Andrew Gelman on Saturday May 30, 2009

Just Say "No" To New Gop Voters

New contributor Crystal Wright yesterday posted a debut piece here at FF explaining why she now regrets her vote for Barack Obama in November 2008. A healthy political movement and political party enthusiastically welcomes new supporters. And unless those new supporters are just emerging from …

Written by David Frum on Friday May 29, 2009

Wanted: Dead Or Alive

Let's start with this one: Earl Warren, the 14th Chief Justice of the United States, who, despite his whiteness, rather famously ended racial segregation in the schools. As for the richness of his life experiences, it may be that this father of six and children of immigrants didn't have time for …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday May 29, 2009

For Virginia Gop Party Chair: Pat Mullins

This weekend, delegates to the Republican Party of Virginia convention have two important decisions to make: who will be the nominee for Attorney General, and who will serve the remainder of the term as Chairman of the RPV. We’ve had a very healthy AG debate, and I’d be …

Written by John S. Gardner on Friday May 29, 2009

A Jewish State Without Land For Jews?

A series of recent rulings handed down by the Israeli Supreme Court challenge the rights of Jews to exercise an exclusive claim over any land in the State of Israel. The Court’s rulings fundamentally threaten Israel ’s Jewish identity. A recent article in Azure Journal by …

Written by Martin Krossel on Friday May 29, 2009

As Hispanic Florida Goes, So Goes...

Nate Silver asks , "Can the Republicans win back the White House in 2012 or 2016 while losing further ground among Latinos?" I don't know about 2012 and 2016, but I can give my best estimates for 2008. I'll show you what we found, then give some brief discussion. Here's how Obama did among …

Written by Andrew Gelman on Friday May 29, 2009

Abbas On Palestinian Life Under Zionism

From a Jerusalem Post article on Abbas expecting Obama to eventually pressure Netanyahu out of office: Abbas intends to remain passive, he told the paper. "I will wait for Hamas to accept international commitments. I will wait for Israel to freeze settlements… Until then, in the …

Written by Jean Granville on Friday May 29, 2009