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The Earth, The Moon And The Stars All For A Mere $6.5-Trillion

Since his inauguration on January 20, 2009, President Obama has proposed new spending programs that will add, over the next 10 years, $6.5-trillion to the American national debt. Hey — anybody remember the origin of the phrase, “the hundred days”? If you guessed Franklin Roosevelt’s burst of …

Written by David Frum on Saturday April 25, 2009

The Earth, The Moon And The Stars

My National Post column this weekend assesses President Obama's first 100 days.

Written by David Frum on Saturday April 25, 2009

Anzac

Today is ANZAC Day - hoist a beer in memory .

Written by David Frum on Saturday April 25, 2009

Pay Attention To Us, Eh?

On Friday, it was reported that Sen. John McCain had mistakenly claimed that some of the September 11 hijackers had entered the United States through Canada . “If only there had been some semi-major news story about this in the past few days,” a friend remarked to me sarcasticall…

Written by Tim Mak on Saturday April 25, 2009

Tax Tea Party Fantasy

I have spent most of my life trying to cut taxes. Back in 1977, while a staffer for Congressman Jack Kemp, I helped draft the Kemp-Roth tax bill, which was endorsed by Ronald Reagan and enacted into law in 1981. According to the Treasury Department, this is the largest tax cut in American …

Written by Bruce Bartlett on Friday April 24, 2009

The Health-care Nuclear Option

The President’s approval ratings remain sky high. His opponents are disorganized and divided, while important Democratic leaders are working well together. Industry groups, once fiercely opposed to Democratic reforms, are keen to cut a deal. From a distance, everything seems to be going …

Written by David Gratzer on Friday April 24, 2009

A President Who Won't Speak Up For America

This month has provided the GOP with the best material yet to make a case that they are still the ones the American people can trust to act in our nation’s best interests, provide for the common defense and safeguard our national security. Consider what we have witnessed in just three months …

Written by Brad Schaeffer on Friday April 24, 2009

The Durban Ii Upside Down World

Kudos to The New Republic for a lively series of dispatches from the so-called Durban II conference. Start here and read backwards. The good news: the demonstrators who turned Durban I into an anti-Semitic hatefest have been overwhelmed by friends and supporters of Israel from all …

Written by David Frum on Friday April 24, 2009

Harvard's Liberals Go Quiet

Diana West notes the continuing silence of Harvard's legendarily liberal faculty - and the nation's media - about the Harvard university chaplain who endorsed the death penalty for Muslim apostates. This at the school that fired Larry Summers for so much as asking a question about women in the …

Written by David Frum on Friday April 24, 2009

Obama's Sitmap

Here's an interesting link to the TeaPartyDay website. The page is a national map with pins showing locations of all the parties registered for July 4. There are 442 sites already: Whatever this phenomenon is, whether it's a flash-in-the-pan or it's the true beginning of a …

Written by Sean Linnane on Friday April 24, 2009

Downsizing Flint

Several weeks ago I wrote that conservatives hoping to compete in the Northeast and Great Lakes states need to come up with serious plans to address their declining populations and the homes left behind. In short, I argued that conservatives should work to accelerate the process of tearing …

Written by Henry Clay on Thursday April 23, 2009

The Real Jane Harman Scandal

My column in The Week argues that the Jane Harman scandal is upside down ... [F]or acting public-spiritedly and responsibly, Jane Harman is now being treated like some kind of corrupt dealmaker. In fact, this whole bundle of stories is one in which the designated …

Written by David Frum on Thursday April 23, 2009

The Real Jane Harman Scandal

Sometimes in Washington, what is most scandalous is the attempt to create a scandal where none exists. Sometimes in Washington, what is most scandalous is the attempt to create a scandal where none exists. Let me give you a current example. Maybe you’ve heard about an allegation of …

Written by David Frum on Thursday April 23, 2009

"the Real Anti-racism Conference"

Pierre Poilievre, parliamentary secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, delivered the following remarks at the "Counter Durban " conference against racism, discrimination, and persecution in Geneva on April 22. Dear distinguished guests, It is an honour to be …

Written by Pierre Poilievre on Thursday April 23, 2009

Voter Id Laws Duh!

A bill passed the Texas Senate two weeks ago that would require voters to show some form of ID - not necessarily photo - before voting. The bill is now before the House -- but a significant firestorm has arisen over it. Democrats feel that stricter voter ID deters minorities from voting, making …

Written by Marshall Bowen on Thursday April 23, 2009

Five Questions For The Show Trials

The debate over the Bush administration’s interrogation methods is really a debate over five very different questions: Did the methods work? Was it justified to use them in the circumstances of 2002? Would it be justified under the different circumstances of 2009? Were they illegal? If …

Written by David Frum on Thursday April 23, 2009

Meet The Pirate Killers

How can the Navy SEALs drop three pirates with three precision shots, thus saving Captain Richard Phillips? FrumForum.com was allowed to visit a SEAL qualification program to see how these men were trained. For six previous days, with only two periods of rest per day, each rest lasting only …

Written by Elise Cooper on Wednesday April 22, 2009

Another Reason To Save The F-22

The non-zero chance that the Chinese will hit a button and our F-35s will drop out the sky .

Written by J. Moses Browning on Wednesday April 22, 2009

Obama: Let The Show Trials Begin

President Obama is sliding toward one of the most dangerous decisions of his administration – and very possibly one of the most dangerous in the history of the American republic. Yesterday, Obama opened the door to possible prosecutions of former Bush officials. If the president’s …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday April 22, 2009

Where Was Obama's Economic Leadership?

During last year’s campaign, my favorite pessimistic Republican, Bucky Katt of Get Fuzzy told his owner Rob (a Democrat) that “your guy [Obama] puts the demo in Democrat.” We saw that in Trinidad last weekend at the Summit of the Americas, where the President missed a huge …

Written by John S. Gardner on Tuesday April 21, 2009