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When Are You Too Old To Become A Ski Bum?

American friends express amazement that I could have grown up in Canada without learning to parallel ski or slalom. I answered: "Growing up in Canada, I learned to minimize my exposure to snow and frost." "Life is difficult enough without throwing yourself off the side of a mountain." That was my …

Written by David Frum on Saturday April 4, 2009

Frum On "Real Time With Bill Maher"

My appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher can be viewed on YouTube, broken into 4 parts: one , two , three & final . Or see our WatchNow box for a direct link.

Written by David Frum on Saturday April 4, 2009

Virginia: Tomorrow's The Day

Tomorrow's the day for the Virginia State Central Committee meeting which will decide whether Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Jeff Frederick will stay in office. 58 of the 77 central committee members support a change in leadership, joined by all five U.S. House members from Virginia, our …

Written by John S. Gardner on Friday April 3, 2009

Spanish Atrocity

Put that sandwich down and immediately read Doug Feith's op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal . It begins: A lawyer in Spain -- who did his legal studies while serving over seven years in prison for kidnapping and terrorism -- has engineered a complaint accusing the U.S. government of …

Written by David Frum on Friday April 3, 2009

What Green Jobs?

Remember all those “green-collar” jobs President Obama says are going to replace those, dirty, carbon-heavy jobs he plans to tax away? Looks like somebody didn’t get the memo .

Written by Gusher on Friday April 3, 2009

David On Cbc Tv

Here's a link to a recent interview on CBC.

Written by David Frum on Friday April 3, 2009

Lets Rank States Like Colleges

Democracy is alive and well in the United States, at least when there is no incumbent running for reelection and voters have a choice between two clear alternatives (witness the recent closely-contested House election in upstate New York). Partisans of all persuasions are dissatisfied with the …

Written by Andrew Gelman on Thursday April 2, 2009

The Lost-Out Generation

A generation of highly educated young Americans have signed up at law firms, investment banks, and hedge and equity funds, happily assuming that the boom times would last forever. Now Wall Street is to young financiers what Detroit is to would-be autoworkers. The adjustment won’t be easy. …

Written by Meghashyam Mali on Thursday April 2, 2009

Obama's Formula For Disaster

My column for The Week can be read here . It opens: President Obama got a heaping serving of good news in Monday’s Washington Post poll. He remains strongly personally popular, and the public’s heavy mood of pessimism has lifted somewhat: 42 percent now say the country is on …

Written by David Frum on Thursday April 2, 2009

Obama's Formula For Disaster

President Obama is building an economy for the 21st century of accreting waste and inefficiency, massive bureaucracy, slower productivity growth, and lagging prosperity. President Obama got a heaping serving of good news in Monday’s Washington Post poll. He remains strongly personally popular, …

Written by David Frum on Thursday April 2, 2009

Sarko's No Show No Go

Nicolas Sarkozy's erratic G-20 antics - threatening walkouts, then changing his mind and welcoming President Obama effusively - have led many to wonder: What on earth does the French president think he's doing? Or, is he just behaving... stereotypically French? The latter, I'm afraid. …

Written by Jean Granville on Thursday April 2, 2009

Obama's Shameful Club

The Obama Administration has just announced that, reversing the policy of the Bush Administration, the United States will seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council. It was established in 2006 to replace the UN Commission on Human Rights. Of the 32 resolutions passed by the …

Written by Martin Krossel on Thursday April 2, 2009

Everything about Immigration has Changed - Except Our Thinking

I was fascinated by an exchange on immigration on NRO between Richard Nadler and John Derbyshire. (See also this ps by Mark Krikorian .) Let me quote a bit from Richard Nadler's post: It [the effective enforcement of immigration laws] is not going to happen. The second is, if it did …

Written by David Frum on Thursday April 2, 2009

So Much For An Obama Presidency Of Administrative Expertise

Yesterday it was reported that HHS nominee Kathleen Sebelius, like so many of her fellow nominees, underpaid her federal income taxes. If the Senate is concerned with its constitutional responsibility to advise and consent on nominees, this should be the least of her worries. Erica Werner …

Written by Henry Clay on Thursday April 2, 2009

Jim Will Win In Ny-20

Jim Tedisco will probably win the special congressional election now being prolonged in upstate New York. This is not hype, wishful thinking or a hope-based prediction. After a meeting of the minds that began at 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday night in Jim’s suite at the Saratoga Holiday Inn, …

Written by Tom Qualtere on Thursday April 2, 2009

The Fact Is: I Can't Get Kids In This City To Come To School

Third quarter marking period just ended. I teach 100 seniors, and when I look at the grade book, I could legitimately give F’s to 60 of them. This is the number of kids who have missed ten or more days out of 44 this quarter. It used to astound me how many days of kids missed when I …

Written by Thomas Gibbon on Wednesday April 1, 2009

The Americans Are To Blame: Berlin, Two Days After 9/11

During the last year, we have heard much about the need to “restore America’s image in the world.” In the next days, we will undoubtedly hear more, as Barack Obama embarks on his first European tour as president (followed by a stop in Ankara). The theme is, of course, just an …

Written by Henryk Broder on Wednesday April 1, 2009

A Nomination ...

... for Jim Webb's blue-ribbon commission on prison reform: Conrad Black. Who knows more - or could reflect more intelligently on what he knows? Pardon him - and put his talents to work.

Written by David Frum on Wednesday April 1, 2009

Ny-20: Can We Start Worrying Yet?

Too close to call? NY-20 is one of the most conservative districts in the northeast. Maybe the most conservative. The Republican candidate, Jim Tedisco, had experience and name ID. The GOP organization strongly backed him in a race recognized as one of the most important in the country this …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday April 1, 2009

Huckabee Got There First

Jim Webb's legislation for a bipartisan commission on prison reform is welcome - especially if it leads to improvement of conditions in prison rather than decarceration on a mass scale. Glad to see Arlen Specter will provide Republican cosponsorship. Fairness though requires acknowledging the …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday April 1, 2009