Entries

Palin Film To Premiere In Iowa

McClatchy Newspapers reports: In a move certain to feed speculation about her political plans, Sarah Palin will visit Iowa Tuesday to attend the premiere of a movie about her career. Palin and her husband, Todd, will attend the premiere of the movie, "The Undefeated," at an historic …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

Webb: "Deluded" U.S. Must Face Debt Crisis

Justin Webb writes in The Daily Telegraph : Forget Greece. Or at least put Greece to one side: the real financial disaster waiting to happen is on the other side of the Atlantic. It is a disaster born of self delusion, in a nation that prides itself on plain speaking and openness. …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

Iran Hosts Anti-Terror Summit

Agence France-Press reports: The leaders of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan agreed on Saturday to join forces in combating militancy as they attended a counter-terrorism summit overshadowed by an Afghan hospital bombing that killed at least 20 people. The joint statement by the three …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

House GOP: Call Them Irresponsible

The president has Hail To The Chief. So it’s only fair Congress has its own song, lest imbalance between the branches of government take hold and imperil the Republic. It is true that we can and often do learn something new (and sometimes useful) every day. After living and working in Washingto…

Written by Les Francis on Saturday June 25, 2011

Obama Pitches Hi-Tech Plan

The Associated Press reports: President Barack Obama says technological innovations can help create jobs and spur growth in clean energy and advanced manufacturing. In his radio and Internet address, the president promoted a plan he outlined Friday in which the government would join with …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

Libya: "NATO Strikes Kill 15 Civilians"

CNN reports: NATO airstrikes in the Libyan city of al-Brega Saturday killed 15 civilians and wounded several others, a Libyan government official told CNN. The official said NATO planes struck a bakery and a restaurant. NATO said it had struck key command-and-control centers and there was …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

Crisis? What Crisis?

Out of the mouths of real estate agents: A Washington property broker may have inadvertently provided an explanation for why lawmakers have their fiscal priorities wrong. Why Washington focuses on deficits and ignores the economic crisis, in one sentence. From today's Washington Post real …

Written by David Frum on Saturday June 25, 2011

Syrian Refugees Flood Into Lebanon

The Associated Press reports: Hundreds of Syrians, some with gunshot wounds, have crossed into neighboring Lebanon in search of a refuge from the growing violence in their homeland, a Lebanese security official said Saturday. Most arriving at the border came shortly after Syrian security …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

Chavez Illness Fuels Succession Speculation

The Los Angeles Times reports: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' hospitalization and subsequent disappearance from public view while visiting Cuba has stirred rumors about the seriousness of his medical condition and controversy over whether he should delegate power temporarily. Chavez, …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

Obama Picked The Wrong War

There's a management saying: the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Bestowing stable government upon Afghanistan is not the main thing. Eradicating al-Qaeda is the main thing. Watching President Obama speak this week about the US drawdown from Afghanistan, I thought of the old …

Written by David Frum on Saturday June 25, 2011

Mob Boss' State Senate Brother

MSNBC reports: It has all the hallmarks of a Greek tragedy: Two brothers whose lives diverge radically — one into an underworld of crime, the other into the upper echelons of state politics — yet whose fates remain inextricably linked. Generations of Boston residents have watched that …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

Syria Protests Largest Yet

The Washington Post reports: Tens of thousands of protesters on Friday rushed into the streets across Syria to renew the call for the immediate end of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, four days after his speech pledging reform and dialogue failed to satisfy government opponents. …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

Cuomo Signs Gay Marriage Law

CNN reports: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the state's marriage equality bill hours after it passed the Republican-controlled Senate on Friday night, making it the sixth state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage. Cuomo signed the bill into law after the legislature cleared the …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

Obama "Committed To Debt Deal"

Reuter reports: President Barack Obama said on Saturday he remained committed to working with Congress to find a solution to the government's debt problem, but the focus could not only be on spending cuts. Obama's comments come as the president prepared to meet separately with Senate …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

Greek PM Austerity Appeal To MPs

Reuter reports: Greek ministers urged wavering members of the ruling Socialist party on Saturday to do their duty in a knife-edge vote in parliament next week and back painful austerity measures that lenders demand as the price for fresh bailout loans. Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

Rove Group Buys $20M In Attack Ads

The National Journal reports: The conservative group Crossroads' GPS policy arm is going up with a significant $5 million advertising campaign next week, attacking President Obama on the economy, according to a copy of the ad shared with National Journal . Over the next two months, the …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

Afghan Hospital Hit By Car Bomb

The New York Times reports: A vehicle packed with explosives detonated in front of a hospital in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 30 people and causing heavy damage to the facility, local officials said. The death toll included patients, visitors and staff and was …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 25, 2011

Nevada Debate Postponed In Hope That Perry Will Run

The Washington Post reports : The organizers of the next presidential debate, scheduled for mid-July in Las Vegas, postponed the event Friday in anticipation of the entry of Texas Gov. Rick Perry into the race. “We’re waiting for Perry, ” said Grover Norquist, the head of Americans …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Huntsman: Issues Not Religion Will Decide GOP Race

The Associated Press reports : Former Utah Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman campaigned in neighboring Nevada on Friday, saying he doesn't believe his Mormon faith will be an issue in his bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. "Nor should it be," Huntsman told reporters in Reno. …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Watch: Mark Steyn On Free Speech

Mark Steyn delivers a specially recorded video message for the Institute of Public Affairs' Free Speech event, with guest of honour Andrew Bolt. Melbourne, 20 June 2011.

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011