Signs of Hope

My article in New York magazine on the state of conservatism presented a grim picture. Yet there are also signs of hope in the conservative world, evidences of intellectual openness and readiness for problem-solving. We'll try to monitor them here, with links as they appear one by one. …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday November 22, 2011

Signs of the Times

Bill Kristol had a cryptic editorial in the Weekly Standard this weekend, wistfully remarking that 2012 is not 1980 and that conservatives may have to resign themselves to "a not particularly distinguished four-year governor who’d zigged and zagged back and forth to be acceptable to large parts …

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Written by David Frum on Monday November 7, 2011

Is the Right Still Afraid of Cass Sunstein?

Conservatives, led by Glenn Beck, fought hard against the appointment of law professor Cass Sunstein to a regulatory oversight agency. Two years later, he's speaking at AEI. Cass Sunstein will speak today at AEI about the Obama administration's deregulation agenda. NBC's Chuck Todd tweeted this …

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Written by David Frum on Thursday May 26, 2011