Not The Onion

This is the Washington Post's emailed bulletin report on the budget debate: Asked for single-word characterizations of the budget negotiations, the top words in the poll — conducted in the days before an apparent deal was struck — were “ridiculous,” “disgusting” and “stupid.” Overall,  …

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Written by David Frum on Monday August 1, 2011

Bartlett: End the Debt Ceiling

One consequence of the psychodrama over the debt ceiling is that we can now discuss how to remove it. In his column Bruce Bartlett reminds us that we have known since the 1950's that the debt ceiling doesn't reduce spending: While politicians and the general public believe that the debt limit …

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday August 1, 2011

Noonan Hopes Our System isn't Broken

Peggy Noonan makes an excellent point. If our parties can't solve the debt crisis, who needs them? Peggy Noonan on the debt crisis : Both parties in Washington have every reason to want to prove they possess the baseline political competence to meet the government's central and pending …

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Written by David Frum on Friday July 15, 2011

Will Politicians Ignore David Brooks?

David Brooks is warning the GOP to avoid a default, but will they listen to him? One of the things that has attracted me to David Brooks over the years is his willingness to not get so heated in his writing.  In a time when it seems that what sells is trying to show everyone how outraged you …

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Written by Dennis Sanders on Wednesday July 6, 2011