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- Frum Forum Goes Live Frum Forum launched itself almost exactly three years ago, on Inauguration Day 2009. Over the subsequent interval, our hundreds of contributors have reached more than 5 million individual readers. I like to think that together we have helped to move the national …

Written by David Frum on Friday January 6, 2012

Watch: Frum on Question Time

On December 1st, David Frum participated in an episode of BBC's Question Time. The episode focused on strikes that were taking place in England, and it has since been uploaded to YouTube:

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday December 18, 2011

Read: Frum on the Hutchinson Report

On December 11th, David Frum participated in a radio interview with host Earl Ofari Hutchinson of The Hutchinson Report Newsmaker Hour. The interview focused on the race for the Republican presidential nomination. You can read the full transcript of the interview here . EOH: Will Newt …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Tuesday December 13, 2011

You Read it First at FrumForum

At the New York Post , Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein explain that the Ground Zero Mosque now faces eviction if it can't pay the rent on its real estate: Pay up or get out. Con Ed has given the Ground Zero mosque an ultimatum: Pay the $1.7 million you owe in back rent, or we’ll …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday October 17, 2011

My Farewell Interview with Marketplace

My final interview with Marketplace is up on the web: RYSSDAL: So why this move? Why is this no longer a good fit for you? FRUM: Well, we've been doing a point/counter-point here between me and Bob Reich for a couple of years. And it's been a lot of fun. I've certainly learned a lot …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday October 12, 2011

Watch: Frum on Broken Government

David Frum recently appeared on American Morning to discuss his latest CNN column arguing that government institutions need fundamental reforms.

Written by FrumForum Editors on Tuesday September 27, 2011

GOP Goes Green for Huntsman

FrumForum attended the Republicans for Environmental Protection's Theodore Roosevelt Banquet on July 28, featuring a keynote address by presidential candidate, The Honorable Jon Huntsman, Jr., and a speech by Congressman Dave Reichert - who left the event early to join Congress in attempting to …

Written by Nicole Glass on Friday July 29, 2011

Do You Believe in Magic?

My new column in the Week (misattributed a few minutes ago to my estimable Week editor, Ben Frumin, no relation) praises the Boehner plan for its artful use of smoke and mirrors. Tea Party Republicans confront a party establishment unanimously representing the Boehner plan as a huge …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday July 27, 2011

How's That Reset Working?

Eli Lake reports in the Washington Times that US intelligence agencies have concluded that Russian military intelligence was responsible for a bomb blast at the US Embassy in Georgia last September. U.S. intelligence agencies concluded in a classified report late last year that Russia ’s …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday July 27, 2011

Watch: David Frum Talks Debt Ceiling and Obama

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Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday July 26, 2011

Clear it with Rush

I heard Rush Limbaugh talk in his first hour today about the details of the Boehner plan. I was in the car returning from the gym, and I just assumed I'd missed the release of the plan earlier. But no. Limbaugh indeed got the scoop . It's worth noting that for all the conservative obsession …

Written by David Frum on Monday July 25, 2011

Greece's Tough Deal

A friend's weekend quip: "Anne Mansouret described her sexual affair with ex IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn as 'consensual but brutal.' That's also a good description of Greece's deal with its bondholders and other EU countries."

Written by David Frum on Monday July 25, 2011

Resume the Debt Debate in 2012?

So here's the new Republican debt-ceiling idea: Pass a $1 trillion increase in the debt ceiling joined to $1 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years, no revenues. That sounds dramatic. But $1 trillion in spending cuts over a decade is not as big a deal as it sounds, especially if you …

Written by David Frum on Monday July 25, 2011

The Relaunch That Didn't Ignite

From Taegan Goddard today: "With its Sarah Palin documentary The Undefeated increasing its playdates by 40% this weekend, only to watch box office revenue decline by more than 63 percent, distributor Arc Entertainment announced Sunday that the film will soon be available on pay per …

Written by David Frum on Monday July 25, 2011

A Bomb in Norway

Thoughts go out to my many Norwegian friends from the annual delegation to Washington of politicians, civil servants, business leades and academics. Let's hope this terrible apparent crime touches Oslo as lightly as mercy allows ...

Written by David Frum on Friday July 22, 2011

Long Term Unemployment by State

The WSJ has a powerful, depressing interactive chart of long-term unemployment. Nation-wide, more than 25% of the unemployed have been out of work for more than a year. But in hard-hit states like California, Georgia, South Carolina, and Michigan, the proportion jumps to over 33%. See …

Written by David Frum on Thursday July 21, 2011

Why Americans Think All Politicians Fail Them

I have a new column in the Times of London that discusses why Americans currently dislike all politicians. I have a new column in the Times of London that discusses why Americans currently dislike all politicians. Through the first decade of the 21 st century, it could almost be …

Written by David Frum on Monday July 18, 2011

The Economy Can't Survive Abrupt Spending Cuts

An economic precedent that is remotely comparable to an abrupt hit-the-wall 44% cut in federal government spending is the defense build-down at the end of World War II. I'm trying to think of an economic precedent even remotely comparable to an abrupt hit-the-wall 44% cut in federal government …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday July 12, 2011

Frum & Greenwald: Will Europe Prosecute Bush?

On Bloggingheads, Salon.com's Glenn Greenwald and I discuss whether a European court should put Bush on trial and what Egypt's revolution means for Israel. I recorded a new Bloggingheads with Salon.com's Glenn Greenwald. We discussed whether a European court should put George W. Bush on trial and …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday February 23, 2011

Will's Exit from Afghanistan

Anybody who does not share George Will’s frustrations with the Afghan mission has not been paying attention. But that does not mean George Will is right in his call for an American evacuation and a new approach. Anybody who does not share George Will’s frustrations with the Afghan mission has …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday September 1, 2009