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If I Do Say So Myself

Googling one's own name is sometimes called a "vanity search." In my case, the practice calls for another name, since I can assure you the results are generally 10-1 ungratifying to vanity. Call it defensive Googling. But this morning it did yield a positive result, unearthing a line I'd written in …

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Written by David Frum on Friday October 14, 2011

When the Quotes Change, I Check My Attributions

Mitt Romney is a big fan of Winston Churchill. At a recent GOP debates he promised that if he was elected, a priority of his would be to restore a bust of Churchill back into the Oval Office. Yet it seems that Churchill-philia has gotten the better of Romney. During a Town Hall meeting in New …

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Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Thursday September 29, 2011