David Frum's Blog, page 109

David's Book Club: The Fugitive

The Fugitive,the fifth and penultimate volume of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past,tells the story of two deaths. One death is followed by chilly oblivion; the other by an even more ghastly remembrance.

We Aren't Building a Death Star, Ctd.

Our Welsh friend Tom Doran comments on the White House's rejection of the Death Star petition

'The Administration Does Not Support Blowing Up Planets'

Fiscal conservatives should rejoice. For everyone else, a time for mourning. My question: Why does President Obama hate science, math and engineering?

Ben Shapiro Is One Mad Dude

Ben Shapiro is mad. From his new book, Bullies.

Guns in America, Ctd.

From Mississippi's Cottonmouth blog:

How Hugo Chavez Wrecked His Own Country

My National Post column mourns the general breakdown of Venezuelan society under Hugo Chavez.

The SAM Program in Full

Read it in its own words:

Quentin Tarantino's Infatuation With Raw Violence

Quentin Tarantino cares so passionately and deeply about slavery that he couldn't be bothered to learn anything about it. When asked by a British interviewer about his new movie's (as usual) gleeful violence, Tarantino reacted haughtily:

The GOP Still Hasn't Learned from 2012

Remember what happened to Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock in their campaigns for Senate? Whether or not you agree with their stances on abortion, their remarks about rape and pregnancy most likely cost them many votes in states they should have won. Apparently Representative Phil Gingrey (R-GA) never got that memo. As Jonathan Weisman of the New York Times reports, Rep. Gingrey (an OB-GYN, mind you) reignited the issueduring a discussion at the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce in suburban Atlan

Dogs: Better than Cats

All right, that's pretty adorable.