David Frum's Blog, page 13

The Cost of Amnesty

Steven Camarota writes at National Review on why Heritage gets the most important details right:

Kermit Gosnell Guilty of 3 Counts of Murder in the First Degree

Justice has been served. Toss him in prison, and never speak his name again.

Concern-Trolling Mitch McConnell

While rather uncharitable, Isaac Chotiner's profile of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in the latest print version of the New Republic (not yet available online unless you're a subscriber) is an illuminating read... until you reach the final paragraph, where Chotiner sneers at McConnell's admiration of Henry Clay:

Peter Worthington Cut His Own Hair

This Peter Worthington column appeared in the Huffington Post on July 25, 2012.

You Still Can't Wish Away the Facts on Immigration Amnesty

From my CNN column: why those rushing to bash the Heritage Foundation study keep forgetting that math is math:

Peter Worthington's Losing Battle With Raccoons

This Peter Worthington column was first published in the Toronto Sun on June 11, 2011.

Peter Worthington, 1927-2013

The wide-angle film of the scene in the basement of the Dallas police station on November 24, 1963, captures on the far left of the camera an unusually handsome man leaning against the station wall. Suddenly shots ring out: Jack Ruby has fired upon Lee Harvey Oswald. And the camera shows that man at far left abruptly snapping to attention and running toward the shots.

The Immigration Bill Does NOT Create a 'Biometric Database of All Adult Americans'

Did you hear about how the proposed immigration reform bill will create, in the words of the headline writers at Wired, a "Biometric Database of All Adult Americans"?

Do Make Fun of Dan Brown

This takedown of super famous author Dan Brown is so funny I cried:

The Latest 'Brown Scare'

Read Ross Douthat on the overhyped fears about the Tea Party and how such sentiments probably contributed to the IRS targeting conservative and libertarian groups for unfair scrutiny: