David Frum's Blog, page 193

Dangerous On Roads And In The Ballot Box

Today's news, that a centenarian citizen hit 11 with his car while driving in Los Angeles, reminds me (morbidly) of an essay of David's from June:

Sheldon Adelson's War?

Part One of a response to Andrew Sullivan

American Colleges Are Getting Hammered

While hardly news that online learning is rapidly gaining credence, the depth of its reach, and the ways it threatens American college culture, is observed in insightful fashion by The Washington Monthly.

RNC Diary: The Price Of The Party

Mitt Romney entertains big donors far from the camera's eye.

Egypt Vs Syria In Iran

Egypt's new Muslim Brotherhood president denounces the Syrian ruling regime from a stage in Tehran.

Mitt's Toughest Sale: Himself

Mitt Romney is notoriously tight-lipped about his personal life, but that must change if he wishes to win the election, as John Avlon writes at the Daily Best.

RNC Diary: The Land That Time Forgot

Does it sometimes seem that this whole convention is a broadcast from an earlier time, somehow intercepted and delayed by some freak event in the ionosphere? It seems that way inside Tampa too. Local taxis issue receipts with advertisements printed on the back. Most of the receipts advertise the service of a local attorney who specializes in criminal defense on DUI charges. Last night however I was handed a receipt advertising the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, decorated with a smiling pho...

Why Not Cheer Paul Ryan?

I ran into an old friend tonight after Paul Ryan's speech. We shared a beer at a nearby hotel lounge, where he put a question to me in an amiable way: For the past 20 years, I've been urging Republicans to take a harder line on entitlements. Now here at last in Paul Ryan is a Republican willing to do just that. He's intelligent, knowledgeable, serious, and committed. Exactly what I've been hoping for all these years. So why aren't I applauding?



It is ironic. Had the...

Romney: Too Cheap For War

Tonight, we'll hear from John McCain and Condoleezza Rice, and they'll speak about American exceptionalism. But I think George Packer and Andrew Sullivan err when they predict an aggressive foreign policy from a Romney administration. I'll venture the opposite prediction: Romney's foreign policy will be even more cautious than Barack Obama's. Here's why:

RNC Diary: The Most Nervous Name In News

Megyn Kelly has a bodyguard, David Brooks does not. Fox News has a security guard stationed in front of its TV booth, and as best I can discern, no other network has any. Do they know something the rest of us don't?