David Frum's Blog, page 21

Isolated at a Young Age

The second excerpt from Jonathan Rauch's "Denial" has just posted at the Huffington Post. Jonathan summons to mind what it means to feel from an early age cut off from all the rest of humanity.

Arab Governments Try to Punish Canada

Arab governments seek to punish Canada's Middle East advocacy by moving a UN agency out of Montreal.

Cruz's Secret Weapon: Republican Despair

"The dominance of governors in our presidential politics is an old and durable phenomenon. Since the election of 1828, when Andrew Jackson's landslide victory over John Quincy Adams ended our initial era of Founding Father Presidents, governors have won more major party nominations, more general elections, and more Electoral College votes than any other category of Presidential candidate - and vastly more than candidates whose main political experience was in the U.S. Congress."

The Scariest Possibility in International Politics

Michael Koplow thinks it's a failed government in Pakistan:

Want to Go to Mars?

The Dutch organization Mars One has received over 20,000 applications from intrepid citizens seeking to colonize the Red Planet in 2023.

Not Vaccinating Your Kids Is a Horrible Thing to Do

In Swansea, Wales, there is a measles epidemic.Over 800 people have been diagnosed with the disease that is easily preventable by parents vaccinating their children.

How 'Balanced' Press Coverage Enabled Vaccine Trutherism

Columbia Journalism Review details the shameful story of how the false fetish of press neutrality enabled cranks and charlatans to promote the hoax that vaccines cause autism in children. Among the guilty: CJR itself. Kudos to them for the self-criticism.

A New E-Book from Jonathan Rauch: 'Denial'

"I HAVE a peculiar memory which must date to when I was 10 or 11 years old. I am sitting at the piano daydreaming one afternoon, and it occurs to me that I will never get married. Simultaneously with this realization comes the recognition that I have always understood that marriage was unlikely for me, and that today is merely the first time I have said so, to myself, "aloud." So baldly clear is this realization that I might as well be acknowledging that I will never have eight...

Yes, Ted Cruz Can Legally Become President

I get the fun irony of tossing eligibility questions at the Senator from Texas, but let's settle that now: As David Graham writes at the Atlantic:

Stand Up! With Pete Dominick

This morning, David had a conversation with Sirius XM's Pete Dominick.