David Frum's Blog, page 26

A Place That K-9 Dogs Can Call Home

When you first see a K-9 unit dog, your first reaction may resemble pity, as you think about the cage that the beautiful dog most likely suffers in. When it comes to the TSA’s K-9 division, think again. To their handlers, these dogs are more than just a work partner, they are family – literally.

Ted Cruz Won't Abide Reforming Obamacare

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas seems to have decided that being the leader of the most conservative faction within the Republican congressional caucus is a much better job than merely being an up-and-comer within the caucus as a whole.

Ron Paul's Insane Asylum

Ron Paul's new "Institute for Peace and Prosperity," reports Jamie Kirchick, features such luminaries as the suspected writer of the less than wholesome Ron Paul newsletters, an author who declared that a broad swath of the conservative movement holds a higher allegiance to Israel than the United States, and a scholar who wishes the South had won the Civil War. Read it now.

Syria Crossed Obama's Red Line

'Many of the Militiamen Here are Ethnic Scots-Irish Tribesmen'

Eric Garland asks, what if foreigners covered the United States the way Americans write about the rest of the world? He proposes the following hypothetical:

What's a 'Responsible Gun Owner'?

Idaho mother locks baby and 3 year old in car with a loaded gun.

Anxious America

Ron Brownstein reports on a new National Journal survey of Americans' economic anxieties.

Both Parties Want Binders Full of Women

Molly Ball writes at the Atlantic on why Republicans and Democrats are scrambling to recruit more women for political campaigns:

Why is Paul Ryan Embracing Immigration Reform?

Paul Ryan has joined Marco Rubio in the battle to pass the Gang of Eight immigration measure.

How H1-B Visas Really Work

Via Jonathan Foreman (Follow him at @JonEForeman), an Anglo-American journalist who writes often about India, a little insight into how H1-B visas work in practice. The Wall Street Journal reports: