David Frum's Blog, page 33

Land is More Important Than Gold

Matt Yglesias visits the world of Westeros to make a brilliant point about why tangible goods are so much more important than gold:

New Zealanders Sing Maori Love Song After Passing Same-Sex Marriage

Same-sex marriage passed in New Zealand today. Watch what happened immediately after:

Disgusted by the Boy Scouts? Here’s an Alternative

Since the Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed their ban on LGBT scouts and Scoutmasters, some parents have made the decision to pull their boys from the group and find an alternative program that does not have discriminative policies.

The Less Exquisite Side of the Art World

It's amazing how a life spent buying and selling works of art tends to bring out the very worst in people. The Nahmad family are well known in the art world.

Legal Pot Isn't Inevitable

Kevin Sabet of Smart Approaches to Marijuana offers this comment on Rep. Dana Rohrbacher's proposal for marijuana legalization:

Comfort Dogs Arrive in Boston

Via Glenn Greenwald's Twitter account:

What's the Cost of an Excel Error?

If you haven't acquainted yourself with the saga of Reinhart-Rogoff, read this post by Mike Konczal. According to Konczal, an error in the Excel coding of Reinhart-Rogoff's major study on public debt casts the entire study into doubt (and it was quite an error.)

The Rise of the Modern Recess Appointment

Jeff Bernger writes at the Weekly Standard on the origin of our contemporary recess appointment mess: it all traces back to the Swift Boat controversy.

What Rand Paul Should Have Done at Howard University

Early this morning, I exchanged some messages with Brian Darling of Senator Rand Paul's office about my book review of Strom Thurmond's America by Joseph Crespino.

Judge Fines Himself for Contempt of the Court

Promote this guy.