David Frum's Blog, page 5

Pacifists We're Loathe to Like

Alyssa Rosenberg is put off by the trailer for the new Ron Maxwell film, Copperheads:

Jennifer Rubin Misses the Point from Immigration Skeptics

It's astounding that Jennifer Rubin can write an article attacking the lack of "coherent arguments" from immigration skeptics without once mentioning those skeptics' primary argument, but she pulled off just that in a blog post this morning at the Washington Post.

Obama Asks for a No-Fly Zone Plan For Syria

The President has requested that the Pentagon draw up plans for a no-fly zone over Syria, The Daily Beast's Josh Rogin reports.

Democrats Accept the Guest Worker Program

Fred Bauer notes what may be the single biggest difference between 2007 and today when it comes to immigration reform: Democrats have come around to guest worker programs. That comes at a cost:

In Defense of ‘Arrested Development’

Please forgive my brief pivot from politics to a similarly dysfunctional passion project: Arrested Development.

John McCain Visits Syrian Rebels

I'm not sure how I feel about John McCain's visit to Syria, but you must read the story of the visit, told exclusively by The Daily Beast's Josh Rogin.

The GOP Needs Its Own DLC

Molly Ball's latest for the Atlantic offers an idea for how the GOP can emulate the Democrats of the late 1980s:

Confederate Traitors Don't Deserve the Honors

I'd wholeheartedly favor a bill stripping U.S. military bases of names that honor rebel traitors:

Murray Bernard Frum, 1931–2013

My late mother was only 19 when my father asked her to marry him, young even by the standards of the 1950s. They’d known each other only a very few months. She answered him, “If you’re sure, I’m sure.” Through his lifetime of 81 years, my father’s extraordinary sureness became a rock upon which everyone who knew him rested and trusted.

Some Memorial Day History

For your Memorial Day interest, the History Channel has a lively interactive graphic illustrating some aspects of the Civil War.