David Frum's Blog, page 83

What Could Rubio Have Said?

The Frum blog has been the home for some tough love of late for Marco Rubio, so here's free market populist Tim Carney offering a few things Rubio could have said in his state of the union response:

More Republican Rethinking

Rethinking is busting out all over. Alex Castellanos has launched a web project at NewRepublican.org to promote Republican reform, with an emphasis on "bottom-up" thinking.

Here's How NOT to Review a Car

Elon Musk takes the New York Times to task for what appears to be a deliberately misleading review of one of his Tesla Motors electrical cars. Ouch, ouch, ouch.

What do FreedomWorks, Interns, and Panda Costumes Have in Common?

Apparently they combined to make one incredibly creepy video about Hillary Clinton:

Naftali Bennett Wants Ultra-Orthodox in the IDF

Naftali Bennett, the politician described by David Remnick in the New Yorker as the paladin of Israel's far-right, calls for military service by the ultra-Orthodox in his first speech to the Knesset. This is news, maybe big news.

Quotas in the Ivy League

Remember that study by Ron Unz about how Harvard was discriminating in favor of Jews? Andrew Gelman at Columbia has reviewed the numbers, and claims on his website that Unz seriously mangled his math.

When in Doubt, Sue!

Megan Thode, a former masters student at Lehigh University in Bethleham, PA, issuing the school for $1.3 Million over a C+ grade she received. Her claim? Lehigh had a ‘vendetta’ against her. She is suing the university for breach of contract and sexual discrimination. Okay.

When Nutrition Became a 'Thing'

Dr. Nevin S Scrimshaw, a nutritionist, saw the devastating effects of malnutrition in children across the developing world beginning in the early 1950s.

The Heart Attack Grill Lives Up to Its Name

This is not a nice story, but if it jolts anyone out there to change a destructive way of life, it can be a grim public service

Dean Godson to Lead Policy Exchange

Wonderful news from the British think tank Policy Exchange: They have appointed the brilliant Dean Godson as their new director. Dean, a dual US-UK national, is the author of a massive study of David Trimble and the northern Ireland conflict. He is Britain's acknowledged expert on the problem of social cohesion in a society in which radical Islam has gained a footing. He is also my dear friend of now more than 25 years. Congratulations to Dean and to PX. (Note: I serve on the board of Am...