David Frum's Blog, page 89

What's BDS Really About?

A calming voice on the Brooklyn College debate about boycotting Israel.

What Time is the Super Bowl?

Unless you live without internet and cable, you have seen countless stories about the Super Bowl in the past week. But have you heard about the actual 60 minutes of nitty-gritty playtime? Unless you have the NFL Network, you’ve seen both the blogs and ESPN focus on Ray Lewis’ alleged use of deer spray, the “Harbowl,” how much a 30 second commercial is (answer: $4 million), the fact that SodaStream’s commercial was banned by CBS for sponsorship reasons, and my favorite, the #BeyonceBowl, where...

'Burkas for Babies' Proposed in Saudi Arabia

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Up From History, Part 3

Against this dismal and deteriorating landscape, Booker T. Washington struggled valiantly to build one of America's great educational institutions, Tuskegee.

Up From History, Part 2

Part one here.

Gun Laws Racist? Black People Disagree

In today's Daily Caller, NRA president David Keene explains that gun control laws are "historically racist."

David's Book Club: Up From History

Up From Slavery,the autobiography by Booker T. Washington, is a book one sees so often quoted in other histories that it's easy to develop the illusion that you have actually read it. But I hadn't, not until this past January. With Black History Month looming, I decided to rectify the lapse. Up From Slaveryis a comparatively short book, and it took only a few long runs to listen to it all the way through.

Who's Afraid of 'the Israel Lobby'?

My latest at the National Post:

Does Torture Work? 'The Gatekeepers' Weighs In

Missing Irish Real Estate Mogul Found Shoeless

An Irish real estate mogul has been found after being reported missing last year. Kevin McGeever told Irish authorities he had been abducted in his mansion by masked intruders. McGeever said he didn't remember much from after that, just that they demanded a ransom but wasn't sure if it was given. He was discovered shoeless in the middle of a country road by a couple driving by.