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My graphs on income and voting are just fine, but I mischaracterized Murray’s statements. So I want to fix that right away. After that I have some thoughts on the book itself. Murray on the top 5% David Frum quoted Murray as writing that the top 5%...
I still think of myself as a conservative ... And I think a lot of what I’ve been pursuing for the past five years is a politics intended to advance some very traditional conservative goals.
The difference between us, I think, is that Frum allows his irritation with about 15 percent of Murray’s argument to blind him to the virtues of the other 85 percent. With an eye toward the criticisms I’ve read from Frum and others, then, here are...
Greenwald is good. He deserves some recognition. So many are fad followers looking to be popular & make a buck. David Frum comes to mind immediately. I would like to see called a general strike by Catholics and other people of faith who are fed up. Not...
Frank Herbert‘s science fiction Dune universe. A servant caste of the Bene Tleilax, Face Dancers are shapeshifters, and their name is derived from their ability to change their physical appearance at will. Of course in Romney’s case it’s an ability to...
But this is what I’ve also found: the conservative world in Washington has become very committed to a response to this economic crisis that is contractionary
Follow politicalwire I was on Erin Burnett OutFront last night discussing politics and President Obama's budget with David Frum and Michael Waldman. I also discussed the state of the presidential race with John Avlon on the John Batchelor Show.
In his annual address to the Mavens and acolytes of Wingnutopia, Norquist celebrated Mitt Romney’s emptiness and cravenness as virtues: “All we have to do is replace Obama. We don’t need a president to tell us in what direction to go. We know what...
David J. Frum (born 1960) is a Canadian-born neoconservative journalist active in the both United States and Canadian political arenas. A former economic speechwriter for President George W. Bush, he is also the author of the first "insider" book about the Bush presidency. His editorial columns have appeared in a variety of Canadian and American... Full Article
I still think of myself as a conservative ... And I think a lot of what I’ve been pursuing for the past five years is a politics intended to advance some very traditional conservative goals.
But this is what I’ve also found: the conservative world in Washington has become very committed to a response to this economic crisis that is contractionary
It’s something I worry about a lot ... And I may not be very successful at this. You have this question of when is it good to challenge mistaken ideas, and when do you try to guide mistaken ideas into better channels. And I fully concede I may not be doing it right. And it may be that that is a job ulti...
Rather than workable solutions, my party is offering low taxes for the currently rich and high spending for the currently old, to be followed by who-knows-what and who-the-hell-cares
Republicans remember that this is a man who delivered them the great success of 1994. They admire his effectiveness of the stump, and unlike some of the previous temporary front runners, obviously he is someone who deeply knows what he's talking about. He understands the issues and he can express himsel...
But maybe this is the year where the normal rules don't apply, and maybe it won't matter. We'll see ... He has to win something, and if you don't win you have to put in a very strong showing.
The Newt Gingrich surge looks real. He was Speaker of the House, he's not a novelty candidate, and clearly the Romney people take him seriously
Gingrich comes to this contest with some negatives, and his personal life is only a small piece of it
You really do see a generational imprint on groups of people ... We came of age during the crisis, a failure of the statist model.
One of the issues that's taken for granted, for example, at alot of these Republican debates, is that one of the reasons that the recovery has been so slow from the crisis of 2008 and 09, is because, of course, the economy is burdened by taxes and regulation
In a crisis like this, you need a very strong and forceful president ... And I don't see Barack Obama as having been that president.
In a crisis like this, you need a very strong and forceful president ... And I don't see Barack Obama as having been that president.
