David Frum

03.17.13

Blogging the Revolution

Through the years of Chavez rule, the best writing about Venezuela in English appeared on a blogspot run by two Venezuelan expats, Francisco Toro and Juan Cristobal Nagel.

01.22.09

Blood of the Liberals

I first met George Packer in the fall of 1978, when we were both college freshmen.

11.21.24

Blood of Victory

Speaking of spy fiction — spy literature I should say in this case — I finished the audiobook of Alan Furst’s Blood of Victory on the elliptical machine yesterday.

11.21.24

A Breed of Heroes

A Breed of Heroes is a war novel, but of a very unusual kind. It is set in Northern Ireland at the beginning of the Troubles.

11.21.24

Britain's Lost Cities

If you travel much outside London, you cannot accept seeing that Britain’s secondary cities have been pulverized into some of the ugliest in Europe.

02.10.13

Britain's War Machine

Nearly 65 years after the fact, it’s amazing how much of what we think we know about Britain’s “finest” hour is just plumb wrong.

11.21.24

Brother Tariq

Encounter Books has rendered a great public service by translating and publishing in English Caroline Fourest’s important book on Tariq Ramadan, Brother Tariq.

04.21.08

The Bush Tragedy

George W. Bush may be among the least introspective men ever to hold the presidency. But no worries! There are plenty of volunteers eager to do his self-examination for him.

11.21.24

Caesar: Life of a Colossus

Can there possibly be any justification for a new biography of Julius Caesar?

11.21.24

The Canadian Summer

Reviewing Max Hasting’s book about the final year of World War II in Europe, I cited one anecdote that I found both very moving and very funny.