David Frum

10.05.09

Irving Kristol

Irving Kristol did not coin the term neoconservative, but he was probably the only person fully happy to have it applied to him.

10.06.09

Reflections on the Revolution in Europe

Chris Caldwell’s Reflections on the Revolution in Europe is at once urgent and subtle, alarming and profound.

10.17.09

Beware the Gold Bug

Early in the financial crisis, the satirical web-site The Onion published this fake news story, titled “Recession-Plagued Nation Demands New Bubble To Invest In.”

10.26.09

The Inheritance of Rome

I remember a snatch of a film I saw in junior high school on the history of Europe.

11.23.09

Herbal Remedies Need Real Scrutiny

Did you know that there exists an all-natural remedy for memory loss?

12.14.09

The New American Economy

At the beginning of Bruce Bartlett’s career, for sale the U.S. economy was gripped by failure and crisis: high inflation, sluggish economic growth.

12.26.09

Swann's Way

Marcel Proust is the writer to whom I have returned most often over my life.

03.06.10

The Glorious (Somewhat Canadian) Life of Arnold Beichman

Since his death on Feb. 17 at age 96, the tributes have flowed to Arnold Beichman, the legendary anti-communist journalist.

03.10.10

Blame Yesterday’s Reforms for Today’s Gridlocked Congress

At the end of his career, former House Speaker Tip O’Neill was asked how Congress had changed between the 1950s and 1980s. O’Neill answered: “The people are better. The results are worse.”

03.21.10

Waterloo

Conservatives and Republicans today suffered their most crushing legislative defeat since the 1960s.