David Frum

02.01.11

Ladies and Gentlemen, the President’s State of the Union Address

It’s a weird feeling of gender bending to imagine writing a major speech for a president of a different party.

04.18.11

Two Cheers for the Welfare State

Don’t miss Yuval Levin’s piece in the current National Affairs, “Beyond the Welfare State.”

04.27.11

The Birther Disgrace

Even for the small band that sustained the phony controversy until now, the birth certificate so-called issue ends today.

06.25.11

Obama Picked the Wrong War

Watching President Obama speak this week about the U.S. drawdown from Afghanistan, I thought of the old nursery rhyme.

06.27.11

I Was Wrong About Same-Sex Marriage

I was a strong opponent of same-sex marriage.

08.15.11

What Really Went Wrong with the Nixon Shock?

On the Wall Street Journal op-ed page, Lewis Lehrman delivers a lament over the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s “new economic policy.”

09.06.11

Ten years after 9/11, revive America’s spirit

About 8 o’clock on the night of September 11, 2001, President Bush’s staff received word. The president had returned to Washington. The White House had reopened.

10.05.11

What Romney Gets Right

David Brooks yesterday took up the case for Mitt Romney in his New York Times column.

10.10.11

Why I Am a Republican

A week ago, Tablet magazine ran a profile of me by Michelle Goldberg that remarked “These days the former Bush speechwriter sounds more and more like a Democrat.”

10.24.11

What If Abortion Became a Non-Issue?

What’s the most emotional and divisive issue in American politics?