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Discussing "Patriots" With Mike Konczal on Bloggingheads

David Frum — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:11:00 GMT

Mike Konczal interviews me on BloggingheadsTV about my new book, Patriots and my thoughts on a Romney presidency. Watch it here.

Dutch Disease? There are Worse Problems...

David Frum — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:10:00 GMT

In my column for the National Post, I focus on some recent comments made by Canadian opposition leader Thomas Mulcair:

Life Imitates "Patriots"

David Frum — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:50:00 GMT

From R. Emmett Tyrrell's current column:

Sweetheart, Get Me Rewrite

David Frum — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:55:00 GMT

The Huffington Post Canada turned 1 this week. Mrs. Frum's column on the anniversary opens with some recollections of how the news used to get recorded:

Beyond Parody

David Frum — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:20:00 GMT

American conservative culture at play:

Rags to Riches in Mumbai

David Frum — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:47:00 GMT

We really must quit saying, "Only in America."

Will Greece Become a Failed State?

David Frum — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:36:00 GMT

A useful introduction to Greek election law in advance of the next round of elections on June 17:

Why the Fringe Sets the Agenda

David Frum — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

The next questioner I'll answer who wins a free Kindle copy of Patriots is Cindy. Please keep submitting questions. Cindy asks:

The Man Who Reinvented India

Noah Kristula-Green — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:35:00 GMT

Kapil Komireddi looks at the career of P.V. Narasimha Rao, India's ninth Prime Minister and someone who came in at a critical moment to reorient India on the path towards modernization:

The Road to Nowhere

Noah Kristula-Green — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:15:00 GMT

A lot of the debate over Arthur Brooks' new book, The Road to Freedom, comes down to a simple question, which of the following paragraphs do you find more persuasive? This one:

Facebook's Dilemma: Invade Privacy or Go Bust

David Frum — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:30:00 GMT

A gripping article by Michael Wolff in MIT's Technology Review argues that Facebook faces a grim alternative future: either gain revenues in increasingly intrusive and ethically dubious ways—or go bust in the not very distant future:

Another One Leaves the Movement

David Frum — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:55:00 GMT

Michael Fumento, perhaps best known for his controversial book, The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS, resigns from conservatism as it is now defined:

Tough on China

David Frum — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:25:00 GMT

In his newest general election advertising message, Gov. Romney continues to hit at China as a currency manipulator. An under-valued Chinese currency bars American products and services as effectually as a tariff barrier. Yet while the World Trade Organization strictly polices tariffs, currency is "not our department." What can be done?

Don't Trust China's Economic Reports

David Frum — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:40:00 GMT

Junheng Li delivers the warning at Bloomberg Opinion:

Is North Korea the Only Alternative?

Noah Kristula-Green — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:05:00 GMT

For a long time, the case for free markets was generally easy to make because capitalism was a powerful counter-example to communism. No one ever tried to climb the Berlin Wall to escape into East Berlin. That argument has been definitively settled but it makes a return in The Road to Freedom.