http://frum.nationalreview.com/ en-us dfrum@aei.org 2008-07-05T17:21:02-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTdiOTdjOWEyODRhOTNhOTc5NDkzZjdkOWI1MzYyOTI= Some weeks ago, I read an article in a newspaper that contained this striking sentence: For the first time in history, teenagers can say to their pare... . . . 2008-07-05T17:21:02-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MjljYTgxZDNmNjAxMDMxOGYyOGM1ZDFlNjEyZTJhZjM= My column for this weekend#39;s National Post:Americans yesterday passed the gloomiest Fourth of July in years, if not decades. More than four out of ... . . . 2008-07-05T09:40:52-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGI2ZGZkNjI4MDk0ZTVmZDQ1ZGMxNzg4M2Q1MjIyNDA= Part 4 of Danielle#39;s weekly series on the rebuilding of our house begins:My favourite story about renovation is inspired by an incident in the life... . . . 2008-07-05T09:37:55-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NmJmN2JmOWQyMThmYmVhN2I4NWU2M2IyNjZjOTc1MmM= That headline appears not in NR nor on Fox News, but in the leftish German newsweekly Spiegel. It opens:There is an unexpected air of normalcy prevai... . . . 2008-07-03T14:08:29-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGI3ZjJiN2U2MjkwZDI3MTVkNDgzZTA5NTdlMmRhYWI= A French friend comments on the item below:I#39;ve been attending a session from the parliamentary assembly of the European Council (the place where t... . . . 2008-07-03T08:05:36-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGViNzU0M2Y0MDBmYWRmNWQ5MDg4YTI5OWUzNWVmNzI= A reader from Ottawa, Ontario writes:I have heard the term quot;Neoconquot; uttered as an epithet one too many times, and thought I would ask someone ... . . . 2008-07-02T13:34:00-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTg0YmY2NWQ4ZDMzNmFhMzI5Mzg4YWFlNTg5OTFiMTg= The optimistically titled quot;Big Thinkquot; website hosts interviews with a number of so-called big thinkers. They lowered standards enough to inclu... . . . 2008-07-02T13:13:46-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGQ5YTQ5NmQ1ZjllMTExZjc3N2ZjNTc4OWViYzczNTU= Maybe somebody more familiar with this issue can enlighten me:Was there anything in Barack Obama#39;s bold new faith-based initiative announced yester... . . . 2008-07-02T13:05:33-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MGE0MTdhMjBiMzA3YmI4N2M0MDk1OGI5ZTk2YjRlNmY= An excerpt from a letter from a frequent correspondent, on active duty in Iraq:Best experience of my life, even for the days when I was praying pretty... . . . 2008-07-02T13:01:47-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MWM5YzA1NDhhNTI2Mjc1M2Q1YTQxNjI4NzYyMWY1YTM= 14,000 euros a month in salary and allowances - and the right to eject from the building any journalists who asks, never mind how politely, whether yo... . . . 2008-07-02T13:00:47-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YzM5YjAyMTE4MWZjYmYxMDM4NTVkNzFlZWZlMDI1NzQ= Reader quot;Paulquot; writes:The anti-communist jokes are great fun, but I can#39;t help thinking that the comedians, like the generals, are fighting ... . . . 2008-07-01T08:49:47-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTkxOTQzODg5ZDRkNDBkMWFmZWFhZTM3NDUyMGNlMjQ= This point from his oped yesterday in the WSJ seemed to me especially forceful:Consider, moreover, the deal#39;s corrosive impact on the very concept ... . . . 2008-07-01T08:46:11-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzYyMTlhNDk0YjBiOGI0ZDEyNWY5MjBkMWY1MzY4Nzg= My brilliant new AEI colleague Andrew Biggs has undertaken the heroic task of a blog on Social Security issues. It#39;s become instantly indispensable... . . . 2008-07-01T08:37:34-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YzJkYzA2ZDBjMGNmODc5ZjMyNjE0MjIyNWM4MzE3Nzg= Okay, they keep coming. From reader Pete PetretichQuestion: Why are the American Imperialists teetering on the brink of a vast precipice?nbsp;Answer: ... . . . 2008-07-01T08:29:55-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTdhNTlhZjQ0YTc1NzU4OWY5YTQxYTFiODdjMDM5MDY= Connoisseurs of French history will remember the notorious bordereau - the fragments of a handwritten list of French military secrets - that convicted... . . . 2008-07-01T08:28:03-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YWEyZmEyMzUwNjg3NWE3YTQ5MjdjOThjOGFmZmZiNjA= A blogspot called Postmodern Conservative has an interesting critique of my review of White Protestant Nation.nbsp;To start with, I actually believe t... . . . 2008-07-01T07:54:04-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YTBmZGY0Nzg1MjVhMGRkODc4NDdmNmJmNzYxNmVhOGM= My AEI colleague Jurgen Reinhoudt, a native of the Netherlands, forwards this article from the Belgian newspaper La Derniere Heure, of June 20, 2008. ... . . . 2008-06-30T08:41:42-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDhlZjdjODlmZWMxZTNjZWE5ZDZjNTJhM2RlODhkNzc= My (non-positive) review of Allan J. Lichtman#39;s new history of conservatism, White Protestant Nation, appears in this weekend#39;s New York Times B... . . . 2008-06-28T17:25:26-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDM4N2FkMzM0MzYxNzk4ODM0MjljYWI3ODE4NjAxMjY= Capitalist comedy by Mrs. Frum - the third installment in her series on our house renovation appears in tomorrow#39;s National Post.As we celebrated t... . . . 2008-06-27T22:35:42-05:00 http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTQ1NWE5MjdhY2FmYmFmM2QyYzdmMGZkMjJhYzhkMDI= Reader Andrew Pavelyev, who grew up in the old Soviet Union, offers another clutch:Dear Mr. Frum,nbsp;Your fascist joke reminded me of another one:Zhu... . . . 2008-06-27T22:31:24-05:00