The Bullpen
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The alternative to the Fed plan is: Nothing
feature Ask the Fed's critics what they would do instead
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Can Mitt Romney be president?
feature The outlook is sunny. But he faces rough seas ahead
By David Frum Last updated
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The budget battles ahead
feature The war in Wisconsin is about to spread to your state, too
By David Frum Last updated
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Generic GOPer: The ideal presidential candidate
feature Democrats have done well by nominating personable politicians with scanty records. The trick might work for Republicans, too
By David Frum Last updated
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Budgeting fairness
feature Cut Medicare for the richer, not the younger
By David Frum Last updated
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Al Qaeda's hunt for a new home
feature America's preoccupation with Afghanistan creates major opportunities for the terrorist network
By David Frum Last updated
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Angry GOP voters flirt with danger in Kentucky
feature Rand Paul is poised to be the GOP senate nominee in Kentucky. Republicans there are determined to send a message — even if it hurts.
By David Frum Last updated
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In defense of Arizona
feature The state's new law targeting illegal immigrants isn't racist. It's an effort to ease the worst effects of a problem that's grown intolerable.
By David Frum Last updated
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Poland makes peace with its Jews
feature Outside of Israel, I've never seen Jewish history commemorated the way it is in Poland
By David Frum Last updated
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Will Republicans learn from Cameron Conservatives?
feature Tory leader David Cameron has promised not to deliver more conservatism than the electorate will bear. The GOP would do well to study his method
By David Frum Last updated
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Health reform: Unwise, not unconstitutional
feature Republicans John Ensign and Jim DeMint are reviving a 200-year-old theory to argue that the Obama-Reid bill violates the Constitution by making Americans buy health insurance. The GOP may regret playing along
By David Frum Last updated
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Drilling without illusions
feature President Obama's flip-flop on off-shore oil drilling is good news. But it won't end our dependence on foreign supplies and it will be accompanied by a new round of regulatory entanglements. There's a better way.
By David Frum Last updated
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Is Obama a brute or a pushover?
feature Republicans keep seeing double when they look at the president. For a clearer view, they should watch less Glenn Beck and more Saturday Night Live.
By David Frum Last updated
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ObamaCare's stealth assault on small business
feature An obscure provision in the new health-care law will require entrepreneurs to spend a great deal more time filling out tax forms. It’s not the sort of change that should have been sneaked through
By David Frum Last updated
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