The Bullpen
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Lessons from David Cameron
feature Britain's Conservative prime minister could teach the Republicans a thing or two
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Can Mitt Romney be president?
feature The outlook is sunny. But he faces rough seas ahead
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The cruel hoax of green jobs
feature Today's young job seekers confront narrowed choices, pinched futures and the deceptive promise of an industry yoked to subsidy and regulation.
By David Frum Last updated
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Free Conrad Black
feature The media magnate is headed back to jail on the flimsiest of charges, even as the perpetrators of massive financial crimes continue to enjoy their freedom
By David Frum Last updated
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Prelude to Republican fratricide
feature GOP candidates in New York and New Jersey should be cruising to victory this November. But angry conservatives would rather hand power to Democrats than help moderate Republicans win.
By David Frum Last updated
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The Krugman question
feature Nobel laureate Paul Krugman is warning — perhaps rightly — that the U.S. has entered an economic depression. His policy prescription is misguided, but where are the conservative solutions?
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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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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
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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.
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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
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Recovering Europe's past
feature As the disfigurement of the Cold War recedes, Europe is reclaiming a brighter, better history
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We need a dose of inflation
feature William Jennings Bryan was a crank, but he understood in the 1890s that deflation is more dangerous than cheap money. It still is
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Soaking the super rich
feature Some Democrats have begun contemplating a new tax rate to apply exclusively to the super rich. It's a terrible idea
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