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Entries from August 2007

Fear Fills The Air In Poland

David Frum wrote on August 25th, 2007 at 12:00 am

It’s been almost two decades since I last visited Poland. In 1990, communist rule had only just barely ended. The police still wore their former uniforms–and still treated citizens and travelers with the former arrogance.
As my wife and I flew out of Poland to East Berlin, a border official quizzed us: “Were we taking anything   more

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Evil And Avrice

David Frum wrote on August 18th, 2007 at 12:00 am

Gotz Aly’s Hitler’s Beneficiaries doesn’t look like an explosive book. Written in a dry, unsensational style, it studies that driest and least sensational of subjects: public finance.
Aly devotes little attention to generals and commandants. The leading figures in his pages are central bankers and revenue administrators. After the Second World War, many of these men   more

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Dear President Harper

David Frum wrote on August 11th, 2007 at 12:00 am

“I would immediately call the president of Mexico, the president of Canada, to try to amend NAFTA, because I think that we can get labour agreements in that agreement right now.”
–Barack Obama, speaking at the AFL-CIO presidential candidates debate, Aug. 7.
Senator Obama’s little slip of the tongue on Tuesday did not gain much attention in   more

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The Hypocrisy Of Celebrity Environmentalists

David Frum wrote on August 4th, 2007 at 12:00 am

Readers of Hollywood news already know that Laurie David has filed for divorce from her husband, Larry David, the creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm and co-creator of Seinfeld. Mrs. David’s papers cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the split. This past Sunday, the New York Post cast some light on the nature of those   more

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