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Entries from October 2007

Politics Has Lost Its Charm

David Frum wrote on October 27th, 2007 at 12:00 am

The first political campaign on which I ever worked was a provincial election in the west end of Toronto, more than three decades ago. We won, little thanks to me. (And since the candidate was a New Democrat, no thanks are due.)
It was a small operation: a half dozen volunteers, some pamphlet literature, lawn signs,   more

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Make Speech Free, And All Else Follows

David Frum wrote on October 20th, 2007 at 12:00 am

Fix one thing about Canada? Where to start? Maybe we can start by noting all the things that have improved already. Government’s share of the national income is declining. Public debt levels have been reduced. Taxes have begun to lighten. Canada is playing a more positive role in the world. Canada has realigned itself with   more

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Honouring A Panic-monger

David Frum wrote on October 13th, 2007 at 12:00 am

And so Al Gore joins the list of the Nobel Peace laureates, alongside such immortals as Baroness Bertha von Suttner, Karl Hjalmar Banting, Emily Greene Balch and Eisaku Sato.
To do justice to the former U.S. vice president, he certainly represents a big improvement over such past winners as Yasser Arafat and Rigobertu Menchu. Menchu, a   more

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What Happens To Ayaan Matters To Us All

David Frum wrote on October 6th, 2007 at 12:00 am

Last week, the Dutch government announced it would remove the security protection it has provided to Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
The Somali-born Ayaan is perhaps the world’s best-known living critic of the maltreatment of women in Islamic culture. First as a parliamentarian, then as a writer and filmmaker, she has spoken out against honour killings, genital mutilation   more

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