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Entries from November 2007

Catching The Cfl Spirit

David Frum wrote on November 24th, 2007 at 12:00 am

“The war has not progressed altogether as we would have wished.”
With those words, the Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan in August, 1945. They also neatly describe this season’s performance by the Toronto Argonauts: a stunning come-from-behind surge culminating in an embarrassing collapse in the finals.
Last weekend, my sister Linda wrote in the National   more

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L’affaire Al-dura

David Frum wrote on November 17th, 2007 at 12:00 am

I want to tell you about a forgery. The forgers intended to incite hatred against Jews and the state of Israel and to a great extent, they have succeeded. The forgery is a 55-second film clip that purports to show the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy at a Gaza crossroads after a Palestinian irregular   more

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Remembering A Great War For Democracy

David Frum wrote on November 10th, 2007 at 12:00 am

It’s just one exhibit at the Canadian War Museum: an interactive display that allows you to punch in a name of a First World War soldier and see his enlistment papers. It does not sound very dramatic. Until you try it.
I entered the name of my wife’s grandfather, a veteran of the Western front. A   more

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Losing The Battle Against Anti-americanism

David Frum wrote on November 3rd, 2007 at 12:00 am

In the movie “Wag the Dog,” an embattled president hires a Hollywood producer to retrieve his image. The producer presents the president with a speech. Top aides read it over and pronounce it “corny.” The producer explodes in rage. “Corny? Corny? Of course itÕs corny!”
Nobody except extreme political junkies had ever heard of Karen Hughes   more

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