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Shawn F. Summers is an editorial assistant at FrumForum.com and an undergraduate at Georgetown University.

What Bin Laden’s Death Means to My Generation

Shawn F Summers wrote on May 2nd, 2011 at 11:54 am

I was 11 years old and in the sixth grade on 9/11. For the young, bin Laden’s death banishes a specter that’s haunted our lives as far back as we can remember. more

8 Comments Topics: 9/11, Osama bin Laden, War on Terror

Nuke Critic: U.S. Has 23 Fukushima-Type Reactors

Shawn F Summers wrote on March 16th, 2011 at 5:02 pm

Could a Japanese style nuclear disaster happen in the United States? more

16 Comments Topics: energy, environment, Japan, nuclear power

Learning to Live with Obamacare

Shawn F Summers wrote on January 20th, 2011 at 8:00 am

Don’t let Wednesday’s repeal vote fool you. The GOP’s already signaling that an apocalyptic showdown over health care isn’t in the works. more

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Dan Hannan: Our Kind of Tea Partier

Shawn F Summers wrote on October 24th, 2010 at 8:15 am

British MEP Dan Hannan’s new book warns America away from copying European style social democracy, but with evidence and reason not vitriol. more

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Thank God for Hitchens

Shawn F Summers wrote on August 21st, 2010 at 12:54 pm

Hitchens has always held an antipathy for totalitarianism, especially in religious form. Now fighting cancer, he has thankfully not lost his voice. more

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Obama Taps Petraeus

Shawn F Summers wrote on June 23rd, 2010 at 4:26 pm

By replacing General Stanley McChrystal with the unimpeachable General David Petraeus, President Obama has found the best way to salvage this military and political debacle. more

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The GOP’s loss in the special election to fill Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional seat is a reminder that the new quasi-Tea Party Republican party still has to learn how to translate popular discontent into electoral victory. more

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GOP Targets Murtha’s Old Seat

Shawn F Summers wrote on May 18th, 2010 at 12:40 pm

Today, as Pennsylvania goes to the polls, forget about Specter versus Sestak. The real race worth watching is in the 12th district, where the GOP could pick up their first win of the midterm season. more

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Meet the Red Tories

Shawn F Summers wrote on March 31st, 2010 at 10:47 am

At Georgetown University last week, one of the contenders for conservatism’s future made a splash in a way that it never has before. more

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He Shouldda Picked Pitt

Shawn F Summers wrote on March 17th, 2010 at 11:04 pm

Barack Obama filled out his NCAA Tournament brackets live Wednesday on ESPN. Obama probably didn’t let domestic political considerations affect his picks for the tournament. but considering how many of his fellow Democrats are staring electoral defeat in the face this November, maybe he should have. more