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Entries by David Frum from 11/2011

Memo to GOP: Time to Notice Poverty

| Posted 11.02.2011 | Politics
Read More: Rick Santorum, Gop, George Bush, Poverty, Earned Income Tax Credit, No Child Left Behind, Republicans, Politics News

To put it mildly, poverty alleviation has not been a Republican theme in the current cycle. To some degree, this is an understandable reaction to the disappointments of the Bush presidency. But what is understandable is not necessarily right.

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Abbas' Last Victory?

| Posted 11.06.2011 | Canada
Read More: Palestine, Palestine Israel Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Jerusalem, Barack Obama, Unesco, Israel, Zivotofsky, Canada News

Mahmoud Abbas are seeking UN recognition of Palestinian statehood: statehood without peace. Already they have gained one victory: acceptance as a full member of UNESCO. Yet this victory may be their last.

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Killing Keystone Won't Reduce Oil Demand

| Posted 11.13.2011 | Canada Business
Read More: Canada Business News

What will curtailing oilsands accomplish for the environment? Nothing. This is a big planet full of oil, and if the United States does not buy its oil from Canada, it will buy its oil from somebody else.

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Is College Now the Ultimate Crapshoot?

| Posted 11.20.2011 | Canada
Read More: University Applications, American Universities, University Costs, Harvard, Canadian Universities, College Application, University Admissions, Canada News

If and when a Canadian decides to go to university, they just... go. For student and parent alike, the process is straightforward, inexpensive and seemingly non-traumatic. Or maybe that's just the grass-is-greener perspective of a parent in the throes of the American college-application maelstrom.

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It's Romney, Huntsman, or Bust

| Posted 11.27.2011 | Politics
Read More: Mitt Romney, Republican Primary, Jon Huntsman, Republican Primary Candidates, Newt Gingrich, Election 2012, Politics News

A Gingrich presidency, if such a thing can even be imagined, would be a chaotic catastrophe. A Gingrich nomination would yield an Obama landslide. So that leaves us with the two governors, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman.

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