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David J. Frum
Born 1960
Birth place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education University of Toronto Schools (1978); Yale University (1982); Harvard Law School (1987)
Circumstances
Occupation Journalist, author, political speechwriter
Family son of Barbara Frum and Murray Frum
Spouse Danielle Crittenden
Notable credit(s) Senior editor at the American Prospect[1]; previously a senior writer at the Washington City Paper; work has also appeared in The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and Salon; frequent guest on BloggingHeads.tv

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Background

Born to a Jewish family in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Frum is the son of the late Barbara Frum, a well-known veteran journalist. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Barbara Frum, OC, BA, LLD ( September 8, 1937 &ndash March 26, 1992) was a Journalist, acclaimed His father, Murray Frum was a dentist who later became a multi-millionaire as a real estate developer. David Frum's sister, Linda Frum is a journalist. Linda Frum (born 1963 is a Canadian journalist She is the daughter of Murray and Barbara Frum, and the sister of David Frum. David Frum is married to writer Danielle Crittenden, the stepdaughter of former Toronto Sun editor Peter Worthington. Danielle Ann Crittenden (born April 20, 1963, Toronto, Canada) a Canadian author and Journalist. The Toronto Sun is an English language daily tabloid Newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Peter Worthington (born February 16 1927) is a Canadian journalist

At age 14 he was a campaign volunteer for a socialist candidate, taking an hour-long bus/subway/bus ride each way to and from the campaign office in western Toronto. He would read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago, a paperback edition his mother had given him. Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn ( Алекса́ндр Иса́евич Солжени́цын) (December 11 1918 – August 3 2008 was a Russian Novelist The Gulag Archipelago ( Архипелаг ГУЛАГ) is a book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn based on the Soviet forced labor and concentration camp system "My campaign colleagues jeered at the book — and by the end of the campaign, any lingering interest I might have had in the political left had vanished like yesterday’s smoke. "[3]

He graduated from the University of Toronto Schools in 1978 where he was the School Captain. The University of Toronto Schools (UTS (founded in 1910 is an independent private Secondary school in downtown Toronto Canada for academically-gifted students throughout School Captain is a Student Elected, or Appointed, to represent the School. He then attended Yale University in 1982 where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts. While at Yale he was in the Directed Studies program, a type of "great books" course. Directed Studies at Yale University is a selective Humanities study program for Freshmen, popularly known as "DS" and sometimes referred to as [4] He went on to Harvard Law School in 1987. Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. Frum has described one of his study methods while at law school:

When I was in law school, I devised my own idiosyncratic solution to the problem of studying a topic I knew nothing about. I'd wander into the library stacks, head to the relevant section, and pluck a book at random. I'd flip to the footnotes, and write down the books that seemed to occur most often. Then I'd pull them off the shelves, read their footnotes, and look at those books. It usually took only 2 or 3 rounds of this exercise before I had a pretty fair idea of who were the leading authorities in the field. After reading 3 or 4 of those books, I usually had at least enough orientation in the subject to understand what the main questions at issue were — and to seek my own answers, always provisional, always subject to new understanding, always requiring new reading and new thinking. [4]

He served as an editor on the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal from 1989 until 1992, and then as a columnist for Forbes magazine in 1992-94. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly From 1994 through 2000 he was a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Public Policy Research. The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is a conservative market-oriented Think tank established in New York City in 1978 by Antony

Following the election of George W. Bush in 2000, Frum was appointed to a position within the White House. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Still a Canadian citizen, he was one of the few foreign nationals working within the Bush White House. He served as Special Assistant to the U. S. President for Economic Speechwriting from January 2001 to February 2002.

Frum strongly supported John Roberts, George W. John Glover Roberts Jr (born January 27 1955) is the seventeenth and current Chief Justice of the United States. Bush's nominee for Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. However, like many conservatives, he opposed the nomination of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court, on the grounds that she was insufficiently qualified for the post, as well as insufficiently conservative. Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10 1945 is an American Lawyer and former White House Counsel.

David Frum now speaks on behalf of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think-tank, as well as the Fraser Institute, a like minded think tank based in Canada. The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI is a conservative Think tank, founded in 1943 The Fraser Institute is Conservative and Libertarian Think tank based in Canada that espouses Free market principles On October 11, 2007, Frum announced on his blog that he was joining Rudolph Giuliani's presidential campaign as a senior foreign policy adviser. KBE Per, "Postnominal letters should be included when they are issued by a country or organization the subject has been closely associated with [5] [6]

Writings

His first book, Dead Right, was released in 1994. He is the author also of What's Right (1996) and How We Got Here a history of 1970s published in 2000.

In January 2003, he released The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush, the first insider account of the Bush presidency. Frum is widely cited as having authored the phrase "axis of evil," which he discusses in his book. Definition President Bush's exact statement was as follows second goal is to prevent regimes (terrorist that sponsor terror from threatening America or our friends and In fact, though, his original phrasing was "axis of hatred". As the title suggests, Frum also discusses how the events of September 11, 2001 redefined the country and the President. Frum writes, "George W. Bush was hardly the obvious man for the job. But by a very strange fate, he turned out to be, of all unlikely things, the right man. "

Frum's latest book, An End to Evil, was co-written with Richard Perle. An End to Evil How to Win the War on Terror (ISBN 0-345-47717-0 is a 2004 book about the " War on Terror " analyzing Islamic terrorist networks This is about the conservative official and lobbyist for the liberal author see Rick Perlstein. It provided a defense of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and advocated regime change in Iran and Syria. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1 2003 was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Furthermore, it called for a tougher policy with North Korea, as well as advocating a tougher U. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, S. stance against Saudi Arabia and other Islamic nations in order to "win the war on terror" (the book's by-line). The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Fareed Zakaria critiqued it in a New York Times Sunday Book Review essay,[7] writing that "To transform the world, you do actually need to engage in it. Fareed Zakaria ( born January 20, 1964) is an India -born American Journalist, Author, and television host specializing "

Frum writes a weekly column for Canada's National Post newspaper and is a commentator for American Public Radio's "Marketplace. " His writings appear frequently in the New York Times, Italy's Il Foglio, and the Daily Telegraph. He also writes a blog, David Frum's Diary at the National Review Online Web site. National Review ( NR) is a biweekly Magazine and Web site, founded by the late author William F

Political views

On abortion, Frum has stated that he "is not pro-life" and "think[s] abortion ought to be legal in the first trimester and generally illegal thereafter", but believes in state-by-state regulations on the matter. [8]

Non-political views and interests

Frum has written in his blog that he enjoys reading history (among his favorite historical figures are Alexander Hamilton and Abraham Lincoln), particularly histories of The American Civil War (he has also visited Civil War battlefields[9]). Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South In fiction, "Marcel Proust is my all-time favorite novelist, the one I could read and re-read endlessly. Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (maʁsɛl pʁust (10 July 1871 &ndash 18 November 1922 was a French Novelist Essayist and Critic "[4]

Criticism

David Frum has attracted criticism because of his stand on the Iraqi War and his criticism of those who do not support it. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign In 2003 he wrote:

"War is a great clarifier. It forces people to take sides. The paleoconservatives have chosen — and the rest of us must choose too. Paleoconservatism (sometimes shortened to paleo or paleocon when the context is clear is a term for an anti-communist and Anti-authoritarian In a time of danger, they have turned their backs on their country. Now we turn our backs on them. "[10]

His position caused conflict among conservatives. [11]

Frum has also been accused of misrepresenting Canadian crime statistics in order to incorrectly portray crime in Canada as increasing while the crime rate in the United States is dropping. [12]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ View Author | The American Prospect
  2. ^ David Frum: Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute website, 2005
  3. ^ [1]Frum, David, "Campaigns Past", posting ("untranslated" from his Il Foglio column) at David Frum's Diary blog at National Review Online Web site, October 30, 2007, accessed January 3, 2008
  4. ^ a b c d [2]Frum, David, "David's Bookshelf Year End", posting at David Frum's Diary blog at National Review Online Web site, January 1, 2008, accessed January 3, 2008
  5. ^ David Frum, "Rudy & Me," post at David Frum's Diary blog
  6. ^ Disclosure at the end of "Make speech free, and all else follows", published in the National Post on October 20, 2007. The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI is a conservative Think tank, founded in 1943 Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The National Post is a Canadian English-language national Newspaper based in Don Mills, Ontario, a district of
  7. ^ Showing Them Who's Boss
  8. ^ David Frum He has also recently released a new book called Comeback. "Partial Birth II", National Review, November 12, 2003. National Review ( NR) is a biweekly Magazine and Web site, founded by the late author William F Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on April 23. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at  
  9. ^ [3]Frum, David, "David's Bookshelf 50" post at David Frum's Diary blog at National Review Online Web site, October 27, 2007, accessed January 3, 2007
  10. ^ David Frum. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "Unpatriotic Conservatives", National Review, March 19, 2003. National Review ( NR) is a biweekly Magazine and Web site, founded by the late author William F Retrieved on 2008-04-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.  
  11. ^ Mail 264 June 30 - July 6, 2003
  12. ^ [4]The Ottawa Citizen; February 15, 2006; By Dan Gardner

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