The monster has escaped Elba!" "The tyrant has landed at Cannes!" "Bonaparte meets the troops. " "Napoleon approaches … - David Frum

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The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice.

David Frum

The monster has escaped Elba!" "The tyrant has landed at Cannes!" "Bonaparte meets the troops. " "Napoleon approaches Paris. " "His Imperial Majesty has entered the capital.

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Yet when the hour of decision arrives, it turns out that many conservatives care as little as ever about administrative skill and executive accomplishment. Our party and our movement overwhelmingly respond to symbolic cues. Sarah Palin is exciting and appealing. But what kind of executive is she? None of us have even the remotest idea.

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A generation ago, or two, when there were three channels, plus PBS, and when you needed - when you needed 15 million people to make a living, the media could focus on the broad country. And most people had no choice about getting political information. It was there at 6:30 whether you wanted it or not.

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My mom was truly an iconic figure, a great journalist and a pioneering woman who died at 54 of cancer without ever having revealed to viewers that she was ill.

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Donald Trump didn't have a polling operation until very late in his campaign. How did he know what to do? That the Ted Cruz people leaked their polls to Trump because they were looking forward to eliminating all the other rivals, clearing the way for a Cruz-Trump fight that they were certain Cruz would win. In the end, Cruz was the last man standing, it's true. If he had known at the beginning what he knew at the end, he might have thought twice. The Congressional Republican Party thought they could make Trump their tool to impose their very unpopular agenda. Instead, they became his tool.

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I am really and truly frightened by the collapse of support for the Republican Party by the young and the educated.

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You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road. The roots are deep inside us, it's the rhythm in our soul.

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Whatever is worth saying, can be stated in fifty words or less.

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The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice.

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There's constant drama, and I'm busy, busy, but at the center of the madness is the desire to write, the need to write. That desire, that need, is as palpable and relentless as any junkie's craving, and will possess me all day until I can park myself in a chair and do my work.

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