David Frum
He is the author of 10 books, most recently Trumpocracy (2018) and Trumpocalypse (2020). In 2001 and 2002, David was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush. From 2014 to 2017, he chaired the prominent U.K. center-right think tank, Policy Exchange. He writes for The Atlantic on topics including politics, policy, art, literature, and history.
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Drew Angerer / Getty Kevin McCarthy, Have You No Sense of Decency?
If, after the latest January 6 hearing, House Republicans persist in their policy of pro-Trump cover-up, American democracy is in dire peril.
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The Atlantic; Drew Angerer / Getty A Rescue Package for Joe Biden
His presidency is beset with huge challenges, many of his own making. Here are five pillars of wisdom to help him meet them.
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New York Daily News / Getty Roe Is the New Prohibition
The pro-life movement needs to know that such culture wars result not in outright victory for one side but in reaction and compromise.
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Shannon Finney / Getty Dave Chappelle’s Not Kidding
The comedian’s proposal to defer having his name on his high school’s theater might seem conciliatory. But it’s a big bet on what he believes.
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Sebastian Barros / NurPhoto / Getty The President Who Did Everything Right and Got No Thanks
The perplexing part of Colombia’s electoral choice of a former leftist guerrilla over a right-wing populist is how unheralded the success of the outgoing moderate was.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The One Witness at the January 6 Hearing Who Matters Most
It’s you.
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Dario Lopez-Mills / AP America’s Hands Are Full of Blood
Amid our pain and grief, we must face a bitter truth.
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The Atlantic; Getty Why Biden Is Right to End Ambiguity on Taiwan
It was no gaffe when the president said the U.S. would defend the island against China, but good policy.
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Win McNamee / Getty Georgetown’s Cowardice on Free Speech
If we all spoke circumspectly and wisely all the time, who would even need free-speech policies?
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Gaelen Morse / Bloomberg / Getty The Good That Ted Cruz’s Win Can Do
The Supreme Court’s ruling in his favor exposes how broken our campaign-finance law now is.
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John Normile / Getty America’s Gun Plague
Hatred alone is not an American phenomenon—easy access to deadly weapons is.
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Andrew Spear / Redux The J. D. Vance I Knew
His abilities, I never underestimated. What he was willing to do for political advancement, I did.
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Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / Getty If Biden Forgives Student Loans, Voters Won’t Forget It
Not for the first time, the president has made himself hostage to his party’s activist wing.
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Getty; The Atlantic The End of Presidential Debates
Only those conversant with the pro-Trump right’s myths and legends will be able to decipher the Republican National Committee’s latest decision.
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Photo by Anastasia Vlasova / Getty What Ukraine Needs Now
Even at this maximum moment of global sympathy, international assistance to Ukraine is falling far short of its needs.
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Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty What Trump Is Hiding
Seven hours and 37 minutes of missing phone records on January 6 suggest consciousness of guilt.
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The Atlantic; Chip Somodevilla / Saul Loeb / … The Real Ginni Thomas Problem Is Trump
The calls to overturn the 2020 election results were coming from inside the White House.
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Christopher Occhicone / Redux A Nation Worth Fighting For
Ukraine claims something more than sympathy from the democratic world. It claims membership.
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Andy Kropa / Redux The U.S. Subsidy That Empowers Putin
Ending America’s foolish subsidies for ethanol could aid Ukraine.
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Michael Nagle / Xinhua / Eyevine / Redux The Food War
The food shock of 2022 is not a good-news story. But our “bad” is less bad than ever before.
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