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The David Frum Show
Making sense instead of making noise
Narrated Articles
I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.
Make Smuggling Great Again
Canada’s ultimate retaliation for Trump’s tariffs will be to turn ordinary Americans who cross the border to shop for cheaper goods into latter-day bootleggers.
The Unending Trouble With TikTok
President Trump once again extended the app’s lifeline in America. Will this ever end?
Trump Has Already Botched His Own Bad Tariff Plan
Once you’ve said you might negotiate, nobody is going to believe you when you change your mind and say you’ll never negotiate.
The Man Out to Prove How Dumb AI Still Is
François Chollet has constructed the ultimate test for the bots.
The Trump Team Has a Double Standard on State Secrets
Officials have been careless with sensitive information while claiming that innocuous facts can’t be public.
Defying the Courts Will Backfire
The public has not responded kindly to other politicians who have tried this in the past.
RFK Jr.’s 18th-Century Idea About Mental Health
The health secretary’s clearest plans for psychiatric treatment are a retreat to the past.
Quick Listens
Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Source: Unique Nicole / Getty. Jonathan Majors Is Looking for Redemption. Will He Find It?
The actor wants back in the industry’s good graces, but his new movie, Magazine Dreams—and the surrounding press tour—isn’t enough.
Illustration by Alex Cochran The Hottest Thing in Clean Energy
Little of America’s energy comes from geothermal sources, but that could change quickly.
Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Democrats Have a Problem
They can’t stop talking about their problems.
Andrew Harnik / Getty There Is Only One Way to Make Sense of the Tariffs
The policy is absurd. It’s also an extension of Trump’s chaotic personality.
Deeper Dives
Illustration by Mathieu Labrecque The Man Out to Prove How Dumb AI Still Is
François Chollet has constructed the ultimate test for the bots.
Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic. Source: Bettmann / Getty; MirageC / Getty. RFK Jr.’s 18th-Century Idea About Mental Health
The health secretary’s clearest plans for psychiatric treatment are a retreat to the past.
Illustration by Isabella Cotier Who Needs Intimacy?
Influential novelists are imagining what women’s lives might look like without the demands of partners and children.
Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic. Source: Getty; Andrew Harnik / Getty. Trump’s Jewish Cover Story
The administration claims to be protecting Jews while advancing an agenda that most Jews oppose.
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