David Frum | |
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Frum in a BloggingHeads.tv post
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Born |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
June 30, 1960
Residence | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Citizenship | Canada, United States |
Education |
Yale University (B.A./M.A.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
Occupation | Journalist, author, speechwriter |
Years active | 1987–present |
Known for | Coining the term "axis of evil" |
Political party | Republican |
Board member of | Republican Jewish Coalition, R Street Institute |
Spouse(s) | Danielle Crittenden (m. 1988) |
Parent(s) | Barbara Frum and Murray Frum |
Relatives | Linda Frum (sister), Matthew Frum (brother) |
Website | www |
David J. Frum (/ˈfrʌm/; born June 30, 1960) is a Canadian-American neoconservativepolitical commentator. A speechwriter for President George W. Bush, Frum later became the author of the first "insider" book about the Bush presidency. He is a senior editor at The Atlantic and also a CNN contributor. He serves on the board of directors of the Republican Jewish Coalition, the British think tank Policy Exchange, the anti-drug policy group Smart Approaches to Marijuana, and as vice chairman and an associate fellow of the R Street Institute.
Frum is the son of Canadian journalist Barbara Frum.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to a Jewish family, Frum is the son of the late Barbara Frum (née Rosberg), a well-known, New York-born, journalist and broadcaster in Canada, and the late Murray Frum, a dentist, who later became a real estate developer, philanthropist and art collector. His father's parents immigrated from Poland to Toronto in 1930. Frum's sister, Linda Frum, is a member of the Senate of Canada.