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Bush</a> who coined the term "Axis of Evil" to refer to Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. Canadian by birth, he filed naturalization papers after 11 September 2001, and took the US citizenship oath on 11 September 2007. In 2010, two days after criticizing the "tea party" movement as being counterproductive to Republicans' goals, he was fired at the right-wing American Enterprise Institute. He is a distant cousin to <a href="/people/217/000024145/">Paul Krugman</a>. <p><b>Father:</b> Murray Frum (dentist, b. 1931)<br><b>Mother:</b> Barbara Rosenberg Frum (Canadian journalist, b. 8-Sep-1937, d. 26-Mar-1992)<br><b>Sister:</b> Linda Frum (Canadian Senator, b. 13-Jan-1963)<br><b>Wife:</b> Danielle Crittenden Frum (journalist and novelist, b. 20-Apr-1963, three children)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/480/000068276/">BA History, Yale University (1982)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/480/000068276/">MA History, Yale University (1982)</a><br> Law School: <a href="/edu/404/000127023/">Harvard Law School (1987, cum laude)</a><br><p> <a href="/media/466/000044334/">Newsweek</a> Columnist (2012-)<br> <a href="/media/223/000235515/">The Daily Beast</a> Columnist (2012-)<br> <a href="/org/339/000048195/">American Enterprise Institute</a> Resident Fellow (2003-10)<br> <a href="/gov/509/000213867/">White House Speechwriter</a> Economic issues (2001-03)<br> <a href="/org/658/000051505/">Manhattan Institute for Policy Research</a> Senior Fellow (1994-2001)<br> <a href="/media/471/000044339/">Forbes</a> Columnist (1992-94)<br> <a href="/media/877/000044745/">The Wall Street Journal</a> Assistant Editor, editorial page (1989-92)<br> <a href="/media/005/000048858/">National Review</a> Writer, Contributing Editor & Blogger (1982-2009)<br> <a href="/org/496/000042370/">Federalist Society</a> president<br> <a href="/org/816/000164324/">Jewish Policy Center</a> Board of Fellows<br> <a href="/org/258/000118901/">Republican Jewish Coalition</a> <br> <a href="/lists/846/000082600/">Canadian Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/event/582/000051429/">Naturalized US Citizen</a> 11-Sep-2007<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/747/000404532/">The Brink (30-Jan-2019)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/724/000273902/">American Zeitgeist (16-Jun-2006)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/520/000088256/">Fahrenhype 9/11 (5-Oct-2004)</a> · Himself<br><p> <b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://www.davidfrum.com/" target=_blank>http://www.davidfrum.com/</a><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Dead Right: The Great Conservative Revival of the 1980's Is Over... What Will the Right Do Next?</i> (<tt>1994</tt>)<br><i>Dead Right: The End of the Conservativism of Hope & the Rise of the Conservativism of Fear</i> (<tt>1995</tt>)<br><i>What's Right: The New Conservative Majority and the Remaking of America</i> (<tt>1995</tt>)<br><i>What's Right: The New Conservatism and What It Means for Canada</i> (<tt>1996</tt>)<br><i>How We Got Here: America from 1968 to Now: For Better or for Worse</i> (<tt>1999</tt>)<br><i>How We Got Here: The 70's: The Decade That Brought You Modern Life -- For Better or Worse</i> (<tt>2000</tt>)<br><i>The Right Man: An Inside Account of the Bush White House</i> (<tt>2003</tt>)<br><i>The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush</i> (<tt>2003</tt>)<br><i>An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror</i> (<tt>2003</tt>, with <a href="/people/354/000022288/">Richard Perle</a>)<br><i>Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again</i> (<tt>2007</tt>)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=31478"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=31478">David Frum</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=31478" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2021 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>