David Frum

The Right Honourable David Frum (born June 30, 1960) is an acclaimed Canadian-American author, political commentator, and intellectual whose sharp ideological analysis has deeply influenced contemporary conservative discourse. Wikipedia notes he was born in Toronto to a prominent media and real estate family—his mother being the legendary Canadian broadcaster Barbara Frum Wikipedia—and he later built a distinguished academic pedigree by earning both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in history from Yale University, followed by a Juris Doctor (JD) from Harvard Law School. He vaulted to global political prominence in 2001 by serving as a speechwriter and special assistant to U.S. President George W. Bush The Atlantic, a historic tenure during which he famously helped craft the era-defining "axis of evil" phrase for the 2002 State of the Union address Wikipedia. A highly versatile and prolific intellectual, Frum has published ten influential books The Atlantic detailing the evolution of American politics, including his bestselling White House insider memoir The Right Man, his piercing critique of institutional corruption Trumpocracy, and his diagnostic sequel Trumpocalypse The Atlantic. Today, he continues to shape global policy debates as a senior staff writer for The Atlantic and the host of the weekly political and social analysis podcast, The David Frum Show.