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He graduated from the University Of Toronto Schools , in 1978 where he was the School Captain. He then attended Yale University in 1982 where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts and then Harvard Law School in 1987 . '' The New York Times '' called his first book, ''Dead Right'' "...the smartest book written from the inside about the American conservative movement." Following the election of George W. Bush in 2000, Frum was appointed to a position within the White House. Still a Canadian citizen, he was one of the few foreign nationals working within the Bush White House. He served as Special Assistant to the U.S. President for Economic Speechwriting from January 2001 to February 2002. In 2002, he became a Naturalized Citizen of the United States . In January 2003, he released ''The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush'', the first insider account of the Bush presidency. Frum is widely cited as having authored the phrase " Axis Of Evil ," which he discusses in his book. As the title suggests, Frum also discusses how the Events Of September 11, 2001 redefined the country and the President. Frum writes, "George W. Bush was hardly the obvious man for the job. But by a very strange fate, he turned out to be, of all unlikely things, the right man." Frum's latest book ''An End to Evil'', was co-written with Richard Perle . It provided a defense of the 2003 Invasion Of Iraq , and advocated regime change in Iran and Syria . Furthermore, it called for a tougher policy with North Korea , as well as advocating a tougher U.S. stance against Saudi Arabia and other Islamic nations in order to "win the war on terror" (the book's by-line). The book received negative reviews from the Left but positive views from the Right , with the Left contending that it only served to further isolate America in the world's eyes, while the Right argued it constituted a realistic manifesto of how the United States should fight terror. Fareed Zakaria criticised it heavily in a '' New York Times '' column, taking a jibe at the authors by suggesting, "To transform the world, you do actually need to engage in it." Frum is the son of Barbara Frum (1937-1992), who was one of Canada's most respected and influential journalists and was widely thought to have Liberal views. His father, Murray Frum is a real estate developer and his sister, Linda Frum is a conservative journalist. David Frum is married to writer Danielle Crittenden and is thus the son-in-law of former '' Toronto Sun '' editor Peter Worthington . Frum has written for '' The Weekly Standard '', '' Forbes '' magazine, '' The Wall Street Journal '', '' National Review '' and has recently returned as a regular columnist for Canada's '' National Post ''. Frum strongly supported John Roberts , George W. Bush's nominee for Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court . However, like many conservatives, he opposed the nomination of Harriett Miers for the Supreme Court, on the grounds that she was insufficiently qualified for the post, as well as insufficiently conservative. Since May 2005 , Frum has been a contributing blogger at '' The Huffington Post ''. BOOKS
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