Frum no longer one of president's men : Canadian speechwriter coined now-famous `axis of evil' phrase

WASHINGTON — The Canadian who coined U.S. President George W. Bush's notorious phrase "axis of evil" won't be writing speeches for the president any more.
Yesterday was the last day on the job for David Frum, a noted right-wing author from Canada. He had been a White House speechwriter since just after Bush was sworn in as president in January, 2001.
White House insiders were busily planting the word to high-powered Washington journalists yesterday that Frum was being ousted over his wife Danielle Crittenden's e-mail to friends and family, in which she credited her husband with writing the now-famous phrase.
But Frum, a former National Post columnist, told The Star last night he always intended to leave the White House and in fact submitted his resignation in writing on Jan. 24, five days before Bush delivered the State of the Union.