By Patrick J. Buchanan"Gentlemen do not read each other's mail," said Secretary of State Henry Stimson of his 1929 decision to shut down "The Black Chamber" that decoded the secret messages of foreign powers."This means war!" said FDR, after reading the intercepted instructions from Tokyo to its diplomats the night of Dec. 6, 1941.Roosevelt's secretary of war? Henry Stimson.Times Continue reading...

Where Have All the Workers Gone?
By Patrick J. BuchananThat America created only 88,000 jobs in March, less than half the number anticipated, was jolting news, indicating the recovery that the White House has boasted about may not be at hand.But in that March jobs report, there was more disturbing news. While unemployment fell to 7.6 percent, the reason it fell is alarming.Half a million U.S. workers (495,000) Continue reading...

Who Killed the New Majority?
By Patrick J. BuchananThe Republican National Committee has produced an "autopsy" on what went wrong in 2012, when the party failed to win the White House and lost seats in Congress.Yet, the crisis of the Grand Old Party goes back much further.First, some history. The Frank Lloyd Wright of the New Majority was Richard Nixon, who picked up the pieces of the party after Goldwater's Continue reading...



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