By Patrick J. Buchanan"Thank you, Hu Jintao, and thank you, China," said Hugo Chavez, as he announced a $20 billion loan from Beijing, to be repaid in Venezuelan oil.The Chinese just threw Chavez a life-preserver. For Venezuela is reeling from 25 percent inflation, government-induced blackouts to cope with energy shortages and an economy that shrank by 3.3 percent in 2009.Where did Continue reading...
Who Should Pay the Piper?
Tuesday - March 9, 2010 at 12:05 am
By Patrick J. BuchananGreece this past weekend saw the worst rioting since the debt crisis began. After Athens had announced new tax hikes and budget cuts to reduce a deficit of 13 percent of gross domestic product, mobs drove guards from Greece's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and attacked police. Continue reading...
Pitching for America
Friday - March 5, 2010 at 1:58 am
By Patrick J. BuchananIt was Father's Day, 1964, when the Phillies' Jim Bunning, a father of seven, took the mound against the Mets.Ninety pitches later, Bunning had struck out 10 and allowed not one batter to reach first base. Twenty-seven up, 27 down. The first perfect game in 86 years in the National League, and the finest hour of the Hall of Famer's baseball career.Beginning last Continue reading...
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