By Patrick J. Buchanan“This is called slave labor,” said Pope Francis.The Holy Father was referring to the $40 a month paid to apparel workers at that eight-story garment factory in Bangladesh that collapsed on top of them, killing more than 400.“Not paying a just wage … focusing exclusively on the balance books, on financial statements, only looking at personal profit. That Continue reading...
21 December 2012 
Why God Created the GOP
Friday - December 21, 2012 at 3:55 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan"God put the Republican Party on earth to cut taxes. If they don't do that, they have no useful function."Columnist Robert Novak was speaking of the party that embraced the revolution of Ronald Reagan, who had hung a portrait of Calvin Coolidge in his Cabinet Room and set about cutting income tax rates to 28 percent.But, to be historically precise, the GOP was not Continue reading...
Is Europe Sailing on the Titanic?
Tuesday - May 1, 2012 at 1:05 am
By Patrick J. BuchananU.S. growth in the first quarter fell to 2.2 percent, a disappointment. But in Europe, that news would have caused general rejoicing.For consider the gathering crisis on the old continent.With negative growth now for six months, Britain has fallen back into recession. "I don't think we're anywhere near halfway through the eurozone crisis," said Prime Minister Continue reading...
Is the New World Order Unraveling?
Friday - October 14, 2011 at 12:26 pm
By Patrick J. BuchananWith Greece on the precipice of default, and Portugal and Italy approaching the ledge, the European monetary union appears in peril.Should it collapse, the European Union itself could be in danger, for economic nationalism is rising in Europe. Which raises a larger question.Is the New World Order, the great 20th century project of Western transnational elites, Continue reading...
How the Chinese Must See Us
Saturday - January 22, 2011 at 6:40 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan"O would some power the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us," wrote the poet Robert Burns.As Hu Jintao wings his way home, America's hectoring still ringing in his ears, he must be thinking that maybe we Americans should stop lecturing them and take a closer look at ourselves.Revalue your currency, we demand of the Chinese, stop running these trade Continue reading...
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