By Patrick J. Buchanan Chester Arthur was a most unlikely reformer. A crucial cog in the political machine of the Empire State's Sen. Roscoe Conkling, he was named by President Grant to the powerful and lucrative post of collector of customs for the Port of New York. Arthur was removed in 1878 by President Rutherford B. Hayes, who wanted to clean up the federal patronage system. But when Continue reading...
The Fire This Time
Friday - August 12, 2011 at 3:09 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan "You've damaged your own race," said Mayor Michael Nutter to the black youths of Philadelphia whose flash mobs have been beating and robbing shoppers in the fashionable district of downtown. "Take those God-darn hoodies down," the mayor went on in his blistering lecture. "Pull your pants up and buy a belt, 'cause no one wants to see your underwear or the crack of your Continue reading...
Woody, Haley & The Klan
Friday - December 24, 2010 at 12:09 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan "In May 1866, a little group of young men in the Tennessee village of Pulaski, finding their time hang heavily on their hands after the excitement of the field, so lately abandoned, formed a secret club for the mere pleasure of association, for private amusement -- for anything that might break the monotony of the too quiet place, as their wits might work upon the matter, Continue reading...
Who’s the Bigot, Mr. Brown?
Tuesday - May 4, 2010 at 1:08 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Gordon Brown may have torpedoed his last chance to be prime minister in his own right when, in the privacy of his limo, he called 66-year-old Gillian Duffy that "bigoted woman." What had widow Duffy done to deserve the slur? After taking the Labor Party leader to task for several minutes, Mrs. Duffy raised the immigration issue -- "These Eastern Europeans, where are Continue reading...
The Real Anti-Americans
Tuesday - March 30, 2010 at 11:31 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan As Democrats, after a Sunday rally on the Capitol grounds, marched to the House hand-in-hand to vote health care reform, Tea Partiers reportedly shouted the "n-word" at John Lewis and another black congressman. A third was allegedly spat upon. And Barney Frank was called a nasty name. Tea Partiers deny it all. And neither audio nor video of this alleged incident has Continue reading...
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