By Patrick J. BuchananDeparting for New Hampshire in November 2010, Sen. Judd Gregg, the fiscal conservative President Obama wanted in his Cabinet, blurted an inconvenient truth: "This nation is on a course where if we don't do something about it, get ... fiscal policy (under control), we're Greece."The remark was regarded as hyperbole. But Gregg had a point. For though Greece, measured by Continue reading...
Say Goodbye to Los Angeles
Tuesday - June 28, 2011 at 2:12 am
By Patrick J. BuchananCenturies before William James coined the phrase, men have sought a "moral equivalent of war," some human endeavor to satisfy the jingoistic lust of man, without the carnage of war.For some, the modern Olympic Games have served the purpose, with the Cold War rivalry for medals between the United States and the Soviet Union, and, lately, between America and Continue reading...
What Must We Defend?
Tuesday - May 31, 2011 at 10:27 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan"We need to be honest with the president, with the Congress, with the American people" about the consequences of cutting the defense budget, said Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in his valedictory policy address to the American Enterprise Institute."(A) smaller military, no matter how superb, will be able to go fewer places and do fewer things."Gates seeks to Continue reading...
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