Patrick J. Buchanan - January 22, 2002Among the adversaries of Big Government on the American scene, few have proven more principled than the libertarians.Believing with Jefferson that that government governs best which governs least, think tanks like Cato and Von Mises institutes can be found in the van of every movement to roll back taxes or reduce state power. Believing in the adage of Continue reading...
The Sad Suicide of Admiral Nimitz
Friday - January 18, 2002 at 8:36 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan - January 18, 2002The name of Chester W. Nimitz is legendary in the annals of naval warfare. In June 1942, Admiral Nimitz commanded the U.S. forces assigned to block a Japanese invasion of Midway.In the Battle of Midway, Nimitz's fighter-bombers caught the Japanese fleet off guard, as its carrier aircraft were being refueled on deck. His pilots swooped in and sent Continue reading...
Mainstreaming Deviancy in California
Tuesday - January 15, 2002 at 8:25 pm
by Patrick J. Buchanan - January 15, 2002While Americans remain focused on the war on terror and the doings at Enron, a decisive battle in the culture war will be fought out this month in the California State Assembly.At issue is Assembly Bill 1338, which would extend all the benefits of marriage to the pairings of homosexuals, known as "civil unions." To Ken Connor of Family Research Continue reading...
Political Correctness vs. National Security
Friday - January 11, 2002 at 8:24 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan - January 11, 2002Is political correctness acquiring such a hold on the American mind as to constitute a threat to national survival? The question is not asked in jest. For consider, if you will, the latest charges of "racial profiling" laid at the doorstep of John Ashcroft.At issue are the "absconders." These are illegal aliens who, after being ordered deported for Continue reading...
How to Mau-Mau a Harvard Don
Tuesday - January 8, 2002 at 8:10 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan - January 8, 2002For students interested in learning how to conduct a first-class shakedown, few finer examples exist than the recent de-pantsing of the president of Harvard, Larry Summers. A thing of beauty it was, and here is how it went down.Last month, Summers called in the highly-paid star of his black studies department, Cornel West, to dress him down. West, Continue reading...
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