by Patrick J. Buchanan - October 30, 2002During the 23 days the Beltway Sniper was shooting 13 people and murdering 10 in the D.C. suburbs, the press – especially the cable news networks – got it wrong … all wrong.Their "profilers" almost all thought the sniper was an angry white male, driving a white van, acting alone, a clever killer who knew the D.C. area so well he must live Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - October 28, 2002In August, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit – the value of goods we import, less the value of the goods we export – hit $42.3 billion, an all-time record for any nation. Our merchandise trade deficit is now running at $507 billion a year, nearly 5 percent of America's Gross Domestic Product.For every $1 billion in exports, Presidents Bush I Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - October 23, 2002Grim as the news was – North Korea was secretly producing enriched uranium for atomic bombs – I laughed out loud. For the "On-to-Baghdad!" boys at the Wall Street Journal were suddenly sounding like John Lennon, singing, "All we are saying is give peace a chance.""Now, let's be clear, we aren't suggesting the U.S. go to war," the Journal Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - October 21, 2002"As two ... sitting senators who served in World War II, we see the next Hitler in Saddam Hussein." So write Ted Stevens and John Warner in a Washington Times column titled, "Hitler's Disciple in Baghdad." And they recall for us the history of the run-up to that war:"Hitler ignored the surrender agreements after World War I. He flaunted (sic) the Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - October 14, 2002A war on Iraq would be "an imperialist war," writes Paul W. Schroeder in the Oct. 21 issue of The American Conservative: "We intend to use armed force against Iraq ... to acquire the power to decide who shall rule Iraq, what kind of government it will have, what kind of weapons it will develop for its own security, what kind of foreign policy it will Continue reading...