by Patrick J. Buchanan - November 27, 2002That 70 percent fall in the NASDAQ and 25 percent decline in the Dow, and the recession and unemployment they produced, have begun to cause major collateral damage to municipal and state budgets.The Empire State and the Big Apple are staring at a combined deficit of $15 billion, "a crisis of historic proportions," says the Washington Post. Rudy Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - November 25, 2002Since that fateful day Dwight Eisenhower named Earl Warren chief justice, the U.S. Supreme Court has been engineering a social revolution.Seizing legislative power, the court legalized pornography, declared abortion a constitutional right, abolished the death penalty for a generation and prohibited a once-Christian people from paying public Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - November 20, 2002Not one in 10 million Americans will ever be a member of Augusta National Golf Club. Not one in 100,000 will ever shoot a round of golf at the course Ike and Bobby Jones made famous.Yet, millions are hoping Augusta chairman "Hootie" Johnson does not surrender to those demanding he admit women to his club.Why are we rooting for Hootie? Are we Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - November 18, 2002The meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has just ended. Dominant issue: How to cope with the gravest crisis in its history, the scandal caused by hundreds of priests who sexually abused altar boys and teen-agers in their custody and care. The bishops' statement on the morality of war on Iraq was ignored.To learn how a respected Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - November 13, 2002Clinton Rossiter begins his classic study of "The American Presidency" by describing the five constitutional functions of the chief executive, such as commander in chief. He goes on to identify five "non-constitutional functions," beginning with chief of party.In this category, George W. Bush just set the gold standard.In the election of Continue reading...