by Patrick J Buchanan - January 28, 2004At the Catholic school we attended long ago, the school year was divided into eight marking periods. At the end of each, a report card was handed out. Each student was graded in each of half a dozen subjects. The grades ranged from A+ to C- for passing, to D for failure. Enough D's, and you were off to the D.C. public schools.At the end of each Continue reading...

by Patrick J Buchanan - January 26, 2004After reading the State of the Union address, one appreciates how much greater a grasp George W. Bush has of politics than did his father.For this was the sort of speech one would expect to hear from a candidate who had just been nominated at his party's convention, not a president in wartime. It was an acceptance speech, a war map revealing the Continue reading...

by Patrick J Buchanan - January 21, 2004In 2002, Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto, the managing editor for business at the network, contributed $1,000 to a fund-raising dinner for President Bush.So reveals Howard Kurtz, media critic for the Washington Post.Informed of Cavuto's contribution, John Moody, Fox News vice president, lamented, "I wish he hadn't." Moody has circulated a new Continue reading...

by Patrick J Buchanan - January 19, 2004"Bush Plans $1.5 Billion Drive for Promotion of Marriage" ran the headline in the New York Times.The story told of how Bush aides were "planning an extensive election-year initiative to promote marriage" and debating whether to float the idea in the State of the Union."For months," the Times reported, "administration officials have worked with Continue reading...

by Patrick J Buchanan - January 14, 2004Have Americans, one wonders, fully reflected on what the Bush amnesty portends for the country their children will grow up in?Consider what Bush is saying with this amnesty for 8 million to 12 million illegal aliens and his "guest workers" program to allow employers to go overseas and hire people anywhere in the world for jobs Americans will not, Continue reading...