by Patrick J Buchanan – January 28, 2004

At 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.

by Patrick J Buchanan – January 26, 2004

After 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 terrain where Bush intends to fight the battle of 2004.

“Bring ‘Em On!” could have been its subtitle.

by Patrick J Buchanan – January 21, 2004

In 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 network policy discouraging political contributions. “I hope our people will follow the advice I’ve given to them voluntarily. The potential perception is that they favor one candidate over another.”

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 conservative groups on the proposal, which would provide at least $1.5 billion for training to help couples develop interpersonal skills that sustain ‘healthy marriages.’”

by Patrick J Buchanan – January 14, 2004

Have 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, or cannot take at the wages offered.

He is saying: I cannot defend our border. I will not enforce the laws. I will not send illegal aliens back. And as I cannot stop this invasion of the United States, I intend to legalize it.

by Patrick J Buchanan – January 12, 2004

If George Bush’s amnesty for between 8 million and 14 million illegal aliens is enacted, you can kiss the old America goodbye.

Consider what the president is saying with his amnesty. He is telling us that he cannot or will not do his constitutional duty to defend the states from invasion. He is saying he simply cannot or will not protect our borders or enforce our immigration laws. He is saying he will no longer send illegal aliens back.

by Patrick J Buchanan – January 7, 2004

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Within four weeks, the Democratic nominee will probably be known, and this city believes it will almost surely be Howard Dean.

The Iowa caucuses on Jan. 19, the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 27, and the South Carolina primary on Feb. 3, same day as half a dozen other caucuses and primaries, will tell the tale.

The shrillness and savagery of the attacks on Dean by rival Democrats like Joe Lieberman underscore the point. They all understand that if Dean does not stumble, they all fall by Feb. 3.

by Patrick J Buchanan – January 5, 2004

Can the Great Satan find common ground with a charter member of the Axis of Evil, the Iran of the ayatollahs?

Stranger things have happened in our own lifetimes.

In 1972, Nixon, who built a career on anti-communism, was walking on the Great Wall of China, the honored guest of a Maoist regime responsible for the deaths of thousands of U.S. soldiers in Korea.