by Patrick J Buchanan - March 15, 2004Will George W. Bush share the fate of his father and be turned out of office 18 months after having won a military triumph that vaulted him to 90 percent approval? So it seemed during the primaries, as almost a dozen Democratic candidates pummeled Bush daily for having misled the nation on Iraq and presided over the greatest job loss since Continue reading...

by Patrick J Buchanan - March 10, 2004President Bush and his advisers are puzzled and worried.Economic liftoff took place right on schedule in July when the tax cuts took effect. In the last six months of 2003, the economy blazed along on a growth path of 6 percent. But where are the jobs?Last week's jobs report, with hundreds of thousands giving up the search for work, and Continue reading...

by Patrick J Buchanan - March 8, 2004"It became an emblematic moment. Patrick Buchanan standing before the Republican National Convention in August 1992, bluntly declaring that there was a 'religious war' and a 'cultural war' under way for the soul of the country. And that 'Clinton and Clinton are on the other side' with an agenda of 'radical feminism,' 'abortion on demand' and 'homosexual Continue reading...

by atrick J Buchanan - March 3, 2004On coming away from a first, full viewing of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," among the questions that came to mind was: What in heaven's name was all the howling about?For the all-powerful impression this emotionally draining film leaves one with is that this is what the Son of God went through for our sins and our salvation. Those who called Continue reading...

by Patrick J Buchanan - March 1, 2004The job of the chairman of the Fed, it used to be said, was to take away the punch bowl just as the party got going good.Last week, Alan Greenspan did his duty. He told Congress Social Security benefits must be cut for the baby boomers, to avoid taxes having to be raised on the Gen-Xers. Like Thelma and Louise, Social Security and Medicare are headed Continue reading...