Is Notre Dame Still Catholic?

Tuesday - March 31, 2009 at 12:52 am

By Patrick J. BuchananBy inviting Barack Obama to deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary degree at Notre Dame, the Rev. John Jenkins has polarized the Catholic community nationwide -- and raised a question. What does it mean to be a Catholic university in post-Christian America?Are there truths about faith and morality that are closed to debate at Notre Dame? Or is Notre Continue reading...

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Can Uncle Sam Ever Let Go?

Thursday - March 26, 2009 at 11:05 pm

By Patrick J. Buchanan"In 1877, Lord Salisbury, commenting on Great Britain's policy on the Eastern Question, noted that 'the commonest error in politics is sticking to the carcass of dead policies.'"Salisbury was bemoaning the fact that many influential members of the British ruling class could not recognize that history had moved on; they continued to cling to policies and institutions Continue reading...

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The Weimar Solution

Monday - March 23, 2009 at 11:58 pm

By Patrick J. Buchanan"The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency," said Lord Keynes.Ben Bernanke disagrees. A student of the Depression, the Fed chair appears far more fearful of deflation -- a vicious cycle of falling prices, debt defaults, home foreclosures and rising unemployment.Deflation is what America underwent in the 1930s. A Fed-created bubble Continue reading...

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Systemic Failure

Friday - March 20, 2009 at 12:26 am

By Patrick J. BuchananAs the U.S. financial crisis broadens and deepens, wiping out the wealth and savings of tens of millions, destroying hopes and dreams, it is hard not to see in all of this history's verdict upon this generation.We have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.For how did this befall us, save through decisions that brushed aside lessons that history and Continue reading...

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Of Patriots and Assassins

Tuesday - March 17, 2009 at 12:08 am

By Patrick J. BuchananDuring Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972, his interpreter and I, free for a few hours, conscripted a driver to take us on a tour of Beijing. Somewhere in my files are photos from that day we toured the grim city of Chairman Mao in the time of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.The interpreter: Charles Freeman -- the same Charles Freeman Adm. Dennis Blair Continue reading...

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