It Can’t Happen Here

by Patrick J. BuchananSo grave was the crisis in western China that President Hu Jintao canceled a meeting with President Obama, broke off from the G8 summit and flew home.By official count, 158 are dead, 1,080 injured and a thousand arrested in ethnic violence between Han Chinese and the Muslim, Turkic-speaking Uighurs of Xinjiang. That is the huge oil-rich province that borders Pakistan, Continue reading...

Dumbing-Down the U.S. Navy

by Patrick J. Buchanan"Naval Academy Professor Challenges Rising Diversity," ran the headline in the Washington Post.The impression left was that some sorehead was griping because black and Hispanic kids were finally being admitted.The Post's opening paragraphs reinforced the impression."Of the 1,230 plebes who took the oath of office at the Naval Academy in Annapolis this week, Continue reading...

Hands Off Honduras!

By Patrick J. BuchananLast Saturday, Honduran soldiers marched into the presidential palace, bundled up President Manuel Zelaya and put him on a plane for Costa Rica.The ouster had been ordered by the Supreme Court and approved by the Congress, as Zelaya was attempting an illegal referendum to change the Honduran constitution so he could run for another term.Will someone please explain Continue reading...