By Patrick J. Buchanan What America was to the world in 1950, General Motors was to the nation. It was the largest and most successful company with the largest number of employees. It paid the highest wages and contributed more in taxes than any other company. During World War II, no company had contributed more to the Arsenal of Democracy and America's victory. As one wag said, "For Continue reading...
How the Chinese Must See Us
Saturday - January 22, 2011 at 6:40 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan "O would some power the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us," wrote the poet Robert Burns. As Hu Jintao wings his way home, America's hectoring still ringing in his ears, he must be thinking that maybe we Americans should stop lecturing them and take a closer look at ourselves. Revalue your currency, we demand of the Chinese, stop running these trade Continue reading...
Who Lost the Middle East?
Tuesday - January 18, 2011 at 11:18 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, especially today in the Maghreb and Middle East. For the ouster of Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has sent shock waves from Rabat to Riyadh. Autocrats, emirs and kings have to be asking themselves: If rioters can bring down Ben Ali with his ruthless security forces, what prevents this from happening here? Millions of Continue reading...
Are the Deficits Forever?
Friday - January 7, 2011 at 12:58 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan "The success of a party means little except when the nation is using that party for a large and definite purpose," said Woodrow Wilson in his first inaugural. "No one can mistake the purpose for which the nation now seeks to use the Democratic Party." As with Wilson's Democrats in 1913, so it is with the Republican Party today. It has been called to power for the Continue reading...
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