By Patrick J. Buchanan In 1948, Arthur Schlesinger Sr. wrote for Life magazine a controversial article on a subject that has been the cause of spirited and acrimonious debate ever since. He listed the consensus of our academic elite as to which American presidents had been Great, Near Great, Average, Below Average and Failures.Leading the list were Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Continue reading...
Now Korea Is Cleaning Our Clock
By Patrick J. Buchanan"The entry into force of the U.S.-Korea trade agreement on March 15, 2012, means countless new opportunities for U.S. exporters to sell more made-in-America goods, services and agricultural products to Korean customers -- and to support more good jobs here at home."Thus did the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative rhapsodize about the potential of our new trade Continue reading...
Dress Rehearsal for a Mideast War?
By Patrick J. Buchanan"History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes," said Mark Twain.Observing the uprising in Syria, the atrocities, the intervention by rival powers, it all calls to mind the Great Rehearsal for World War II, the Spanish Civil War.The war began in 1936 with an uprising in Morocco of Spanish Nationalists against a Madrid regime seen as anti-Catholic, Marxist Continue reading...
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