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...
Mel Gibson’s Triumph
Wednesday - March 3, 2004 at 8:08 pm
by atrick J Buchanan - March 3, 2004 On 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...
Greenspan’s Grim Diagnosis
Monday - March 1, 2004 at 8:05 pm
by Patrick J Buchanan - March 1, 2004 The 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...
An Index of American Decline
Monday - February 23, 2004 at 8:03 pm
by Patrick J Buchanan - February 23, 2004 Sen. John Edwards did not win Wisconsin, but he closed a huge gap with John Kerry with astonishing speed in the final week. The issue propelling Edwards was jobs, the lost jobs under George Bush, and Edwards' attribution of blame for the losses on NAFTA and the trade deals for which John Kerry voted in Congress. Edwards has plugged into an Continue reading...
Is Free Trade Falling Out of Fashion?
Wednesday - February 18, 2004 at 8:02 pm
by Patrick J Buchanan - February 18, 2004 Last week was an instructive one for the chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers. Gregory Mankiw was battered by leaders of both parties, hoisted by John Kerry, abandoned by his own president and forced to recant his beliefs. What had Professor Mankiw done? He had used the "Economic Report of the President" to tutor us in Continue reading...
Have the Neocons Destroyed the Presidency?
Monday - February 16, 2004 at 8:01 pm
by Patrick J Buchanan - February 16, 2004 George W. Bush "betrayed us," howled Al Gore. "He played on our fear. He took America on an ill-conceived foreign adventure, dangerous to our troops, an adventure that was preordained and planned before 9-11 ever happened." Hearing it, Gore's rant seemed slanderous and demagogic. For though U.S. policy since Clinton had called for regime change Continue reading...
A Matter of Trust
Wednesday - February 11, 2004 at 8:00 pm
by Patrick J Buchanan - February 11, 2004 Most Americans yet believe President Bush did the right thing in ridding Iraq and the world of Saddam Hussein. Yet, how we were persuaded to go to war raises grave questions about the character and competence of those who led us into it. As we now know, Iraq had no tie to Osama, no role in 9-11, no nuclear program, no weapons of mass destruction, Continue reading...
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