The War Party and the ‘Axis of Evil’

By Patrick J. Buchanan - February 5, 2002 With the exception of the War Party pundits who are orgasmic over Mr. Bush's threat to launch preventive wars against the "axis of evil," Iran, Iraq and North Korea, volunteers for the Great Crusade seem notably absent. Nowhere, not even among the nations supposedly threatened, has there been a rallying to the colors. The tepid, even negative, Continue reading...

American Caesar

Patrick J. Buchanan - February 1, 2002 "Upon what meat has this our Caesar fed that he has grown so great?" The line from "Julius Caesar" came to mind as I watched the president, triumphant in the Afghan war, thunderously threaten three nations with war, should they seek to acquire weapons the United States has had in its arsenal for more than half a century. In the Kennedyesque Continue reading...

Next to Go: The U.S. Aircraft Industry

By Patrick J. Buchanan - Jaunary 25, 2002 "Upon what meat has this our Caesar fed that he has grown so great?" The line from "Julius Caesar" came to mind as I watched the president, triumphant in the Afghan war, thunderously threaten three nations with war, should they seek to acquire weapons the United States has had in its arsenal for more than half a century. In the Kennedyesque Continue reading...

Does Libertarianism Lead to Statism?

Patrick J. Buchanan - January 22, 2002 Among the adversaries of Big Government on the American scene, few have proven more principled than the libertarians. Believing with Jefferson that that government governs best which governs least, think tanks like Cato and Von Mises institutes can be found in the van of every movement to roll back taxes or reduce state power. Believing in the adage of Continue reading...

The Sad Suicide of Admiral Nimitz

By Patrick J. Buchanan - January 18, 2002 The name of Chester W. Nimitz is legendary in the annals of naval warfare. In June 1942, Admiral Nimitz commanded the U.S. forces assigned to block a Japanese invasion of Midway. In the Battle of Midway, Nimitz's fighter-bombers caught the Japanese fleet off guard, as its carrier aircraft were being refueled on deck. His pilots swooped in and sent Continue reading...

Mainstreaming Deviancy in California

by Patrick J. Buchanan - January 15, 2002 While Americans remain focused on the war on terror and the doings at Enron, a decisive battle in the culture war will be fought out this month in the California State Assembly. At issue is Assembly Bill 1338, which would extend all the benefits of marriage to the pairings of homosexuals, known as "civil unions." To Ken Connor of Family Research Continue reading...

Political Correctness vs. National Security

By Patrick J. Buchanan - January 11, 2002 Is political correctness acquiring such a hold on the American mind as to constitute a threat to national survival? The question is not asked in jest. For consider, if you will, the latest charges of "racial profiling" laid at the doorstep of John Ashcroft. At issue are the "absconders." These are illegal aliens who, after being ordered deported for Continue reading...