by Patrick J. Buchanan – November 17, 1997 Scoff if you will at the claim, but I believe this fall may rank in historic significance in our time second only to the fall of 1989 when the Berlin Wall came down. Ridiculous, absurd, you say. Well, consider the three signal political events that marked this […]
The Lost Allure of Global Free Trade
Monday - November 10, 1997 at 10:47 pm
by Patrick J. Buchanan – November 10, 1997 LONDON — President Clinton’s decision to pull his fast-track trade bill from the House floor early Monday morning rather than face a humiliating defeat marks a turning point in U.S. history. For the first time since World War II, the nation’s financial, political and intellectual elites have […]
The Silver Lining in Houston
Thursday - November 6, 1997 at 10:48 pm
by Patrick J. Buchanan – November 6, 1997 Backers of racial preferences are taking heart from a 54 percent-46 percent ballot victory in Houston that upholds a policy which sets aside 20 percent of the city’s business exclusively for minorities and women. “Houston’s Support of Affirmative Action May Slow Opposition Efforts Elsewhere” headlined a Wall […]
The Fast Track to Bailout City
Monday - November 3, 1997 at 10:50 pm
by Patrick J. Buchanan – November 3, 1997 Politics is often beyond parody. On Sunday, House Speaker Newt Gingrich declared on “Meet the Press” that unless Congress approves “fast track,” it will “send a signal to the world that is devastating.” “(T)he world,” said Newt, “is looking for us to take leadership.” What does Newt […]
What the Crash of ’97 Portends
Monday - October 27, 1997 at 10:52 pm
by Patrick J. Buchanan – October 27, 1997 When the U.S. merchandise trade deficit came in at near $190 billion last year, free traders had a ready retort: Trade deficits don’t matter! Well, we’re about to find out. Since summer, stocks have crashed and burned in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and […]
The Rodney Dangerfield Republic
Thursday - October 23, 1997 at 10:54 pm
by Patrick J. Buchanan – October 23, 1997 “African Brothers in Spirit” ran the caption over a photo of a beaming Nelson Mandela holding hands with a smiling Moammar Qaddafi. On entering Tripoli, Mandela’s 50-car motorcade passed under a banner reading: “Mandela’s visit to Libya is a devastating blow to America.” What about U.S. objections […]
Harold Creel’s 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Monday - October 20, 1997 at 10:57 pm
by Patrick J. Buchanan – October 20, 1997 For the Theodore Roosevelt Big Stick Award for 1997, permit me to nominate Harold Creel of the Federal Maritime Commission. Fed up with Japan’s refusal to pay $4 million in fines, Creel last Thursday ordered all U.S. ports closed to Japanese ships. The Coast Guard was to […]
