Next to Go: The U.S. Aircraft Industry

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– 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 …

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Does Libertarianism Lead to Statism?

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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 …

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The Sad Suicide of Admiral Nimitz

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– 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 …

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Mainstreaming Deviancy in California

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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 …

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Political Correctness vs. National Security

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– 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 …

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How to Mau-Mau a Harvard Don

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– January 8, 2002 For students interested in learning how to conduct a first-class shakedown, few finer examples exist than the recent de-pantsing of the president of Harvard, Larry Summers. A thing of beauty it was, and here is how it went down. Last month, Summers called in the highly-paid …

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War Party vs. the Constitution

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– January 4, 2002 With the Taliban dethroned and Osama dead or on the run, the War Party has begun pulling down the invasion maps of Iraq. Op-ed pages and the little magazines are in full blossom with fresh war plans. One scheme is to make the Iraqi National Congress …

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Say Goodbye to the Mother Continent

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“Economic unity and political unity are twins: one cannot be born without the other following,” said Friedrich List, the famed German economist and nationalist. Again and again, history has proven List right. Economic union leads inexorably to political union. The left has always understood this. The right never does, until …

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