by Thomas Fleming
Socrates and Xanthippe have been discussing a proposed bailout of the cartmakers in the Peiraeus. They are joined by a very young Plato and Pheidippides, the dissolute son of Strepsiades, who sent him to study in order to find out how to evade his debts.
Thomas Fleming :: Dec.02.2008 :: Uncategorized :: 13 Comments »
by Patrick J. Buchanan
Arguably the most successful act of revolutionary terror was the June 1914 assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo.
Believing his mission to murder the heir to the Austrian throne had failed, Gavrilo Princip suddenly found himself standing a few feet away from the royal car. He fired twice, mortally wounding the archduke and his wife.
Patrick J. Buchanan :: Dec.02.2008 :: Patrick J. Buchanan :: 15 Comments »
by Clyde N. Wilson
These theories are interesting and valuable, although it is possible to stray too far along the road of geographical determinism. —John Davies
A socialist firebrand could rapidly become a jingoistic warmonger. . . . —John Davies
[T]he sole problem of our ruling class is whether to coerce or bribe the powerless majority. —Gore Vidal
Clyde N. Wilson :: Dec.01.2008 :: The Old Republic :: 23 Comments »
by Paul Craig Roberts
According to all accounts, the United States faces its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, with $2 trillion in near-term financing needs for bailouts and economic stimulus. This is an enormous sum for any country, especially one that is so heavily indebted that it is close to bankruptcy. If the money can’t be borrowed abroad, it will have to be printed—a policy that carries the implication of hyper-inflation.
In normal life, a borrower who must appeal to creditors makes every effort to bring order to his financial affairs. But not the Bush regime.
The out-of-pocket costs of Bush’s Iraq war are about $600 billion at the present moment, a figure that increases by millions of dollars every hour.
Paul Craig Roberts :: Nov.28.2008 :: Paul Craig Roberts :: 57 Comments »
by William Murchison
Thankful for … what?!
The question is bound to surface the moment heads incline in reverence at the Thanksgiving table, over pre-dinner drinks, post-dinner drinks, kitchen clean up, trash take out.
Answers will vary. What won’t vary is the perception that Thanksgiving 2008 brings trials of a sort not experienced in the United States of America in some years. An annus horribilis, this year, a stinker, a mess. Continue Reading »
William Murchison :: Nov.27.2008 :: William Murchison :: 8 Comments »
by Srdja Trifkovic
Teams of heavily armed terrorists carried out seven coordinated attacks in India’s financial capital “Mumbai” (Bombay) on Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning. Over 170 people were dead by the time the hostage crisis ended three days later, with more bodies likely to be found at the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel.
Similar attacks by Islamic terrorists occur with grim regularity in India (see Timetable at the end). The disputed province of Kashmir notwithstanding, militant Islam sees the second most populous country in the world as a piece of “unfinished business”: having been ruled by Muslims once, it cannot legitimately revert to Dar al-Harb, ever.
Srdja Trifkovic :: Nov.26.2008 :: News & Views :: 27 Comments »
by Patrick J. Buchanan
The morning after Barack Obama’s election, the congratulatory message from Moscow was in the chilliest tradition of the Cold War.
“I hope for constructive dialogue with you,” said Russia’s president, “based on trust and considering each other’s interests.”
Dmitry Medvedev went on that day, in his first State of the Union, to charge America with fomenting the Russia-Georgia war and said he has been “forced” to put Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad to counter the U.S. missile shield President Bush pledged to Poland.
Patrick J. Buchanan :: Nov.26.2008 :: Patrick J. Buchanan :: 10 Comments »
by Srdja Trifkovic
No secretary of state will come to that office with stronger pro-Israel credentials or closer ties to the Jewish community than Sen. Hillary Clinton, Douglas Bloomfield assures his readers in The Jerusalem Post. Good for them, and for Bosnia’s Muslims and Kosovo’s Albanians; but for the rest of us Mrs. Clinton’s appointment as the third woman U.S. Secretary of State is hugely problematic. It heralds “the end of the world as we know it” in some ways, although neither she nor her coterie necessarily know what they are doing.
Srdja Trifkovic :: Nov.24.2008 :: News & Views :: 37 Comments »
by Paul Craig Roberts
“The prospects of a government rescue for the foundering American automakers dwindled Thursday as Democratic congressional leaders conceded that they would face potentially insurmountable Republican opposition,” reported the New York Times last Friday.
Wow! The entire country is steamed up over the Republicans bailing out a bunch of financial crooks who have paid themselves fortunes in bonuses for destroying America’s pensions. Why do Democrats want to protect Republicans from further ignominy by not giving them the opportunity to vote down a bailout for workers? Quick, someone enroll the Democratic Party in Politics 101.
Paul Craig Roberts :: Nov.21.2008 :: Paul Craig Roberts :: 56 Comments »
by Patrick J. Buchanan
Who killed the U.S. auto industry?
To hear the media tell it, arrogant corporate chiefs failed to foresee the demand for small, fuel-efficient cars and made gas-guzzling road-hog SUVs no one wanted, while the clever, far-sighted Japanese, Germans and Koreans prepared and built for the future.
I dissent. Continue Reading »
Patrick J. Buchanan :: Nov.21.2008 :: Patrick J. Buchanan :: 36 Comments »
