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by Patrick J. Buchanan


  51 David L. Greene, “Civil War Buff Stands His Ground as Antietam Proposal Draws Fire,” Baltimore Sun, September 24, 2000, p. 1B.

  52 “Plan to Change City’s Confederate Park into Cancer Memorial Draws Complaints,” Associated Press, May 10, 1999.

  53 Jack Hurst, Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography (New York: Vintage Books, 1994), p. 361.

  54 Ibid., p. 385.

  55 Ibid.

  56 Walter Williams, “Overlooked Black Confederates,” Washington Times, January 31, 2000, p. A13.

  57 Stephen Dinan, “Gilmore Surrenders Virginia’s Heritage,” Washington Times, March 21, 2001, p. A1.

  58 R. II. Melton, “Va. Scraps Tribute to Confederacy, Washington Post, March 21, 2001, p. A1.

  59 Ibid.

  60 Ibid.

  61 “Carry Me Back, RIP,” Richmond Times Dispatch, February 26, 1997, A12.

  62 Justin Kaplan, “Selling ‘Huck Finn’ Down the River,” New York Times, March 10, 1996, p. 27.

  63 Linda Grant, “In Search of Harper Lee,” Independent, December 15, 1991, p. 36.

  64 Rod Dreher, “Banning Flannery; Down and Out in Louisiana,” Weekly Standard, September II, 2000, p. 33.

  65 Ibid.

  66 Ibid.

  67 Ibid.

  68 Ibid.

  69 Ibid.

  70 “African-American Lawyers Criticize Rehnquist for Singing ‘Dixie,’” Associated Press, August 12, 1999.

  71 Ibid.

  72 Craig Timberg, “Rehnquist’s Inclusion of ‘Dixie’ Strikes a Sour Note,” Washington Post, July 22, 1999, p. B1.

  73 Ibid.

  74 Robert Stacy McCain, “Black Leaders Refuse to Pledge Allegiance to Flag; Call Stars and Stripes Symbol of Slavery,” Washington Times, June 22, 1001, p. A I.

  75 Ibid.

  76 Paul Kelso, “Mayor Attacks Generals in Battle of Trafalgar Square,” Guardian, October 20, 2000

  77 Ibid.

  78 Gregory M. Grant, “What If It Becomes Desert Sword?” Chicago Tribune, September 20, 1990, p. 29.

  79 Otto Scott, “The War Against the Past,” Compass, October 1, 2000, p. II.

  80 “Super Bowl Closer After Arizona Vote,” USA Today, November 5, 1992, p. IC.

  81 Orwell, p. 217.

  82 Wilbert Bryant, Secretary of Education, “The Necessity of Civic Education,” Speech to South Brunswick High School, Southport, North Carolina, November 10, 1998. http://www.seced.state.va.us/speechfiles/vetspch-web.htm

  83 Scott, “The Shape of Events,” op. cit.

  84 Hugh Dellios, “Battle over History May Itself Prove Historic,” Chicago Tribune, October 30, 1994, p. 1.

  85 Vaishali Honawar, “Early Graders to ‘Simplify’ History; Keller, Pocahontas Replace Southern Generals in Lessons,” Washington Times, December 31, 2000, p. A10.

  86 Scott Veale, “History 101: Snoop Doggy Roosevelt,” New York Times, July 2, 2000, p. 7.

  87 Ibid.

  88 Phil Kent, “The Tragic Decline of U.S. College Education,” Augusta Chronicle, April 7, 1996, p. A4.

  89 Ibid.

  90 Andrea Billups, “History a Mystery to Collegians,” Washington Times, February 21, 2000, p. A3.

  91 Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., “Speaking Up,” Los Angeles Times, February 7, 1992, p. B2.

  92 John Leo, “The National Museums of PC,” U.S. News & World Report, October 10, 1994, p. 21.

  93 Tom Wolfe, “The Tyranny of Theory,” Guardian, July 8, 2000, p. 1.

  Chapter Eight: De-Christianizing America

  1 The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (London: Oxford University Press, second edition, 1966), p. 381.

  2 Russell Kirk, Eliot and His Age (Peru, III: Sugden, 1971), p. 390.

  3 Lawrence Auster, “Scam Artists or Victims? The Hasidic Defendants of New Square,” NewsMax.com, January 31, 2001, p. 1.

  4 Sarah Karush, “Couple with 16 Kids, and Counting, Defies Russia’s Population Trend,” Associated Press, April 28, 2001.

  5 Peter Ford, “Churches on Wane in Europe,” Christian Science Monitor, October 25, 1999, p. 1.

  6 “Has Christianity Lost Its Identity in Europe?” Classical Christian News, October 8, 1999. http://www.prayerbook.ca/pblam699.htm

  7 Ibid.

  8 Nadia Rybarova, “Czech President Vaclav Havel: Man May Have Lost God,” Associated Press, September 4, 1997.

  9 Ibid.

  10 Larry Witham, “‘Christian Nation’ Now Fighting Words; Fordice Fumbles in PC Territory,” Washington Times, November 23, 1992, p. A1.

  11 Gary DeMar, America’s Christian History: The Untold Story (Atlanta: American Vision, 1995), pp. 51-58.

  12 Ibid., p. 1.

  13 Ibid., p. 12.

  14 Ibid., p. 3.

  15 Ibid., p. 11.

  16 Ibid., p. 2.

  17 Ibid.

  18 Ibid., p. 11.

  19 Ibid., p. 3.

  20 “Excerpts from Supreme Court Opinions on Prayer,” New York Times, June 20, 2000, p. A22.

  21 Marina Zogbi, “Marilyn Manson—a Controversial Conversation with the Irreverent Reverend,” Metal Edge, July 1996. http://www.cfnweb.com/manson/press/me796.htm

  22 Charles Lane, “High Court Lets Buling on Church, State Stand,” Washington Post, May 30, 2001, p. A3.

  23 American Humanist Association, Humanist Manifesto II, 1973. http://humanist.net/documents/manifesto2.html

  24 Ibid.

  25 Ibid.

  26 Ibid.

  27 Ibid.

  28 Ibid.

  29 Ibid.

  30 Jim Nelson Black, When Nations Die (Wheaton, III.: Tyndale House Publishers, 1994), p. xix.

  31 C. S. Lewis, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics, Walter Hooper, ed. (Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1972), p. 262.

  32 “ACLU Asks Judge to Reel in Republic’s Fish Symbol,” Associated Press, May 6, 1999.

  33 Bishop Norman McFarland, “A July 4 Meditation on the Faith of the Founders: One Nation Under God,” Orange County Register, July 2, 1995, p. J1.

  34 Richmond Newspapers, Inc., et al., Appellants v. Commonwealth of Virginia et al., 448 U.S. 555, No. 79-243, Supreme Court of the United States, Concurring Opinion. Argued February 19, 1980. Decided July 2, 1980.

  35 J. William J. Brennan, Jr., “To the Text and Teaching Symposium,” Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1985. http://www.politics.pomona.edu/dml/labBrennan.htm

  36 William J. Quirk and R. Randall Bridwell, Judicial Dictatorship (New Brunswick N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1995), p. xiii.

  37 The Gallup Organization, Princeton, N.J., Poll taken August 12-13, 1997. http://www.gallup.com/poll/indicators/indreligion.asp

  38 Christie Storm, “Communities of Faith,” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, October 30, 1999, p. H2.

  39 Theodore Caplow, Louis Hicks, and Ben J. Wattenberg, The First Measured Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900-2000 (Washington, D.C: AEI Press, 2001), p. 117.

  40 Ibid., p. 116.

  41 Fulton J. Sheen, “A Plea for Intolerance,” 1931.

  42 Patricia Rice, “Singing Out: Revisions Steal Poetry, Meaning from Hymns, Professor Says,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 21, 1997, p. 31.

  43 Marjorie Hyer, “Discord on Hymn Changes; United Methodists Aim to Delete Sexism, Racism from Songs,” Washington Post, March I, 1986, p. B6.

  44 Ibid.

  45 John II. Adams, “Inclusive language for God Is ‘Battleground’ in PCUSA,” Layman Online, October 24, 2000. http.//www.layman.org/layman/news-from-pcusa/inclusive-language-is-battleground.htm

  46 “Debating Baptismal Language,” The Christian Century, September 27, 1995, p. 880.

  47 Sen. Robert Byrd, “Polytheism in Modern Garb,” Speech to Senate, July 22, 1992. http://www.senate.gov/~byrd/speech-polytheism.htm

  48 Richard N. Ostling, “O God Our [Mother and] Father; New Translations Seek to Rid Bible of ‘Male Bias,’” Time, October 24, 1983, p. 56.

  49 Michael Nelson, “Language Revi
sion Sings; Methodist Hymnal Shows Amazing Grace in Rooting Out Hints of Sexism, Racism,” Commercial Appeal, September 29, 1991, p. B6.

  50 “Quotes from Nontheists.” http://memberstripod.com/~Rhatheist/quotes.html

  51 Patrick J. Buchanan, “Yes, Mario, There Is a Culture War,” Chicago Tribune, September 14, 1992, p. 17.

  52 David A. Noebel, The Legacy of John Lennon: Charming or Harming a Generation? (Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson, 1982), p. 38.

  53 Ibid., p. 39.

  54 “In the Bosom of Jesus: Yo Mama’s last Supper,” Nation, May 28, 2001, p. 30.

  55 Elizabeth Bumiller, “Affronted by Nude Last Supper, Giuliani Calls for Decency Panel,” New York Times, February 16, 2001, p. A1.

  56 Michael Janofsky, “Uproar over Virgin Mary in a Two-Piece Swimsuit,” New York Times, March 31, 2001, p. A11.

  57 Ibid.

  58 Ibid.

  59 Justin Bachman, “Critics Say King Heirs Are Selling Out His Image,” Associated Press, March 30, 2001.

  60 James F. Cooper, “The Right Agenda: Recapture the Culture,” American Arts Quarterly, Spring/Summer 1990, p. 3.

  61 Ibid.

  62 Jay Lindsay, “Christian Group Says Tufts Decision to Cut Funding Threatens Religious Freedom,” Associated Press, May 3, 2000.

  63 Charles Socarides, “How America Went Gay,” America, November 18, 1995, p. 20.

  64 Ibid.

  65 Ibid.

  66 Ibid.

  67 Harry V. Jaffa, Homosexuality and Natural law (Montclair, Cal.: Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, 1990), p. 31.

  68 Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” April 16, 1963. http://www.tcf.ua.edu/courses/Jbutler/T112/King-BirminghamJail.htm

  69 George Washington, “Farewell Address,” Philadelphia, Penn., September 17, 1796. http://www.virginia.edu/gwpapers/farewell/transcript/html

  70 David Limbaugh, “On a Mission for Marriage,” Creators Syndicate, September 7, 2000.

  71 William J. Bennett, Index of Leading Cultural Indicators (New York: Broadway Books, 2000), p. 48.

  72 Caplow et al., p. 70.

  73 Bennett, p. 145.

  74 Bennett, p. 52.

  75 Bennett, p. 69.

  76 Bennett, p. 27.

  77 Bennett, p. 35.

  78 Bennett, pp. 50, 27.

  79 Anthony Harrigan, “The New Anti-Civilization,” Chronicles, June 2001, p. 44.

  80 Jim Nelson Black, When Nations Die (Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, 1994), p. 8.

  81 Ruth Gledhill, “Christianity Almost Beaten Says Cardinal,” London Times, September 6, 2001.

  82 Bruce Frohnen, “T. S. Eliot on the Necessity of Christian Culture,” Wither-spoon Lectures, Family Research Council. http://www.frc.org/papers/witherspoon/index.cfm?get=WT01&arc=yes

  83 Russell Kirk, Eliot and His Age (New York: Random House, 1971), p. 324.

  84 Boy Scouts of America, Handbook for Boys (Boyscouts of America, 1911), p. 215.

  85 Jeffrie A. Herrman, “BSA Supports Spiritual Direction in Life,” Sun-Sentinel, October 16, 2000, p. 25A.

  86 Boy Scouts of America, “Position Statement on Homosexuality and the BSA,” February 15, 1991. http://www.religioustolerance.org/bsa_0.htm

  87 Peter Ferrara, “The Battle over the Boy Scouts,” Weekly Standard, June 11, 2001, p. 21.

  88 Transcript, “Should the ACLU Defend NAMBIA?” The O’Reilly Factor, January 2, 2001; Bill O’Reilly, “Corrupters Setting the Standards,” Washington Times, May 21, 2001, p. A16.

  89 Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, A-2427-95T3, James Dale v. Boy Scouts of America, Argued December 8, 1997, Decided March 2, 1998. http://diana.law.yale.edu/Diana/db/4298-36.html

  90 “Spielberg to Quit Boy Scouts Board,” Associated Press, April 17, 2001.

  91 Valerie Richardson, “Democratic Delegates Boo the Boy Scouts of America,” Washington Times, August 18, 2000, p. A1.

  92 Nat Hentoff, “Scouts Honor? ‘60 Minutes’ Coverage Biased and Unfair,” Washington Times, April 16, 2001, p. A17.

  93 Ibid.

  94 T. S. Eliot, “Notes Towards the Definition of Culture,” Christianity and Culture (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1967), p. 200.

  Chapter Nine: Intimidated Majority

  1 James Lubinskas, FrontPageMag.com. http://www.FrontPageMag./RaceRelations/lubinskas11-24-99.htm

  2 Roger Kimball, The Long March (San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2000), pp. 274-75.

  3 Transcript. “Larry King Live,” CNN, August 4, 2000.

  4 “Taking Stock,” Nationalreview.com, November 15, 2000. http://www.nationalreview.com/daily/nr111500.shtml

  5 Jim Abrams, “Armey Expresses Concern About ‘Racial McCarthyism,’” Associated Press, February 23, 2001.

  6 Ibid.

  7 Ibid.

  8 Ibid.

  9 Joseph D’Agostino and Timothy Carney, “Congressmen: Illegals Here to Stay,” Human Events, April 2, 2001, p. 3.

  10 “Transcript of Clinton Remarks at Portland State University Commencement,’ U.S. Newswire, June 15, 1998.

  11 Peter Brimelow, Alien Nation: Common Sense About America’s Immigration Disaster (New York: Random House, 1995), p. 233.

  12 Henrik Bering, “Denmark, the Euro, and Fear of the Foreign,” Policy Review, December 2000, p. 6.

  13 Ibid.

  14 James Burnham, Suicide of the West (New York: The John Day Company, 1964), p. 26.

  15 Richard Weaver, The Southern Tradition at Bay: A History of Post-Bellum Thought (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1968), p. 18.

  16 George F. Will, “A Summons to Gratitude,” Newsweek, August 17, 1998, p. 70.

  17 Lionel Trilling, Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1979 reprint), intro.

  18 Crane Britton, Anatomy of Revolution (New York: Vintage Books, 1952), p. 45.

  19 Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf (New York: CPA Books, 2000), p. 191.

  20 “Be Not Afraid; Justice Thomas on Courage and Civic Principles,” Washington Times, February 15, 2001, p. A17.

  21 Ibid.

  22 Ibid.

  23 Samuel Francis, Revolution from the Middle (Raleigh, N.C.: Middle American Press, 1997), p. 174.

  24 Ibid.

  25 Transcript, “This Week with David Brinkley,” ABC, July 2, 1995.

  26 Transcript, “Hannity and Colmes,” FOX NEWS, December 20, 2000.

  27 Steve Miller and Jerry Seper, “NAACP Tax Exempt Status Questioned; Critics Say Group Oversteps Bounds with Democratic Leanings,” Washington Times, February 6, 2001, p. A1.

  28 Richard Lezin Jones, “Georgia Is the Latest Battlefield in the Stars and Bars War,” Knight Ridder News Service, February 6, 2001.

  29 Richard Lowry, “‘Conservative’ and ‘Racist’: The Ashcroft Nomination and the Left’s Foulest Card,” National Review, February 5, 2000, p. 2.

  30 John Sawyer, “Bush Says Scrutiny of Missouri Voters Validates Ashcroft,” St. Louis Post Dispatch, January 14, 2001, p. Al.

  31 David Garrow, Bearing the Cross (New York: William Morrow & Company, 1999), p. 351.

  32 James K. Robinson and Walter P. Rideout, eds., A College Book of Modern Verse (Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson, and Company, 1960), p. 549.

  33 Joan Acocella, “The Hunger Artist: Is There Anything Susan Sontag Doesn’t Want to Know?” The New Yorker, March 6, 2000, p. 68.

  34 Tom Wolfe, “The Tyranny of Theory,” Guardian, July 8, 2000, p. I.

  35 Ibid.

  36 Dinesh D’Souza, “Racism Is Not the Problem: Why Martin Luther King Got It Half Right,” Accuracy in Academia Address, Georgetown University. 1999. http://www.conservativeuniversity.org/lecturehall/index.htm

  37 Paul Craig Roberts and Lawrence M. Stratton, Jr., “Color Code,” National Review, March 20, 1995, p. 48.

  38 Barbara Tuchman, Conservativeforum.org. http://www.conservativeforum.org/authquot.asp? ID-622

 

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