Books, Arts & Manners: The Happy Native

Right from the Beginning, by Patrick J. Buchanan (Little, Brown, 392 pp., $18.95)

Pat Buchanan’s father taught all the Buchanan boys to box, and it’s no accident that Pat’s liberal critics routinely refer to him as “bare-knuckled.” They’re telling us how it feels to be on the receiving end. I’d just as soon have a ringside seat, thank you, as Ted Kennedy’s knees buckle or Jim Wright’s mouthpiece flies into the crowd. The people in the best position to appreciate his talents aren’t necessarily having the most fun at it.

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Right from the Beginning, by Patrick J. Buchanan (Little, Brown, 392 pp., $18.95)

Pat Buchanan’s father taught all the Buchanan boys to box, and it’s no accident that Pat’s liberal critics routinely refer to him as “bare-knuckled.” They’re telling us how it feels to be on the receiving end. I’d just as soon have a ringside seat, thank you, as Ted Kennedy’s knees buckle or Jim Wright’s mouthpiece flies into the crowd. The people in the best position to appreciate his talents aren’t necessarily having the most fun at it.