Samuel-francis

Samuel Francis (1947-2005) was Chronicles' political editor and a long-time monthly columnist (Principalities & Powers). He received a Ph.D. in modern history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Francis served as an assistant to Sen. John East (1981-86) and as an editorial writer for the Washington Times (1986-1995), and wrote a twice-weekly syndicated column (Creators). A collection of selections from his syndicated columns, Chronicles articles, and other essays, Shots Fired is available for purchase from the Chronicles webstore.
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Articles and Posts by Samuel-francis:

• Enthusiastic Democracy(0)

  Less than a month after President Bush unbosomed his latest reflections on political philosophy before the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, one of the latest victims of his administration’s crusade to foster the “global democratic revolution” in Iraq was grousing that what the administration planned for his country simply wasn’t democratic enough.

• The Cabal Strikes Back(0)

  Ever since the exposure in the mainstream media last year of the neoconservatives as a fifth column that engineered the present boondoggle in Iraq, dragged the United States into a foreign war for the transparent benefit of Israel, and concocted what are now known to have been lies about Iraq’s “weapons of mass destruction” and Saddam Hussein’s “links” to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the neoconservative cabal in both the Bush administration and the press has been on the defensive.

• The Grinch Who Stole Kwanza(0)

  The political plum on last year’s Christmas pudding, so to speak, was l’affaire Lott, which, erupting at the birthday party for retiring Sen. Strom Thurmond in early December and continuing until Trent Lott’s less-than-voluntary resignation as Senate majority leader three weeks later, threatened to ruin Kwanza for just about everybody.