Speaking of hitting, Buchanan, History, and going even farther afield from topic, Pat's nickname in college was "The Coldcocker." If he didn't like your tie, or thought the girl you were talking to was too pretty for you, he would just haul off and punch! He was ahead of his time in inventing the ghetto "Knockout" game.
I have Buchanan’s book, read it years ago, thoroughly disagree.
This is not the thread for it, but we have discussed it on other threads.
Imho, 100% of Buchanan’s view on this comes fom the following: he is Irish-American and can’t resist poking the Brits... ;-)