Screwball Science

January, 2001

Most Americans had never heard of John Hagelin until he took on Pat Buchanan for the leadership of the Reform Party--and for the $12.6 million in federal matching funds that went with it. The quantum physicist with a perpetual cherubic smile was a striking contrast to the combative Buchanan. In fact, John Hagelin is a striking contrast to most people.In 1999, Hagelin was in Washington trying to interest the State Department in his plan to end the violence in Kosovo. An elite corps trained in tra...