Patrick J. Buchanan
Patrick J. Buchanan was a senior advisor to presidents Nixon, Ford, and Reagan, and three times ran for president. His most recent book is Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World.
International Affairs
A Reluctant Warrior Tiptoes to WarJune 18, 2013 Barack Obama has just taken his first baby steps into a war in Syria that may |
Grassroots
The Bell Tolls for the ‘New Majority’June 14, 2013 Next year should be a banner year for the GOP, and may yet be. Obamacare, a |
Tech Overload
Is Our Guardian Angel Big Brother?June 11, 2013 “Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail,” said Secretary of State Henry |
International Affairs
Time to Stop Feeding the Tiger?June 05, 2013 As America grew in the 1800s from a republic of a few millions, whose frontier |
Middle East Conflict
The Unraveling of Sykes-PicotMay 28, 2013 The thrice-promised land it has been called. It is that land north of Mecca |
Politics
The Spectator PresidentMay 21, 2013 No, this is not Watergate or Iran-Contra. Nor is it like the sex scandal that |
Immigration
The Heretic at HeritageMay 14, 2013 Jason Richwine, the young conservative scholar who co-authored the Heritage |
International Affairs
Their War, Not OursApril 30, 2013 “The worst mistake of my presidency,” said Ronald Reagan of his decision to put |
Terror!
Did the Brothers Tsarnaev Fail?April 23, 2013 “Whatever they thought they could ultimately achieve, they’ve already failed,” |
Home Front
Is Christianity Homophobic?April 16, 2013 That “loving Jesus means hating gay people” is “proclaimed in Christian |
Obamunism
Where Have All the Workers Gone?April 09, 2013 That America created only 88,000 jobs in March, less than half the number |
International Affairs
Is War With North Korea Inevitable?April 05, 2013 “If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will |
Commerce
Today, Cyprus, Tomorrow ...April 02, 2013 “Government is theft.” The old libertarian battle cry came to mind when the |
Politics
Who Killed the New Majority?March 26, 2013 The Republican National Committee has produced an “autopsy” on what went wrong |
War
Was Iraq Worth It?March 19, 2013 Ten years ago today, U.S. air, sea and land forces attacked Iraq. And the great |
Holy See
Pope Francis—Against the West?March 15, 2013 “The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith,” wrote Hilaire Belloc after that |
Alternative Right
Who Speaks Now for the GOP?March 12, 2013 Last Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul rose on the Senate floor to declare a filibuster |
Public Nuisances
Infantile ConservatismFebruary 26, 2013 Regularly now, The Washington Post, as always concerned with fairness and |
Commerce
Who Killed the Middle Class?February 19, 2013 “It is our generation’s task, then, to reignite the true engine of America’s |
Holy See
A Godly Man in an Ungodly AgeFebruary 12, 2013 “To govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of |
District of Corruption
The Republican ObsessionFebruary 05, 2013 If last week’s hearing for Chuck Hagel raised questions about his capacity to |
International Affairs
America’s Role in a Darkening AgeJanuary 29, 2013 When, in the 1950s, Nikita Khrushchev said, “We will bury you,” and, “Your |
The Obamaverse
The Old Republic and Obama’s AmericaJanuary 25, 2013 “Second Term Begins With a Sweeping Agenda for Equality,” ran the eight-column |
Politics
Clouds Over Obama’s Second TermJanuary 22, 2013 Rarely have second terms lived up to the hopes and expectations of presidents |
International Affairs
Al-Qaida in the Heart of AfricaJanuary 19, 2013 “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” is Newton’s third |
Politics
Is Obama Shaping a New Majority?January 15, 2013 In the 20th century, only two presidents shaped new governing coalitions that |