About: Patrick J. Buchanan
Posts by Patrick J. Buchanan
Did Trump Goad and Guide the Pipe Bomber?
Beltway residents did not need to look far to learn who inspired and motivated the would-be mass-murderer of our liberal elite. In a front-page story headlined, "Subjects of Trump's...
Time for Trump to Cut the Prince Loose?
Our Beltway elite can smell the blood in the water. They sense that Khashoggi's murder can be used to discredit the Trump presidency. ...
Caravan Puts Trump Legacy on the Line
Unwanted mass migration is the issue of our time, as there is no foreseeable end to it before it alters America irremediably. ...
Should U.S.-Saudi Alliance Be Saved?
Rather than resist Congress' proposed sanctions, President Trump might take this opportunity to begin a long withdrawal from decades of entanglement in Mideast wars that have availed us nothing...
With Friends Like These
Was Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and then his body cut up with a bone saw and flown to Riyadh in Gulfstream...
Casualty Lists From the Kavanaugh Battle
After a 50-year siege, the great strategic fortress of liberalism has fallen. With the elevation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court seems secure for constitutionalism — perhaps for...
We Are All Deplorables Now
Four days after he described Christine Blasey Ford, the accuser of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, as a "very credible witness," President Donald Trump could no longer contain his feelings or...
Are Republicans Born Wimps?
As my late friend Sam Francis said in the title of his book, many Republicans are perfectly content with being "Beautiful Losers." Yet the stakes here are immense. Consider...
Dress Rehearsal for Impeachment
Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court was approved on an 11-10 party-line vote Friday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Yet his confirmation is not assured. ...
The Huge Stakes of Thursday’s Confrontations
Thursday is shaping up to be the Trump presidency's "Gunfight at O.K. Corral." ...
The Late Hit on Judge Kavanaugh
Upon the memory and truthfulness of Christine Blasey Ford hangs the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, his reputation, and possibly his career on the nation's second highest...
The Unpardonable Heresy of Tucker Carlson
After playing clips of Democratic politicians reciting that truth of modern liberalism, Tucker Carlson asked, "How, precisely, is diversity our strength? Since you've made this our new national motto,...
Is Trump Going Neocon in Syria?
Is President Donald Trump about to intervene militarily in the Syrian civil war? For that is what he and his advisers seem to be signaling. ...
Regime Change — American Style
What is afoot here is something America specializes in — regime change. Only the regime our establishment and media mean to change is the government of the United States....
Balance Sheet of the Forever War
Why do we continue to fight in Afghanistan? "We continue to fight simply because we are there," said retired Gen. Karl Eikenberry who preceded Gen. Nicholson. ...