Who Truly Imperils Our Free Society?
Who are the ones shouting down speakers? Who violently disrupts political rallies, on campuses and off? Who engages in mob violence after almost every police shooting of a black...
About: Patrick J. Buchanan
Posts by Patrick J. Buchanan
A “Read-My-Lips” Moment for Trump?
Trump's capitulation, if that is what turns out to be, calls to mind George H. W. Bush's decision in 1990 to raise the Reagan tax rates in a deal...
Tribalism Marches On!
Tribalism appears to be doing to the Bush New World Order what it did to Mikhail Gorbachev's Soviet Union. ...
Trump Dumps the Do-Nothing Congress
Donald Trump is president today because he was seen as a doer not a talker. Among the most common compliments paid him in 2016 was, "At least he gets...
Should Japan and South Korea Go Nuclear?
By setting off a 100-kiloton bomb, after firing a missile over Japan, Kim Jong Un has gotten the world's attention. What else does he want? Almost surely not war...
What Harvey Wrought
Though the country has appeared united since the storm hit, it is not likely to remain so. Soon, the cameras and correspondents will go home, while the shelters remain...
Can the GOP’s Shotgun Marriage Be Saved?
Seven months into the Trump presidency, the promise of a new Republican era has receded. It is not because Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have proven to be such...
What Still Unites Us?
What makes our future appear problematic is that what once united us now divides us. While Presidents Wilson and Truman declared us to be a "Christian nation," Christianity has...
Is Trump’s Agenda Being Eclipsed?
War is the health of the state, but the death of empires. Is it now time for the American empire to end? ...
America’s Second Civil War
While easy for Republicans to wash their hands of such odious elements as Nazis in Charlottesville, will they take up the defense of the monuments and statues that have...
If We Erase Our History, Who Are We?
When the Dodge Charger of 20-year-old Nazi sympathizer James Alex Fields Jr., plunged into that crowd of protesters Saturday, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer, Fields put Charlottesville on the map...
Is the American Empire Worth the Price?
Why not move U.S. forces off the peninsula, let South Korean troops replace them, sell Seoul all the modern weapons it needs, and let Seoul build its own nuclear...
After the Coup, What Then?
That the Trump presidency is bedeviled is undeniable. ...
Is Trump’s Russia Policy Being Hijacked?
Is President Trump losing control of Russia policy? Has he capitulated to the neocons? These are not academic questions. ...
Shall We Fight Them All?
Among the reasons Trump routed his Republican rivals in 2016 is that he seemed to share an American desire to look homeward. Yet, today, our relations with China and...