Nixon and Trump, Then and Now by Patrick J. Buchanan
For two years, this writer has been consumed by two subjects.
Commentary By Patrick J. Buchanan
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May 9, 2017
May 5, 2017
How Berkeley Birthed the Right by Patrick J. Buchanan
In December 1964, a Silver Age of American liberalism, to rival the Golden Age of FDR and the New Deal, seemed to be upon us.
May 2, 2017
Nixon's Revenge: The Fall of the Adversary Press By Patrick J. Buchanan
Saturday's White House Correspondents Association dinner exposed anew how far from Middle America our elite media reside.
April 28, 2017
The Rise of the Generals By Patrick J. Buchanan
Has President Donald Trump outsourced foreign policy to the generals?
April 25, 2017
Is Macron the EU's Last Best Hope? by Patrick J. Buchanan
For the French establishment, Sunday's presidential election came close to a near-death experience. As the Duke of Wellington said of Waterloo, it was a "damn near-run thing."
April 21, 2017
Is Democracy in a Death Spiral? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"You all start with the premise that democracy is some good. I don't think it's worth a damn. Churchill is right. The only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better. ...
April 18, 2017
War Cries Drown Out 'America First' by Patrick J. Buchanan
"Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem?" tweeted President Donald Trump on Easter Sunday.
April 14, 2017
Will Christianity Perish in Its Birthplace? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?)" Those are among Jesus' last words on the Cross that first Good Friday.
April 11, 2017
Is Trump Enlisting in the War Party? by Patrick J. Buchanan
By firing off five dozen Tomahawk missiles at a military airfield, our "America First" president may have plunged us into another Middle East war that his countrymen do not want to fight.
April 7, 2017
Nixon, LBJ & the First Shots in the Judges' War By Patrick J. Buchanan
The Democrats' drive to defeat Neil Gorsuch is the latest battle in a 50-year war for control of the Supreme Court -- a war that began with a conspiracy against Richard Nixon by Chief Justice Earl Warren, Justice Abe Fortas and Lyndon Johnson.
April 4, 2017
Why Is Kim Jong Un Our Problem? by Patrick J. Buchanan
"If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will."
March 31, 2017
Is Putin the 'Preeminent Statesman' of Our Times? by Patrick J. Buchanan
"If we were to use traditional measures for understanding leaders, which involve the defense of borders and national flourishing, Putin would count as the preeminent statesman of our time.
March 28, 2017
The Ryancare Rout -- Winning by Losing? by Patrick J. Buchanan
Did the Freedom Caucus just pull the Republican Party back off the ledge, before it jumped to its death? A case can be made for that.
March 24, 2017
The Obama Plot to Sabotage Trump by Patrick J. Buchanan
Devin Nunes just set the cat down among the pigeons.
March 21, 2017
Will Russiagate Backfire on the Left? by Patrick J. Buchanan
The big losers of the Russian hacking scandal may yet be those who invested all their capital in a script that turned out to based on a fairy tale.
March 17, 2017
Is McCain Hijacking Trump's Foreign Policy? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The senator from Kentucky," said John McCain, speaking of his colleague Rand Paul, "is working for Vladimir Putin ... and I do not say that lightly."
What did Sen. Paul do to deserve being called a hireling of Vladimir Putin?
March 14, 2017
Is Turkey Lost to the West? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Not long ago, a democratizing Turkey, with the second-largest army in NATO, appeared on track to join the European Union.
March 10, 2017
Is a Korean Missile Crisis Ahead? by Patrick J. Buchanan
To back up Defense Secretary "Mad Dog" Mattis' warning last month, that the U.S. "remains steadfast in its commitment" to its allies, President Donald Trump is sending B-1 and B-52 bombers to Korea.
March 7, 2017
The Beltway Conspiracy to Break Trump By Patrick J. Buchanan
At Mar-a-Lago this weekend President Donald Trump was filled "with fury" says The Washington Post, "mad -- steaming, raging, mad."
March 3, 2017
It's Trump's Party, Now By Patrick J. Buchanan
Before the largest audience of his political career, save perhaps his inaugural, Donald Trump delivered the speech of his life.
