Commentary By Patrick J. Buchanan

Trump or Ryan: Who Speaks for GOP? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"No modern precedent exists for the revival of a party so badly defeated, so intensely discredited, and so essentially split as the Republican Party is today."

Who Promoted Private Ryan? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Forty-eight hours after Donald Trump wrapped up the Republican nomination with a smashing victory in the Indiana primary, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that he could not yet support Trump.

Why Russia Resents Us By Patrick J. Buchanan

Friday, a Russian SU-27 did a barrel roll over a U.S. RC-135 over the Baltic, the second time in two weeks.

At Last, America First! By Pat Buchanan

Whether the establishment likes it or not, and it evidently does not, there is a revolution going on in America.   

If God Is Dead... By Patrick J. Buchanan

In a recent column Dennis Prager made an acute observation.

"The vast majority of leading conservative writers ... have a secular outlook on life. ... They are unaware of the disaster that godlessness in the West has led to."

Dishonoring General Jackson By Pat Buchanan

In Samuel Eliot Morison's "The Oxford History of the American People," there is a single sentence about Harriet Tubman.   

Is the GOP Risking Suicide? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Donald Trump has brought out the largest crowds in the history of primaries. He has won the most victories, the most delegates, the most votes. He is poised to sweep three of the five largest states in the nation -- New York, Pennsylvania and California.

America's Imperial Overstretch By Patrick J. Buchanan

This week, SU-24 fighter-bombers buzzed a U.S. destroyer in the Baltic Sea. The Russian planes carried no missiles or bombs.

Will Trump Be Swindled in Cleveland, Too? By Patrick Buchanan

In the race for the Republican nomination, Donald Trump would seem to be in the catbird seat. He has won the most states, the most delegates and the most votes -- by nearly two million.

Can the GOP Get Together in Cleveland? By Patrick J. Buchanan

After winning only six delegates in Wisconsin, and with Ted Cruz poaching delegates in states he has won, like Louisiana, Donald Trump either wins on the first ballot at Cleveland, or Trump does not win.

What Trump Has Wrought By Patrick J. Buchanan

As Wisconsinites head for the polls, our Beltway elites are almost giddy. For they foresee a Badger State bashing for Donald Trump, breaking his momentum toward the Republican nomination.

Lock Out the Establishment in Cleveland! by Patrick J. Buchanan

The Wisconsin primary could be an axle-breaking speed bump on Donald Trump's road to the nomination.

Is Trump Right About NATO? by Patrick J. Buchanan

I am "not isolationist, but I am 'America First,'" Donald Trump told The New York times last weekend. "I like the expression."

Is ISIS Faithful to Islam? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"We are not at war with Islam," said John Kasich after the Brussels massacre, "We're at war with radical Islam."

Kasich's point raises a question: Does the Islamic faith in any way sanction or condone what those suicide bombers did?

The Rule-or-Ruin Republicans By Pat Buchanan

"Things reveal themselves passing away," wrote W. B. Yeats. 

Suicide of the GOP -- or Rebirth? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"If his poll numbers hold, Trump will be there six months from now when the Sweet 16 is cut to the Final Four, and he will likely be in the finals."

My prediction, in July of 2015, looks pretty good right now.

Brownshirts & Republican Wimps By Patrick J. Buchanan

Friday evening's Donald Trump rally in Chicago was broken up by a foul-mouthed mob that infiltrated the hall and forced the cancelation of the event to prevent violence and bloodshed.

Brownshirt tactics worked. The mob, triumphant, rejoiced.

The Sea Island Conspiracy By Pat Buchanan

Over the long weekend before the Mississippi and Michigan primaries, the sky above Sea Island was black with corporate jets.    

Will the Oligarchs Kill Trump? by Patrick J. Buchanan

Narrow victories in the Kentucky caucuses and the Louisiana primary, the largest states decided on Saturday, have moved Donald Trump one step nearer to the nomination.

An Establishment in Panic By Pat Buchanan

Donald Trump "appeals to racism."