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August 31, 2021

Bad Moon Rising for Biden -- and Us by Patrick J. Buchanan

"April is the cruelest month," wrote T. S. Eliot in the opening line of what is regarded as his greatest poem, "The Waste Land."

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August 27, 2021

In Afghanistan, the Worst Is Yet to Come By Patrick J. Buchanan

Say what you will about President Joe Biden, he has stuck to his guns on ending America's 20-year involvement in Afghanistan's forever war.

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August 24, 2021

The Bitter Fruits of Interventionism By Patrick J. Buchanan

As President Lyndon Johnson and the best and brightest of the 1960s were broken on the wheel of Vietnam, the Biden presidency may well be broken on the wheel of the Taliban's triumph in Afghanistan.

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August 20, 2021

Aftermath of an Afghanistan Debacle by Patrick J. Buchanan

In Afghanistan, the mission failure appears complete.

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August 17, 2021

US Embraces a Diversity China Fears By Patrick J. Buchanan

The first returns from the delayed census of 2020 are in, and they have made for celebratory headlines in the mainstream media.

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August 13, 2021

Who Lost America's Longest War? By Patrick J. Buchanan

In April, President Joe Biden told the nation he would have all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack ever on the continental United States.

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August 10, 2021

Is America Becoming a Failed State? by Patrick J. Buchanan

Suddenly, Sunday, a riveting report came over cable news:

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August 6, 2021

A Tonkin Gulf Incident in the Gulf of Oman? By Patrick J. Buchanan

A week ago, the MT Mercer Street, a Japanese-owned tanker managed by a U.K.-based company owned by Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer, sailing in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman, was struck by drones.

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August 3, 2021

America's 'Great Leap Forward' Into Socialism By Patrick J. Buchanan

Just seven weeks into his presidency, Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. Among the largest spending bills in history, it was passed without the vote of a single Republican.

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July 30, 2021

For What Will We Go to War With China? By Patrick J. Buchanan

In his final state of the nation speech Monday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte defended his refusal to confront China over Beijing's seizure and fortification of his country's islets in the South China Sea.

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July 27, 2021

Why the Left Can't Let Go of Jan. 6 By Patrick J. Buchanan

To understand what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's select committee investigation of the Capitol Hill events of Jan. 6 is all about, a good place to begin is with the sentencing hearing last week of Paul Hodgkins.

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July 23, 2021

JFK -- Accept Our Diverse World as It Is By Patrick J. Buchanan

Seven months after the Cuban missile crisis, President John F. Kennedy, at American University, laid out his view on how the East-West struggle should be conducted to avoid a catastrophic war that could destroy us both.

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July 20, 2021

Why Can't Biden Stop This Invasion? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Article IV of the Constitution addresses the obligations of the federal government to the state governments that were being asked to surrender aspects of their sovereignty to form our new Union.

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July 16, 2021

Is Biden Really the Lincoln of Our Time? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Traveling to Philadelphia Tuesday, President Joe Biden laid out in apocalyptic terms the gravity of the "threat" to American democracy from Republican efforts to reform and rewrite state election laws.

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July 13, 2021

Are the Good Times Over for Biden? by Patrick J. Buchanan

Are the Democrats headed for their Little Bighorn, with President Joe Biden as Col. Custer? The wish, you suggest, is father to the thought. Yet, consider.

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July 9, 2021

Is Afghanistan a Failed Mission? By Patrick J. Buchanan

As in Vietnam from 1965 to 1973, the year our prisoners of war came home, America did not lose a major battle in Afghanistan.

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July 6, 2021

As America Recedes, China Rises By Patrick J. Buchanan

As our July Fourth celebrations were beginning, the U.S. quietly closed and abandoned Bagram Air Base, the largest American military base between the Persian Gulf and the South China Sea.

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July 2, 2021

EU to Orban: Back Gay Rights or Get Out! by Patrick Buchanan

Respect LBGT rights or get out of the EU, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte instructed Hungary's Viktor Orban at last week's gathering of the European Union in Brussels.

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June 29, 2021

Boris Johnson Defies Vladimir Putin's Claim to Crimea By Patrick J. Buchanan

About that clash between a British destroyer and Russian warplanes and warships in the Black Sea last week there are conflicting versions.

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June 25, 2021

The Return of 'Law and Order' By Patrick J. Buchanan

On Tuesday, Brooklyn Borough President and former police captain Eric Adams took the lead in the New York mayoral race with 32% of the Democratic primary vote, 10 points more than progressive Maya Wiley, who had the endorsement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.