By Patrick J. Buchanan Following the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that France “is at war with terrorism, jihadism and radical Islamism.” This tells us what France is fighting against. But what is France fighting for in this war on terror? For terrorism is simply a tactic, and arguably the most effective […]
20 January 2015 
Selma, 50 Years On
Tuesday - January 20, 2015 at 2:07 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan On Martin Luther King Day, 2015, how stand race relations in America? “Selma,” a film focused on the police clubbing of civil rights marchers led by Dr. King at Selma bridge in March of 1965, is being denounced by Democrats as a cinematic slander against the president who passed the Voting […]
16 January 2015 
To Die for Charlie Hebdo?
Friday - January 16, 2015 at 1:17 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan “I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it.” That maxim of Voltaire was among those most invoked by the marching millions in Sunday’s mammoth “Je Suis Charlie” rally in Paris. This week, in the spirit of Voltaire, French […]
13 January 2015 
A Triumph of Terrorism
Tuesday - January 13, 2015 at 2:31 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Western media are declaring the million-man march in Paris, where world leaders paraded down Boulevard Voltaire in solidarity with France, a victory over terrorism. Isn’t it pretty to think so. Unfortunately, the massacre at Charlie Hebdo, its military-style execution, the escape of the assassins, and their blazing end in a shootout […]
9 January 2015 
The Paralysis of Europe
Friday - January 9, 2015 at 12:42 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan The massacre in Paris of the staff of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo was an act of terrorism, but also a successful act of war in the clash of civilizations between Islamism and the West. Nor were we lacking for warning signs. In 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, a license […]
2 January 2015 
Is War in the Cards for 2015?
Friday - January 2, 2015 at 4:01 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan “If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you,” said Calvin Coolidge, whose portrait hung in the Cabinet Room of the Reagan White House. Among the dispositions shared by the two conservatives was a determination to […]
26 December 2014 
The Abolition of Christmas
Friday - December 26, 2014 at 2:29 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan WebNote: Pat Buchanan wrote this column back in December 2001. It is one of my favorites and is posted today as as we observe this Christmas season of 2014. By Patrick J. Buchanan – December 21, 2001 When I was a boy, Kensington was a village half an hour north of […]
