A Foolish and Unconstitutional War

By Patrick J. Buchanan"The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation."So said constitutional scholar and Senator Barack Obama in December 2007 -- the same man who, this weekend, ordered U.S. air and missile strikes on Libya without any Continue reading...

The New Intolerance

by Patrick J. Buchanan"This was a recognition of American terrorists."That is CNN's Roland Martin's summary judgment of the 258,000 men and boys who fell fighting for the Confederacy in a war that cost as many American lives as World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq combined. Continue reading...

Mr. Lincoln’s War: An Irrepressible Conflict?

by Patrick J. BuchananThis article first appeared in the October 1997 issue of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. It was adapted from a book manuscript.“[T]he contest is really for empire on the side of the North, and for independence on that of the South, and in this respect we recognize an exact analogy between the North and the Government of George III, and the South and the Continue reading...