By Patrick J. Buchanan Rising inequality "is the defining issue of our time," said President Obama in his Osawatomie speech that echoed the "New Nationalism" address Theodore Roosevelt delivered in that same Kansas town a century ago. In the last two decades, the average income of the top 1 percent in the U.S. has grown by 250 percent, bemoaned our populist president, while the income of the Continue reading...
Is the New World Order Unraveling?
Friday - October 14, 2011 at 12:26 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan With Greece on the precipice of default, and Portugal and Italy approaching the ledge, the European monetary union appears in peril. Should it collapse, the European Union itself could be in danger, for economic nationalism is rising in Europe. Which raises a larger question. Is the New World Order, the great 20th century project of Western transnational elites, Continue reading...
Why Are We Baiting the Bear?
Monday - August 22, 2011 at 11:51 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan Is the Senate trying to reignite the Cold War? If so, it is going about it the right way. Before departing for a five-week vacation, the Senate voted to declare Abkhazia and South Ossetia to be provinces of Georgia illegally occupied by Russian troops who must get out and return to Russia. The Senate voice vote was unanimous. What is wrong with Senate Continue reading...
Return of the Anti-Interventionist Right
Tuesday - June 7, 2011 at 1:01 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Late last month, when U.S. air strikes caused civilian casualties in Afghanistan, an angry Hamid Karzai issued an ultimatum. If future U.S. strikes are not restricted, we will take "unilateral action" and America may be treated like an "occupying power." That brought this blistering retort from one Republican hawk. "If President Karzai continues with these public Continue reading...
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