Is War With North Korea Inevitable?

Is War With North Korea Inevitable?

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, who ever counseled patience over the rash response. Unfortunately, the troubles presented by North Korea’s Kim Jong Un seem unlikely to run into a ditch before they reach us. For Kim has crawled out on a limb. He has Continue reading...

Has the Bell Begun to Toll for China?

Has the Bell Begun to Toll for China?

By Patrick J. Buchanan "Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate? Why did the Soviet Communist Party collapse? An important reason was that their ideals and convictions wavered," China's new leader, Xi Jinping, told a closed meeting of party elite in Guangdong province. "Finally all it took was one quiet word from Gorbachev to declare the dissolution of the Soviet Communist Party, and a great Continue reading...

Who Killed the Middle Class?

Who Killed the Middle Class?

By Patrick J. Buchanan "It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth -- a rising, thriving middle class." So said Barack Obama in his State of the Union. And for one of his ideas to reignite that engine, Republicans applauded. "And tonight, I am announcing that we will launch talks on a comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Continue reading...

Why Are We Still on the DMZ?

Why Are We Still on the DMZ?

By Patrick J. Buchanan North Korea has just pulled off an impressive dual feat -- the successful test both of an intercontinental ballistic missile and an atom bomb in the 6-kiloton range. Pyongyang's ruler, 30-year-old Kim Jong Un, said the tests are aimed at the United States. So it would seem. One does not build an ICBM to hit Seoul, 30 miles away. Experts believe North Korea is still Continue reading...

The Republican Obsession

The Republican Obsession

By Patrick J. Buchanan If last week's hearing for Chuck Hagel raised questions about his capacity to be secretary of defense, the show trial conducted by his inquisitors on the tribunal raised questions about the GOP. Is the Republican Party, as currently constituted, even capable of conducting a foreign policy befitting a world power? Or has it learned nothing and forgotten nothing since Continue reading...

Christmas in an Anti-Christian Age

Christmas in an Anti-Christian Age

By Patrick J. Buchanan For two millennia, the birth of Christ has been seen as the greatest event in world history. The moment Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem, God became man, and eternal salvation became possible. This date has been the separation point of mankind's time on earth, with B.C. designating the era before Christ, and A.D., anno domino, in the Year of the Lord, the years Continue reading...

The Fall of the House of Labor

The Fall of the House of Labor

By Patrick J. Buchanan In 1958, Senate Minority Leader William Knowland, his eye on the 1960 GOP nomination coveted by fellow Californian Richard Nixon, went home and declared for governor. Knowland's plan: Ride to victory on the back of Proposition 18, the initiative to make right-to-work the law in the Golden Land. Prop. 18 was rejected 2 to 1. Knowland's career was over, and the Continue reading...