The Heretic at Heritage

The Heretic at Heritage

By Patrick J. BuchananJason Richwine, the young conservative scholar who co-authored the Heritage Foundation report on the long-term costs of the amnesty bill backed by the "Gang of Eight," is gone from Heritage.He was purged after The Washington Post unearthed his doctoral dissertation at the JFK School of Government.Richwine's thesis:IQ tests fairly measure mental ability. The Continue reading...

America’s Coming Gun War

America’s Coming Gun War

By Patrick J. BuchananEight days after the massacre of 20 first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary, where each child was shot with a Bushmaster .223, The Nation's Gun Show, the biggest east of the Mississippi, opened."A line already snaked around the building shortly after the three-day event began at 3 p.m., and the parking lot was jammed" at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Va., wrote Continue reading...

Obama’s Zimmerman Problem

By Patrick J. BuchananGod save me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.That thought must be coursing through the mind of President Obama right now as his White House rigs for silent running in the murder trial of George Zimmerman.Obama foolishly inserted himself into this volatile case weeks ago, and injected the issue of race. Expressing empathy with the family of Trayvon Continue reading...

It’s All About Race Now

By Patrick J. BuchananIf it had been a white teenager who was shot, and a 28-year-old black guy who shot him, the black guy would have been arrested.So assert those demanding the arrest of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Trayvon Martin.And they may be right.Yet if Trayvon had been shot dead by a black neighborhood watch volunteer, Jesse Jackson would not have been in a pulpit Continue reading...

Obama’s Trampling on God’s Turf Now

By Patrick J. BuchananYes, Virginia, there is a religious war going on. It is for the soul of America. And traditional Christianity is besieged.In a January visit to the Vatican, American bishops were warned by Benedict XVI that "radical secularism" posed "grave threats" to their Catholic faith. Your religious freedom is being circumscribed, said the pope. The U.S. government may seek to Continue reading...