Bibi’s Dilemma — and Barack’s

By Patrick J. Buchanan "Bibi" Netanyahu was disgusted. "My initial reaction is that Iran has gotten a freebie. It has got five weeks to continue enrichment without any limitation." The Israeli prime minister was referring to Saturday's meeting in Istanbul of the P5-plus-1 -- the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany -- with representatives from Iran. Subject: Continue reading...

Toulouse: The Dark Side of Diversity

By Patrick J. Buchanan As an act of pure evil it was difficult to match. After dragging the 8-year-old by her hair across a schoolyard, the killer put a 9 mm pistol to the girl's head and pulled the trigger. The gun jammed. So he took out a Colt .45 and finished her. She was one of four victims. The others -- a 30-year-old rabbi and his two boys. As the gunman had targeted a Jewish Continue reading...

The Roots of Voter Anger Go Back to 1954

By Patrick J. Buchanan Sixty-nine percent of voters nationwide are angry with the policies of the federal government. To understand why, it's important to remember that most voters believe tax cuts and government spending cuts are good for the economy. Collectively, voters have voted for politicians who promised spending cuts and tax cuts in just about every election over the past four Continue reading...

Subdividing America — to Win

By Patrick J. Buchanan "Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us, the spin masters and negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of anything goes. "Well, I say to them tonight, there's not a liberal America and a conservative America; there's the United States of America. There's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; Continue reading...

Mitt’s Dilemma

By Patrick J. Buchanan Last week's Republican debate at Ames, Iowa, and the straw poll Saturday did more than sort out the Republican field for 2012. They have given the nation a good close look at a Republican Party that no longer resembles the Bush-McCain model. Consider. Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul, who garnered nearly 60 percent of the votes cast, were both among the two dozen House Continue reading...

‘Bibi’ Votes Republican

By Patrick J. Buchanan Not since Nikita Khrushchev berated Dwight Eisenhower over Gary Powers' U-2 spy flight over Russia only weeks earlier has an American president been subjected to a dressing down like the one Barack Obama received from Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday. With this crucial difference. Khrushchev ranted behind closed doors, and when Ike refused to apologize, blew up the Paris Continue reading...

Misdemeanors — or Crimes?

By Patrick J. Buchanan On this matter of offering federal jobs to potential candidates to induce them not to run against Senate Democratic incumbents, this White House is drifting dangerously close to the falls. Colorado's Andrew Romanoff has now confirmed that White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina trolled three federal jobs in front of him, if he would desist and not run against Continue reading...