By Patrick J. Buchanan "Events are in the saddle and ride mankind." In describing 2011, few cliches seem more appropriate. For in this past year, we Americans seemed to lose control of our destiny, as events seemed to be in the saddle. While President Barack Obama maneuvered skillfully to retain a fighting chance to be re-elected, the economy showed no signs of returning to the robustness Continue reading...
David Cameron’s Finest Hour
Tuesday - December 13, 2011 at 12:57 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to veto Germany's demand for a new European fiscal union will define his premiership. More than that, Cameron has raised a banner for patriots everywhere fighting to retain their national independence. With his no vote on fiscal union, Cameron declared to the EU: "British surrenders of sovereignty come to an end here. And Continue reading...
‘Arrivederci, Roma’
Friday - November 4, 2011 at 12:14 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Will popular democracy bring down the New World Order? A fair question. For Western peoples are growing increasingly reluctant to accept the sacrifices that the elites are imposing upon them to preserve that New World Order. Political support for TARP, to rescue the financial system after the Lehman Brothers collapse, is being held against any Republican candidate 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...
Can a Geriatric Germany Save Europe?
Friday - September 30, 2011 at 2:14 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan As Greece lurches on the precipice of default on its sovereign debt, a default that could bring down banks across Europe and precipitate a global financial panic, a consensus is building that there is but one way out. First, a structured default on the Greek debt, giving creditors a major haircut, but compensating them with eurobonds of half the face value of the Greek Continue reading...
A Middle East Without America?
Friday - February 18, 2011 at 1:25 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan The fever sweeping the Middle East is now coursing through Libya, Yemen, Iran and Bahrain, where the U.S. Fifth Fleet is based. In all four nations, state violence is being used to crush the rebels, and regime survival hangs on whether security forces and the army stand behind the government or stand aside. A new Middle East is dawning. What will it look Continue reading...
European Union: R.I.P.?
Tuesday - November 30, 2010 at 1:59 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan When communism collapsed in Moscow, Prague and Belgrade at the end of the Cold War, ethnic nationalism surged to the surface in all three nations and tore them apart into 24 countries. Economic nationalism is now resurgent across Europe. And it is hard to see how a transnational institution like the European Union, run by faceless bureaucrats, and the 16-nation Continue reading...
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