Bush’s New ‘Axis of Evil’

Friday - February 11, 2011 at 4:43 am

By Patrick J. BuchananGeorge W. Bush must have been the despair of the history department of every school his daddy managed to get him into.Consider his latest excursion into the history of the republic, at Southern Methodist, where the Great Man's papers are to be housed."What's interesting about our country, if you study history, is that there are some 'isms' that occasionally pop Continue reading...

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Who Lost the Middle East?

Tuesday - January 18, 2011 at 11:18 am

By Patrick J. BuchananUneasy lies the head that wears a crown, especially today in the Maghreb and Middle East.For the ouster of Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has sent shock waves from Rabat to Riyadh. Autocrats, emirs and kings have to be asking themselves: If rioters can bring down Ben Ali with his ruthless security forces, what prevents this from happening here?Millions of Continue reading...

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The Prisoner of Gen. Petraeus

Tuesday - June 29, 2010 at 9:05 am

By Patrick J. BuchananPresident Obama is being hailed for toughness in his firing of Gen. McChrystal and brilliance in his replacing him as Afghan field commander with Gen. David Petraeus, who managed the George W. Bush "surge" in Iraq that saved this nation from an ignominious defeat.Herewith, a dissent.By firing a fighting general, beloved of his troops, Obama just took upon himself Continue reading...

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Is America Moving Right?

Monday - January 18, 2010 at 11:58 pm

By Patrick J. BuchananWhether or not Republican Scott Brown captures the Senate seat in Massachusetts today, his surging and successful campaign is a fire bell in the night for the Party of Government.For Brown has run as an independent, an outsider, a protest candidate. His principal target: the health care reform bill that is the altarpiece of the Barack Obama presidency and lifetime Continue reading...

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Hamlet as War President

Tuesday - December 1, 2009 at 12:11 am

By Patrick J. BuchananLed by a conflicted president of a divided party and nation, America is deepening her involvement in a war in its ninth year with no end in sight. Continue reading...

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