Salad Days of the Public Sector Are Over

By Patrick J. BuchananSan Bernardino, Calif., has now followed Stockton into bankruptcy.Harrisburg and Scranton, Pa., and Jefferson County, Ala., home to Birmingham, are already there to welcome them.Detroit has been taken into receivership by Michigan. A plan under discussion is to level a fourth of the city and reconvert it into the pasture and farmland it used to be a century Continue reading...

The Roots of Voter Anger Go Back to 1954

By Patrick J. BuchananSixty-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...

Fiscal Hawks vs. Security Hawks

By Patrick J. BuchananThe Republican Party is a stool that stands on three legs: social conservatives, economic conservatives and foreign policy conservatives.Yet since Ronald Reagan departed and George W. Bush arrived, that coalition has been under a growing strain that may yet pull it apart and redefine what conservatism means in 21st century America.Is a free-trade globalism that Continue reading...