By Patrick J. BuchananU.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul, Obama's man in Moscow, who just took up his post, has received a rude reception. And understandably so.In 1992, McFaul was the representative in Russia of the National Democratic Institute, a U.S. government-funded agency whose mission is to promote democracy abroad.The NDI has been tied to color-coded or Orange revolutions such as Continue reading...
“Second Period of Islamic Power”
Monday - December 19, 2011 at 11:50 pm
By Patrick J. BuchananFor the 30 years since "The McLaughlin Group" began to run on network television, the Christmas and New Year's shows have been devoted to the conferring of annual awards.The first award on the Christmas show is "Biggest Winner."This year, clearly, one of the world's big winner was -- Islam.For this was the year when what Catholic apologist Hilaire Belloc Continue reading...
The Coming Church-State Wars
Tuesday - November 1, 2011 at 1:03 am
By Patrick J. BuchananAppearing the other night on the Catholic network EWTN, I was asked by Raymond Arroyo what should be done about Muslim students at Catholic University demanding that the school provide them with prayer rooms, from which crucifixes and all other Catholic symbols that they found offensive had been removed.After a nanosecond I replied, "Kick 'em out!"Let them go to Continue reading...
The Conquest of the West
Friday - October 28, 2011 at 1:19 am
By Patrick J. BuchananOn Oct. 31, the U.N. Population Fund marks the arrival of the 7 billionth person on Earth and raises the population estimate for the planet at mid-century to 9.3 billion people.There is a possibility, says the United Nations, that, by century's end, world population may reach 15 billion. What does this mean for Western civilization?It may not matter, except to Continue reading...
Can a Geriatric Germany Save Europe?
Friday - September 30, 2011 at 2:14 am
By Patrick J. BuchananAs 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...
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