By Patrick J. Buchanan"Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate? Why did the Soviet Communist Party collapse? An important reason was that their ideals and convictions wavered," China's new leader, Xi Jinping, told a closed meeting of party elite in Guangdong province."Finally all it took was one quiet word from Gorbachev to declare the dissolution of the Soviet Communist Party, and a great Continue reading...
29 January 2013 
America’s Role in a Darkening Age
Tuesday - January 29, 2013 at 3:59 am
By Patrick J. BuchananWhen, in the 1950s, Nikita Khrushchev said, "We will bury you," and, "Your children will live under communism," Eisenhower's America scoffed.By 1980, however, the tide did indeed seem to be with the East.America had suffered a decade of defeats. Southeast Asia had fallen. The ayatollah had seized power in Iran. Moscow had occupied Afghanistan. Cuban troops were in Continue reading...
The New World Disorder
Tuesday - August 21, 2012 at 12:39 am
By Patrick J. BuchananAfter his great victory in Desert Storm, George H.W. Bush went before the United Nations to declare the coming of a New World Order.The Cold War was yesterday. Communism was in its death throes. The Soviet Empire had crumbled.The Soviet Union was disintegrating. Francis Fukuyama was writing of "The End of History." Savants trilled about the inevitable triumph of Continue reading...
Is Europe Sailing on the Titanic?
Tuesday - May 1, 2012 at 1:05 am
By Patrick J. BuchananU.S. growth in the first quarter fell to 2.2 percent, a disappointment. But in Europe, that news would have caused general rejoicing.For consider the gathering crisis on the old continent.With negative growth now for six months, Britain has fallen back into recession. "I don't think we're anywhere near halfway through the eurozone crisis," said Prime Minister Continue reading...
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