A Nation Arms Itself — For What?

By Patrick J. BuchananWith the shooting death of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer who was legally carrying a 9-millimeter handgun, the familiar wail has arisen from our cultural and media elite:America has too many guns!“Open carry” and “concealed carry” laws should be repealed.Florida’s “Stand-your-ground” law, replicated in two dozen states, Continue reading...

It’s All About Race Now

By Patrick J. BuchananIf it had been a white teenager who was shot, and a 28-year-old black guy who shot him, the black guy would have been arrested.So assert those demanding the arrest of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Trayvon Martin.And they may be right.Yet if Trayvon had been shot dead by a black neighborhood watch volunteer, Jesse Jackson would not have been in a pulpit Continue reading...

Missing Pat Buchanan

by Stanley Fish - The New York Times“I miss him already,” the MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews said Friday. The “him” Matthews is already missing is Patrick J. Buchanan, and in this year of a national campaign I miss him too, and have been missing him since early fall, when he disappeared from MSNBC because of protests following the publication of his book “Suicide of a Continue reading...

Suicide of a Super Power Ranks #4 on New York Times Best Seller List!

Pat's new book has soared to the top of the charts! See complete list on the NY Times site.... Continue reading...

The Mob vs. the Statesman

By Tom Piatak - Chronicles MagazineFor two decades now, Pat Buchanan has been warning us of the dangers our country faces. When he first started sounding the alarm, at the end of the Cold War, those dangers were hard to perceive. Now, they are hard to ignore. Pointless wars in the Mideast have resulted in thousands of American casualties and the waste of hundreds of billions of dollars. Continue reading...