Douse the Flames, Mr. President!

By Patrick J. BuchananBarack Obama's statement that the death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy that cries out for a more thorough investigation was the right and necessary thing to say.But it fell far short of what was needed: a presidential call for a halt to the rhetoric that is stirring up racial rage and inflaming the nation. The incendiary language being deployed is both divisive and Continue reading...

Toulouse: The Dark Side of Diversity

By Patrick J. BuchananAs an act of pure evil it was difficult to match.After dragging the 8-year-old by her hair across a schoolyard, the killer put a 9 mm pistol to the girl's head and pulled the trigger.The gun jammed. So he took out a Colt .45 and finished her.She was one of four victims. The others -- a 30-year-old rabbi and his two boys.As the gunman had targeted a Jewish Continue reading...

Rush and the New Blacklist

By Patrick J. BuchananThe original "Hollywood blacklist" dates back to 1947, when 10 members of the Communist Party, present or former, invoked the Fifth Amendment before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.The party was then a wholly owned subsidiary of the Comintern of Joseph Stalin, whose victims had surpassed in number those of Adolf Hitler.In a 346-17 vote, the Hollywood Continue reading...

The New Blacklist

By Patrick J. BuchananMy days as a political analyst at MSNBC have come to an end.After 10 enjoyable years, I am departing, after an incessant clamor from the left that to permit me continued access to the microphones of MSNBC would be an outrage against decency, and dangerous.The calls for my firing began almost immediately with the Oct. 18 publication of "Suicide of a Superpower: Continue reading...

Pat Buchanan on Ron Paul, the Internet and Ethnic Politics in the 21st Century

By The Daily BellDaily Bell: Everyone knows who you are but let's pretend they don't. Give us some background on yourself and how you have come to your current success. Give us a sense of your intellectual development.Pat Buchanan: I went to journalism school right after college and went out to St. Louis where I became an editorial writer for three years. Then I joined up with Richard Continue reading...