By Patrick J. Buchanan The Republican National Committee has produced an "autopsy" on what went wrong in 2012, when the party failed to win the White House and lost seats in Congress. Yet, the crisis of the Grand Old Party goes back much further. First, some history. The Frank Lloyd Wright of the New Majority was Richard Nixon, who picked up the pieces of the party after Goldwater's Continue reading...
12 March 2013 
Who Speaks Now for the GOP?
Tuesday - March 12, 2013 at 3:23 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Last Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul rose on the Senate floor to declare a filibuster and pledge he would not sit down until either he could speak no longer or got an answer to his question about Barack Obama's war powers. Does the president, Paul demanded to know, in the absence of an imminent threat, have the right to order U.S. citizens killed by drone strike on U.S. Continue reading...
5 February 2013 
The Republican Obsession
Tuesday - February 5, 2013 at 2:39 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan If last week's hearing for Chuck Hagel raised questions about his capacity to be secretary of defense, the show trial conducted by his inquisitors on the tribunal raised questions about the GOP. Is the Republican Party, as currently constituted, even capable of conducting a foreign policy befitting a world power? Or has it learned nothing and forgotten nothing since Continue reading...
28 December 2012 
Why the War Party Fears Hagel
Friday - December 28, 2012 at 2:17 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan In the fortnight since Chuck Hagel's name was floated for secretary of defense, we have witnessed Washington at its worst. Who is Chuck Hagel? Born in North Platte, Neb., he was a squad leader in Vietnam, twice wounded, who came home to work in Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign, was twice elected U.S. senator, and is chairman of the Atlantic Council and co-chair of the Continue reading...
20 December 2012 
Pat Buchanan Picked as Man of the Year at WorldNetDaily
Thursday - December 20, 2012 at 3:11 am
By Bob Unruh - WorldNetDaily.com Inaugural honor goes to stalwart of conservative thought Time magazine may have named Barack Obama Man of the Year for 2012, but in a first-ever honor, WND today named Patrick Buchanan as the WND Man of the Year, honoring the stalwart of conservative thought for his incisive and insightful contributions to the America of economic, military, political and Continue reading...
11 December 2012 
In Concord, Pat Buchanan Says America’s Strength Comes from Unity, Not Diversity
Tuesday - December 11, 2012 at 10:02 pm
By Ben Leubsdorf - The Concord Monitor America’s strength comes from its unity, not its diversity, conservative commentator and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan said last night at Concord’s Capitol Center for the Arts. “There’s two arguments. . . . The liberals, they say our diversity, our new diversity, is our strength. The more diverse we are, the stronger we are as a Continue reading...
11 December 2012 
The Winter of Conservative Discontent
Tuesday - December 11, 2012 at 4:32 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan As the white flag rises above Republican redoubts, offering a surrender on taxes, the mind goes back to what seemed a worse time for conservatives: December 1964. Barry Goldwater had suffered a defeat not seen since Alf Landon. Republicans held less than one-third of the House and Senate and only 17 governorships. The Warren Court was remaking America. In the arts, Continue reading...
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