Petraeus and Benghazi: A Time for Truth

Petraeus and Benghazi: A Time for Truth

By Patrick J. BuchananThe stunning resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, days before he was to testify on the CIA role in the Benghazi massacre, raises many more questions than his resignation letter answers."I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair," wrote Petraeus. "Such behavior is unacceptable ... as the leader of an organization such as Continue reading...

The Outing of Deep Throat

By Patrick J. BuchananAs the 40th anniversary of Watergate impends, we are to be bathed again in the great myth and morality play about the finest hour in all of American journalism.The myth?That two heroic young reporters at The Washington Post, guided by a secret source, a man of conscience they dubbed "Deep Throat," cracked the case and broke the scandal wide open, where the FBI, Continue reading...

Setting Grandma’s Hair on Fire

By Patrick J. BuchananSocial Security is a "Ponzi scheme for these young people," said Gov. Rick Perry in his first debate as a presidential candidate. "The idea ... that the current program is going to be there for them is a lie."Pressed by the moderator, Perry did not back down. He doubled down, calling Social Security a "monstrous lie to our kids."Is not such language provocative, Continue reading...

Is Obama Leaving the Left Behind?

By Patrick J. BuchananThe day that President Obama departed for Arizona to address the nation on the Tucson massacre, Washington was abuzz.Would he take the line of the hard left and call out the right for having created what columnist Paul Krugman called the "Climate of Hate" in which a mentally deranged Jared Lee Loughner had acted?Would he lay moral responsibility for the slaughter Continue reading...

Woody, Haley & The Klan

By Patrick J. Buchanan"In May 1866, a little group of young men in the Tennessee village of Pulaski, finding their time hang heavily on their hands after the excitement of the field, so lately abandoned, formed a secret club for the mere pleasure of association, for private amusement -- for anything that might break the monotony of the too quiet place, as their wits might work upon the matter, Continue reading...