By Patrick J. Buchanan Early in Ronald Reagan's second term, Bill Rusher, the publisher of National Review, was interviewing the president in the Oval Office for a documentary on the conservative movement. Rusher asked how he would describe Barry Goldwater's role. Reagan thought a moment and replied: I guess you would have to call him the John the Baptist of our movement. I resisted Continue reading...
23 October 2012 
Negotiations — or War With Iran?
Tuesday - October 23, 2012 at 1:47 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan "It would be unconscionable to go to war if we haven't had such discussions," said Nicholas Burns, under secretary of state in the Bush administration, of reports the Obama White House has agreed to one-on-one talks with Tehran over its nuclear program. Sen. Lindsey Graham dissented Sunday: "I think the time for talking is over. ... We talk, they enrich. It needs to Continue reading...
5 October 2012 
Folks, We Have a Brand New Ballgame
Friday - October 5, 2012 at 12:54 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Mitt Romney on Wednesday night turned in the finest debate performance of any candidate of either party in the 52 years since Richard Nixon faced John F. Kennedy, with the possible exception of Ronald Reagan's demolition of Jimmy Carter in 1980. But where Reagan won with style and quips -- "There you go again" -- and his closing line, "Are you better off now than you Continue reading...
The ‘Large Purpose’ of Romney-Ryan
Friday - August 31, 2012 at 9:51 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan "The success of a party means little except when the nation is using that party for a large and definite purpose," said Woodrow Wilson in his first inaugural, 100 years ago. The Republican Party of Richard Nixon was called to power in 1968 to bring an honorable end to the war in Vietnam and restore law and order to campuses and cities convulsed by crime, riots and Continue reading...
A.D. 2041 – End of White America?
Tuesday - October 18, 2011 at 1:06 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan John Hope Franklin, the famed black historian at Duke University, once told the incoming freshmen, "The new America in the 21st century will be primarily non-white, a place George Washington would not recognize." In his June 1998 commencement address at Portland State, President Clinton affirmed it: "In a little more than 50 years, there will be no majority race in the Continue reading...
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