11 December 2012 The Winter of Conservative Discontent

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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A Decade of War—for What?

Thursday - May 3, 2012 at 11:54 pm

By Patrick J. Buchanan "My fellow Americans, we have traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war," said Barack Obama from Bagram Air Base. "Here in the predawn darkness, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon. The Iraq War is over. The number of troops in harm's way has been cut in half, and more will be coming home. ... The time of war began in Afghanistan, and Continue reading...

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What Is It We Wish to Conserve?

Tuesday - October 25, 2011 at 12:42 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan A conservative's task in society is "to preserve a particular people, living in a particular place during a particular time." Jack Hunter, in a review of this writer's new book, "Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?" thus summarizes Russell Kirk's view of the duty of the conservative to his country. Kirk, the traditionalist, though not so famous as Continue reading...

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Is Obama Only Postponing the Inevitable?

Friday - June 24, 2011 at 1:15 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan In deciding to pull all of the 30,000 troops from the surge out of Afghanistan, six weeks before Election Day 2012, but only 10,000 by year's end, President Obama has satisfied neither the generals nor the doves. He has, however, well served his political interests. A larger drawdown would have risked the gains made in Kandahar and Helmand and invited a revolt of Continue reading...

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Bring Our Marines Home

Tuesday - February 2, 2010 at 2:11 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan A month after Germany surrendered in May 1945, America's eyes turned to the Far East, where the bloodiest battle of the Pacific war was joined on the island of Okinawa. Continue reading...

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The American Way of Abandonment

Monday - November 2, 2009 at 11:53 pm

By Patrick J. Buchanan When America is about to throw an ally to the wolves, we follow an established ritual. We discover that the man we supported was never really morally fit to be a friend or partner of the United States. Continue reading...

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Obama at the Rubicon

Tuesday - September 8, 2009 at 11:50 pm

by Patrick J. Buchanan If the aphorism holds -- the guerrilla wins if he does not lose -- the Taliban are winning and America is losing the war in Afghanistan. Well into the eighth year of war, the Taliban are more numerous than ever, inflicting more casualties than ever, operating in more provinces than ever and controlling more territory than ever. And their tactics are more sophisticated. Continue reading...

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