By Patrick J. Buchanan As it stands today, Republicans will add seats in the House and recapture the Senate on Tuesday. However, the near-certainty is that those elections will be swiftly eclipsed by issues of war, peace, immigration and race, all of which will be moved front and center this November. Consider. If repeated leaks […]
2 September 2014 
Behind the Sinking of the Lusitania
Tuesday - September 2, 2014 at 5:57 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan About how America became involved in certain wars, many conspiracy theories have been advanced — and some have been proved correct. When James K. Polk got his declaration of war as Mexico had “shed American blood upon the American soil,” Rep. Abraham Lincoln demanded to know the exact spot where it […]
8 August 2014 
Liberal Elites Toppled Nixon
Friday - August 8, 2014 at 12:12 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan – Opinion USA Today The left is today celebrating the 40th anniversary of the resignation of its most despised enemy in the 20th century. But though his fall is being hailed as a triumph of democracy, Richard Nixon was not brought down by any popular uprising. The breaking of his presidency […]
7 August 2014 
Remembering Nixon’s Catholic Coup: An Interview With Pat Buchanan
Thursday - August 7, 2014 at 12:07 am
By Sean Salai, S.J. – America Magazine Patrick J. Buchanan is a political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician, and broadcaster. He was a senior advisor to U.S. Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. He accompanied President Nixon to China in 1972. Later he sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996. In […]
4 August 2014 
Nixon — Before Watergate
Monday - August 4, 2014 at 9:36 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan It has been a summer of remembrance. The centennial of the Great War that began with the Guns of August 1914. The 75th anniversary of the Danzig crisis that led to Hitler’s invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939. The 70th anniversary of D-Day. In America, we celebrated the 50th anniversary […]
15 July 2014 
Pat Buchanan, Richard Nixon, and the Search for the Lost Republican Presidential Coalition
Tuesday - July 15, 2014 at 2:52 pm
By James B. Pinkerton at Breitbart “Buchanan tells the story well, and he bolsters his tale with copious evidence from those days—not just his first-hand memories as a major participant in the campaign, but also abundant news clips and archival campaign memos. The man is obviously a packrat, and for the sake of history, that’s […]
Nixon and Kennedy: The Myths and Reality
Tuesday - November 19, 2013 at 12:22 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Had there been no Dallas, there would been no Camelot. There would have been no John F. Kennedy as brilliant statesman cut off in his prime, had it not been for those riveting days from Dealey Plaza to Arlington and the lighting of the Eternal Flame. Along with the unsleeping labors […]
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 […]
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 […]
