By Patrick J. Buchanan "The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith," wrote Hilaire Belloc after that bloodbath we call World War I. "Either Europe will return to the Faith or she will perish." By 1938, Belloc concluded Christian Europe was done: "The bad work begun at the Reformation is bearing its final fruit in the dissolution of our ancient doctrines -- the very structure of society 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...
6 March 2013 
Celebrating President Nixon’s 100th Birthday
Wednesday - March 6, 2013 at 12:41 am
The following is from a speech given by Patrick J. Buchanan during the Richard M. Nixon Centennial celebration in Washington, D.C., on January 9, 2013 - Source: NixonFoundation.org We are here tonight to celebrate the centennial of a statesman, a profile in courage and an extraordinary man we are all proud to have served: the 37th president of the United States, Richard Milhouse Nixon. Years Continue reading...
1 March 2013 
Has the Bell Begun to Toll for China?
Friday - March 1, 2013 at 1:15 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan "Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate? Why did the Soviet Communist Party collapse? An important reason was that their ideals and convictions wavered," China's new leader, Xi Jinping, told a closed meeting of party elite in Guangdong province. "Finally all it took was one quiet word from Gorbachev to declare the dissolution of the Soviet Communist Party, and a great Continue reading...
26 February 2013 
Infantile Conservatism
Tuesday - February 26, 2013 at 1:11 am
by Patrick J. Buchanan Regularly now, The Washington Post, as always concerned with fairness and balance, runs a blog called “Right Turn: Jennifer Rubin’s Take From a Conservative Perspective.” The blog tells us what the Post regards as conservatism. On Monday, Rubin declared that America’s “greatest national security threat is Iran.” Do conservatives really believe Continue reading...
22 February 2013 
Cut Commitments, Not Muscle
Friday - February 22, 2013 at 3:44 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan In that year of happy memory, 1972, George McGovern, the Democratic nominee, declared he would chop defense by fully one-third. A friendly congressman was persuaded to ask Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird to expatiate on what this might mean. The Pentagon replied the Sixth Fleet might have to be pulled out of the Med, leaving Israel without U.S. protection against Continue reading...
19 February 2013 
Who Killed the Middle Class?
Tuesday - February 19, 2013 at 1:44 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan "It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth -- a rising, thriving middle class." So said Barack Obama in his State of the Union. And for one of his ideas to reignite that engine, Republicans applauded. "And tonight, I am announcing that we will launch talks on a comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Continue reading...
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