Why Are We Still on the DMZ?

Why Are We Still on the DMZ?

By Patrick J. Buchanan North Korea has just pulled off an impressive dual feat -- the successful test both of an intercontinental ballistic missile and an atom bomb in the 6-kiloton range. Pyongyang's ruler, 30-year-old Kim Jong Un, said the tests are aimed at the United States. So it would seem. One does not build an ICBM to hit Seoul, 30 miles away. Experts believe North Korea is still Continue reading...

A Godly Man in an Ungodly Age

A Godly Man in an Ungodly Age

By Patrick J. Buchanan "To govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me." With those brave, wise, simple words, Benedict XVI announced an end of his papacy. How stands Continue reading...

Is America Ensnared in an Endless War?

Is America Ensnared in an Endless War?

By Patrick J. Buchanan "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal." So said Richard Nixon in his interviews with David Frost. Nixon was talking about wiretaps and surreptitious entries to protect lives and safeguard national security in a violent and anarchic war decade. The Nixon haters pronounced themselves morally sickened. Fast forward to our new century. For, Continue reading...

The Republican Obsession

The Republican Obsession

By Patrick J. Buchanan If last week's hearing for Chuck Hagel raised questions about his capacity to be secretary of defense, the show trial conducted by his inquisitors on the tribunal raised questions about the GOP. Is the Republican Party, as currently constituted, even capable of conducting a foreign policy befitting a world power? Or has it learned nothing and forgotten nothing since Continue reading...

The GOP’s Amnesty Caucus Raises the White Flag

The GOP’s Amnesty Caucus Raises the White Flag

By Patrick J. Buchanan On Monday, Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Jeff Flake and Marco Rubio emerged with an offer of a Republican surrender to Barack Obama. We will accept amnesty for 11 million illegal aliens, said the four, but you must get serious about securing the border against yet another invasion. Only after an independent commission agrees the border has been secured will the 11 Continue reading...

America’s Role in a Darkening Age

America’s Role in a Darkening Age

By Patrick J. Buchanan When, in the 1950s, Nikita Khrushchev said, "We will bury you," and, "Your children will live under communism," Eisenhower's America scoffed. By 1980, however, the tide did indeed seem to be with the East. America had suffered a decade of defeats. Southeast Asia had fallen. The ayatollah had seized power in Iran. Moscow had occupied Afghanistan. Cuban troops were in Continue reading...

The Old Republic and Obama’s America

The Old Republic and Obama’s America

By Patrick J. Buchanan "Second Term Begins With a Sweeping Agenda for Equality," ran the eight-column banner in which The Washington Post captured the essence of Obama's second inaugural. There he declared: "What binds this nation together ... what makes us exceptional -- what makes us American -- is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries Continue reading...