by Patrick J. Buchanan - July 22, 1997The coup de farce intended to topple Speaker Newt, in which faithful lieutenants betrayed him, only to re-embrace their beloved leader, has the makings of a Broadway comedy.Unfortunately, the farce is also a tragedy.A great party, for whose principles good people have worked their whole lives, has been abused by those accorded its highest Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - July 14, 1997These are truly the dog days of the Republican Party.Successive national tickets have been defeated by Bill Clinton as convincingly as the GOP Congress has been cowed. If the incoming mail of one writer on public affairs is a reliable barometer of public sentiment, the party is in trouble -- for that mail is full of anger, despair and derision for Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - July 9, 1997On this year's centennial of the inauguration of William McKinley, Ohio University professor Alfred E. Eckes, a trade official under Ronald Reagan, addressed Ohio's Historical Society. Subject: our 25th president, assassinated by an anarchist in Buffalo in 1901. McKinley's was a truly extraordinary presidency.A teenager at Antietam and Civil War Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - July 8, 1997"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," is counsel Bill Clinton should have followed before making his frivolous decision to expand NATO into Eastern Europe. For it is clear that NATO expansion is already dividing, and may eventually destroy, the great Western alliance.Handing out war guarantees to parts of Europe where we have never fought before reflects Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - July 2, 1997As another anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is upon us, it is fair to ask: What would the men of '76 think of us?While they would surely be awed by America's size, wealth and power, I suspect they would be unimpressed with our leaders and alarmed at our course.The independence they won at immense sacrifice was, after all, an Continue reading...