by Patrick J. Buchanan - February 13, 2007 "A soft answer turneth away wrath," teaches Proverbs 1:15. Our new secretary of defense, Roberts Gates, seems familiar with the verse, for his handling of Saturday's wintry blast from Vladimir Putin at the Munich security conference was masterful. "As an old Cold Warrior, one of yesterday's speeches almost filled me with nostalgia for a less complex Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - February 9, 2007 In aborting Iran's nuclear program, "all options are on the table." Some version of this threat against Iran has lately been made by John McCain, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Mitt Romney. Yet, if an attack on Iran is among "options ... on the table," who put it there? Who gave President Bush the authority to attack Iran? And when was it granted? And Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - February 6, 2007 Last week, Joe Biden walked into a Delaware diner, ordered a bowl of tomato soup and blew himself up. Too bad. We need Joe. In an interview with the New York Observer, lasting about as long as the soup, Biden, with raw if refreshing candor, managed to insult or mock seven past or present presidential candidates of a party for whose nomination Joe had just Continue reading...

by Patrick J. Buchanan - February 2, 2007 "I'm concerned about protectionism, isolationism." Those were the first words President Bush spoke as he sat down Wednesday at an editorial board meeting at the Wall Street Journal. Reading his remarks calls forth only sadness. For neither the president nor his acolytes at the Journal appear to have learned anything from the disasters their ideas have Continue reading...