By Patrick J. BuchananAsked if the United States might send still more troops to Afghanistan, if the Obama surge is not succeeding by year's end, Vice President Joe Biden answered, "I do not believe so."So, that is it. Biden is saying the 100,000 U.S. troops in theater or on the way is our limit. If Kabul and the Afghan army fail with this investment of American forces, they will be Continue reading...

By Patrick J. BuchananPublic confidence in Congress has plummeted to the lowest level of any institution since Gallup began asking the question in 1973. One-half of all Americans have little or no confidence in the Congress.Only 11 percent have a "great deal" or "a lot of" confidence in what is, given its place of primacy in the Constitution, the first branch of government and the branch Continue reading...

By Patrick J. BuchananOn Monday, the Department of Agriculture demanded the resignation of Shirley Sherrod over a two-minute videotape where she appeared to describe to a cheering crowd of the Georgia NAACP how she denied assistance to a poor white farmer about to lose his land.Declaring itself "appalled" at this "shameful" act of racism, the NAACP said it would investigate the Georgia Continue reading...

By Patrick J. BuchananA decade ago, activist Ron Unz conducted a study of the ethnic and religious composition of the student body at Harvard.Blacks and Hispanics, Unz found, were then being admitted to his alma mater in numbers approaching their share of the population.And who were the most underrepresented Americans at Harvard?White Christians and ethnic Catholics. Though Continue reading...

By Patrick J. BuchananRescuing itself from the obscurity it richly deserves, the NAACP has found a way back onto the front page: accuse the tea party movement of harboring racists.At its Kansas City convention, NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous declaimed: "Expel the bigots and racists in your ranks, or take the responsibility for them and their actions. We will no longer allow you to Continue reading...